Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform is an accident that occurred on April 20, 2010, 80 kilometers from the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Macondo field. The oil spill that followed the accident became the largest in the history of the United States...
Interesting about oil
One of the early theories of the origin of oil suggested that this black substance was nothing more than ... whale urine that settles on the bottom of the oceans, and then penetrates into the earth's interior through underground channels. In the study of the origin of oil, there is also an alien trace. At the...
Drilling rig
The derrick is a key component of the drilling rig equipment and is designed to perform the following functions: handling tripping operations with drill pipes and casing pipes; maintaining the drill string on the traveling system during drilling with unloading; placement of a set of drill pipes and drill collars (DC) and thick-walled drill pipes (TBT); accommodation of the...
BRENT oil
This oil is considered a real benchmark, the best oil in the world. This is due to the fact that the composition of such oil makes it possible to achieve maximum recovery of oil products from Brent oil. Such oil is produced in the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and southeast...
