Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsvii
- Forewordix
- Introductionxii
- Part 1: The First Challenge: Creation of the Modern Offshore Industry in the Gulf of Mexico1
- Chapter 1. Before the Dawn1
- Chapter 2. Beyond the Horizon15
- Chapter 3. A Maturing System34
- Chapter 4. New Sophistication53
- Chapter 5. Wading into Deepwater70
- Part 2: The Challenge of New and Extreme Environments: Depth, Earthquakes, Ice, and Fire95
- Chapter 6. Brown & Root Marine Goes Abroad95
- Chapter 7. Mind Stretcher of the Century: Project Mohole120
- Chapter 8. Inner Space Pioneer: Taylor Diving & Salvage137
- Chapter 9. Offshore California and Alaska158
- Chapter 10. A Crash Program in Mexico's Bay of Campeche180
- Part 3: The Challenge of the North Sea: Rough Waters, Hostile Conditions199
- Chapter 11. Confronting a Monster: The Early Natural Gas Industry199
- Chapter 12. Ekofisk and the Challenge of Early North Sea Oil222
- Chapter 13. Ring Master at the Forties Field239
- Chapter 14. Project Management in a Boom Era263
- Epilogue284
- Index293
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.
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.