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Offshore Drilling Record Set in Gulf of Mexico

December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

On Aug. 19, I shared details about the Perdido Regional Development Spar, the world’s deepest offshore drilling rig, operating off the coast of Texas. Today, I offer an update:
Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday it has set a world water-depth record by drilling and completing an oil well in 9,356 feet of water in the Gulf [...]

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World’s Deepest Offshore Drilling Rig Takes Root

August 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would do Americans a favor by learning more about the Perdido Regional Development Spar and discarding her misguided talking points about how it would take 10 years or more to reap benefits from new offshore drilling efforts Congress might approve.
As the son of a now-retired petroleum geologist, I consider [...]

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