19 Jan, 2014
It is only a a short walk from the touristy area in Galveston along the lively water front to the excellent Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. It is housed in a retired oil platform and has a very informative exhibition about the drilling process and the oil and gas industry in general. We spent almost half the day there and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Star_Offshore_Drilling_Rig_%26_Museum
(Remember to click on the photos to enlarge them.)
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| Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum |
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| Model of the Harvest Platform |
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| Fran messing around again! |
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| Tom checking out the large machinery. |
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| Cementing Unit |
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| Subsea Christmas Tree |
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| Blow Out Preventer |
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| Escape Pod |
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| Submersible |
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| Deep Sea Diving Suits |
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| Diamond Drill Bits |
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| Billy Pugh Personal Basket transfer personnel and gear from a Ship to the Platform |
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| Model of an Oil Platform |
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| Petrolum |
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