Converted 250 tons lake freighter is used for exploratory drilling for natural gas deposits off Lake Erie's Canadian shores; ship has her drilling platform located amidship; beneath platform, ship has been cut away to water, leaving opening about 15 ft in diam; plate steel welded together in shape of cylinder forms vertical core that extends from just below deck level and is welded to hull bottom to make ship watertight.


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    Title :

    From freighter to drilling ship


    Additional title:

    Petroleum Mgmt


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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