North America’s Largest Mobile Land Rig to Travel from Alberta to Alaska’s North Slope (Doyon Limited)
[ed. My friend who works on the North Slope (-90 degree wind chill last week) was telling me about this massive new rig that's being assembled there for Conoco. It weighs 9.5 million lbs. (equivalent to 10 fully loaded Boeing 747s), can drill 35,000 feet (seven miles!), and drain up to 154 square miles of reservoir. Wow. See also: North America’s largest mobile land rig travels to Alaska’s North Slope (SpiritNow). And, in other oil/gas related news (specifically, climate change and the extensive flaring or venting of natural gas/methane): Permian Produces More Gas and Condensate Instead of Oil and Profits (Naked Capitalism).]
