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Black Gold is a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, [1] 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It was partly produced by Thom Beers, [2] creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. [3] The Black Gold theme song was sung by country music star Trace Adkins. The title "Black Gold ...
Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (50.5%) 1186 30,000 Jacket height 366 m (1,200 ft) [16] Lena Platform [17] [4] 396 1,300 1983 Compliant tower, Guyed United States Gulf of Mexico Brown & Root Exxon: 1014 24,000 or 27,000 Jacket height 328.5 m (1,078 ft) Cognac Platform [18] 385.5 1,265 1977 Truss tower United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering
Offshore filming was undertaken on the oil rig Dan Countess, which was not in use at the time. [ 1 ] The series boasted a high calibre cast, including the likes of Liam Cunningham , Teresa Banham , James Cosmo , Bruce Jones , Clive Russell , Ricky Tomlinson , Paul Copley and Ashley Jensen .
Casing head (#27) is a large metal flange welded or screwed onto the top of the conductor pipe (also known as drive-pipe) or the casing and is used to bolt the surface equipment such as the blowout preventers (for well drilling) or the Christmas tree (oil well) (for well production).
Drilling rigs (3 C, 21 P) O. Oil platform disasters (2 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Oil platforms" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
In 1982, Ocean Ranger, one of the company's oil platforms, sank in a violent storm in Canadian waters east of Newfoundland, killing 84 people. [4] [5] Also in 1982, the company took delivery of Odyssey. The rig suffered a blowout in 1988. [6] In 1991, Murphy Oil acquired the company. [7]
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