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Deep Challenge: Our Quest for Energy Beneath the Sea: Our Quest for Energy Beneath the Sea

Burleson, Clyde W.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Table of Contentsv
  • Forewordvi
  • Chapter 1. Building Character: Hurricane Camille1
  • Chapter 2. In the Beginning: From Titusville to the Deep Blue13
  • Chapter 3. Off the Land and into the Water33
  • Chapter 4. The Tidelands Issue: The Fight for a Fortune in Offshore Oil47
  • Chapter 5. CUSS and the World's First Drillship55
  • Chapter 6. Into Gulf Waters69
  • Chapter 7. Project Mohole: Tripping to Hell and Back85
  • Chapter 8. A Fleet of Drillships101
  • Chapter 9. A Time of International Growth and Innovation113
  • Chapter 10. A Global Scientific Challenge123
  • Chapter 11. To Go Where No One Had Gone Before, Then Do the Impossible135
  • Chapter 12. From Boom to Bust in the Oil Patch149
  • Chapter 13. Into the Next Cycle „ Genesis177
  • Chapter 14. The Deep Frontier- Looking Forward189
  • Appendix197
  • How to Drill an Oil Well in the Middle of the Ocean: A Quick Primer197
  • A Very Warm Thanks205
  • Index207
  • Plates SectionColor Plat
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780884152194
  • ISBN-13 9780080503844
  • Author Burleson, Clyde W.
  • Category Technology & Engineering
  • Subject Petroleum

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Deep Challenge blends oil-patch history, eyewitness accounts of disasters, and open access to the official files of Global Marine Inc., the recognized leader in offshore drilling, to tell a true and exciting story.