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??? I was making a slight comparison to Def Leppard's one armed drummer.Originally posted by Big A View PostComment
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That first Alaska pic, purely coincidental I assume, but that's a 58, 59, and a 60 Chevy all in a row. Maybe I'm getting old and forgetting shit, but I never remembered an earthquake that big in Alaska in the 60's.Comment
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Yeah it's from the 1964 alaska earthquake, it's linked above.Originally posted by MattB View Post"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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Oh I know that, I just never remembered that earthquake in the past, if that makes sense. I don't remember it in school, books, History Channel, etc.Originally posted by CJ View PostComment
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Worlds Largest Jack-up Drilling Rig, The Maersk Intrepid. Just finished and currently being delivered to the North Sea.
Rated Water Depth: 482 ft
Drilling Depth: 40,000 ft
Derrick: 210' x 49' x 52' - Capacity: 2,100,000 lbs
Drawworks: NOV SSGD 5,750 HP
Mud Pumps: 4 x NOV 14-P-220 9" bore x 14" stroke, single acting triplex rated for 7500 psi, 2200 HP
Top Drive: NOV HPS-03, 1150 HP
Rotary Table: NOV 49.5 in. diameter Model VBJ RST Hydraulic Operated - Torque 45,000 ft/lb at 5 rpm
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Do they "boat" it over? It looks like it is designed as a hull, kind of.Comment
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Where was it manufactured? Maersk is one of the two groups that I'm convinced run the world.Comment
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Singapore. Where nearly every offshore rig shipyard is.Originally posted by Sean88gt View Post
They are actually building four - this is just the first.
Here's the Keppel FELS yard they are coming out of.
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