Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas (eBook)

Christopher J. Castaneda, Joseph A. Pratt, Tyler Priest (Autoren)

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1997 | 1. Auflage
302 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-051302-7 (ISBN)

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Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown & Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-land offshore platform that produced oil. The date is widely celebrated as the birth of the modern offshore industry. In the years since this historic occasion, Brown & Root has continued to pioneer in the design and construction of offshore pipelines and platforms. Along with the rest of the offshore industry, the company has helped develop technology capable of finding and producing oil in deepwater and in harsh environments around the world.

This history puts a human face on the process of technological change. Using the words of many of those who took part in Brown & Root's offshore activities, this book recounts their efforts to find practical ways to recover offshore oil. Building on lessons learned in the Gulf of Mexico before and after World War II, the company's personnel adapted offshore technologies to conditions encountered in Venezuela, the Middle East, Alaska, and other regions before becoming one of the first engineering and construction companies to confront the challenge of North Sea development in the 1960's.

Through times of boom and bust in the oil industry, the search for effective technology had continued. The process has not always been smooth, but the results have been impressive. As we enter a new and exciting era in offshore technology, the history of the first fifty years of the industry provides a useful context for understanding current and future events.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Foreword 10
Introduction 13
Part 1: The First Challenge: Creation of the Modern Offshore Industry in the Gulf of Mexico 20
Chapter 1. Before the Dawn 20
Chapter 2. Beyond the Horizon 34
Chapter 3. A Maturing System 53
Chapter 4. New Sophistication 72
Chapter 5. Wading into Deepwater 89
Part 2: The Challenge of New and Extreme Environments: Depth, Earthquakes, Ice, and Fire 114
Chapter 6. Brown & Root Marine Goes Abroad
Chapter 7. Mind Stretcher of the Century: Project Mohole 139
Chapter 8. Inner Space Pioneer: Taylor Diving & Salvage
Chapter 9. Offshore California and Alaska 177
Chapter 10. A Crash Program in Mexico's Bay of Campeche 199
Part 3: The Challenge of the North Sea: Rough Waters, Hostile Conditions 218
Chapter 11. Confronting a Monster: The Early Natural Gas Industry 218
Chapter 12. Ekofisk and the Challenge of Early North Sea Oil 241
Chapter 13. Ring Master at the Forties Field 258
Chapter 14. Project Management in a Boom Era 282
Epilogue 303
Index 312

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.1997
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bergbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-051302-6 / 0080513026
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-051302-7 / 9780080513027