Deep Challenge: Our Quest for Energy Beneath the Sea
- 1st Edition - November 3, 1998
- Latest edition
- Author: Clyde W. Burleson
- Language: English
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,… Read more
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.
Foreword. Building Character: Hurricane Camille. In the Beginning: From Titusville to the Deep Blue. Off the Land and Into the Water. The Tidelands Issue: The Fight for a Fortune in Offshore Oil. CUSS and the World's First Drillship. Into Gulf Waters. Project Mohole: Tripping to Hell and Back. A Fleet of Drillships. A Time of International Growth and Innovation. A Global Scientific Challenge. To Go Where No One Had Gone Before, Then Do the Impossible. From Boom to Bust. From Bust to Boom. Deep Frontier. Appendix: How to Drill an Oil Well in the Middle of the Ocean: A Quick Primer.
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 3, 1998
- Language: English
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Clyde W. Burleson
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Clyde W. Burleson has authored over a dozen published books including The Jennifer Project, and has written motion picture scripts as well as TV documentaries. He resides in Houston and traveled across the U.S. interviewing people for this project.Read Deep Challenge: Our Quest for Energy Beneath the Sea on ScienceDirect