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GlobalSantaFe Corporation was an offshore drilling contractor headquartered in Houston, Texas. It owned 59 marine drilling rigs. [ 1 ] In November 2007, the company was acquired by Transocean .
GSF Explorer, formerly USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193), was a deep-sea drillship platform built for Project Azorian, the secret 1974 effort by the United States Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division to recover the Soviet submarine K-129.
Global Marine, a drilling contractor which merged with Santa Fe International Corporation to form GlobalSantaFe Corporation. Now part of Transocean. Glomar Challenger, the drillship used for the Deep Sea Drilling Project; Glomar Explorer, a large salvage vessel built by the CIA
Global Santa Fe was scheduled to present Livia Link-Raviv, the Israeli consul general to the Southwestern U.S., on Tuesday at the Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe. Link-Raviv, based ...
The Global Explorer has an unusually deep and wide fuselage design with many glazed areas, and accommodation at the rear for sleeping and other purposes. For added strength, the high-set wings are each supported by brace structures from the side fuselage and from the lower sponsons.
Global Santa Fe: Jackup: Blowout and fire at Temsah platform, Mediterranean Sea [47] 2007: Usumacinta: PEMEX: Jackup: Storm forced rig to move, causing well blowout on Kab 101 platform, 22 killed. [48] 2009: West Atlas / Montara: Seadrill: Jackup / Platform: Blowout and fire on rig and platform in Australia. [49] 2010: Deepwater Horizon ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
Brasil was a replacement for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. 's SS Brazil (1928). Brasil and her sister ship, Argentina, used MARAD Design P2-S2-9a.Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. [1]