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2. Tool pusher - Wikipedia

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   A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry.. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, tool pushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Master or Offshore Installation Manager depending on the ...

3. Petroleum in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Although some oil was produced commercially before 1859 as a byproduct from salt brine wells, the American oil industry started on a major scale with the discovery of oil at the Drake Well in western Pennsylvania in 1859. US crude oil production initially peaked in 1970 at 9.64 million barrels (1,533,000 m 3) per day.

4. Offshore oil and gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Federal leases in green; areas proposed open for leasing 2007-2012 in grey (Minerals Management Service) From 1954 to 2023, federal offshore tracts produced 21.4 billion barrels (3.4 × 10 9 m 3) of oil and 195 trillion cubic feet (5.5 × 10 12 m 3) of natural gas.

5. Mud engineer - Wikipedia

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   Mud is a vital part of drilling operations. It provides hydrostatic pressure on the borehole wall to prevent uncontrolled production of reservoir fluids, lubricates and cools the drill bit, carries the drill cuttings up to the surface, forms a "filter-cake" on the borehole wall to prevent drilling fluid invasion, provides an information medium for well logging, and helps the drilling by ...

6. Offshore drilling - Wikipedia

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   In 1937, Pure Oil and its partner Superior Oil used a fixed platform to develop a field 1 mile (1.6 km) offshore of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water. In 1938, Humble Oil built a mile-long wooden trestle with railway tracks into the sea at McFadden Beach on the Gulf of Mexico, placing a derrick at its end – this was ...

7. Ørsted (company) - Wikipedia

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   The company also has interests in onshore wind farms in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Illinois. Ørsted was until 2017 [57] the largest shareholder (51%) of offshore wind turbine installer A2SEA, [58] while Siemens owns the other 49%. [59] Ørsted also has 30% of subsea cabling installer CT Offshore. [60]