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Multipurpose Drilling Rig meets mineral exploration needs.
2013-02-04 14:28:01| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Designed to fit into 40 ft high cube container, LX™11 offers reverse circulation (RC) and diamond core drilling capabilities as well as multiple safety features. Rig can reach depths of 4,750 ft using NQ rods via diamond drilling and 1,065 ft using 4.5 in. rods via RC drilling. For increased productivity, 23.6 ft mast and top drive head allow 13 ft rods to be pulled under head. Single rotary drill head runs up to 1,200 rpm and offers max torque of 5,800 lb-ft at 100 rpm. This story is related to the following:Portable Drilling Rigs | Rigs
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Rig accident shows need to pause Arctic drilling: Green groups
2013-01-03 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Opponents of Royal Dutch Shell's ambitious Arctic oil program have called on the Obama administration to put offshore drilling plans in the region on hold after one of the company's oil rigs broke away from tow boats in high seas and ran aground off Alaska. The Natural Resources Defense Council and The Wilderness Society on Thursday said the accident involving Shell's Kulluk oil rig is new evidence that oil companies are not prepared to safely manage the extreme conditions of the Arctic. The...
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Salvage crew boards grounded drilling rig in Alaska
2013-01-03 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A team of six salvage experts boarded, on Wednesday, an oil drilling rig that went aground off an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska. The team was lowered to the Kulluk by a Coast Guard helicopter to conduct a structural assessment of the rig. The experts were on board the rig for about three hours. Earlier efforts to board the rig were put on hold due to severe weather conditions over the past several days. Conditions were calmer on Wednesday. The Kulluk broke loose of its tether...
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Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground Raising Grave Concerns of Drilling in the Arctic
2013-01-02 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak conducts hoists of the second of 18 crewmen from the mobile drilling unit Kulluk in 15 to 20-foot seas 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City Saturday, Dec. 29. The Coast Guard was prompted to rescue the crew of the Kulluk after there were problems with the tow Thursday and the weather conditions began to deteriorate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. Despite warnings from wildlife advocates of the risks...
Oil Drilling Rig Runs Aground In Gulf Of Alaska
2013-01-01 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: An oil drilling rig holding more than 150,000 gallons of diesel, lubricating oil, and hydraulic fluid has run aground near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, after it was being towed during a storm. The crew was evacuated before the rig was incapacitated. "The rig ran aground in a storm, with waves up to 35 feet and wind to 70 miles per hour," reports Jeff Brady, on NPR's Newscast. The Shell Oil rig is "about 250 miles south of Anchorage," Jeff says. Update at 6:13 p.m. ET. No Sign of a Leak....