Offshore pioneers [electronic resource] : Brown & Root and the history of offshore oil and gas / Joseph A. Pratt, Tyler Priest, Christopher J. Castaneda.

"Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown & Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-of-land offshore platform that produced oil." "This history puts a human face on the process of technological change. Using the words of many of those who took part in Brown & Root&...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Main Author: Pratt, Joseph A.
Other Authors: Priest, Tyler, Castaneda, Christopher James, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houston, Tex. : Gulf Pub. Co., ©1997.
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