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'A Must For All in Marine Construction Management'
This is an excellent publication from an individual of exemplarary knowledge of the industry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Hydraulic    4. Hydraulic Structures Design    5. Marine Structural Engineering    6. Offshore structures    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Offshore engineering    11. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Concrete Structures    3. Concrete construction    4. Construction - General    5. Design and construction    6. Engineering - Civil    7. Engineering - Hydraulic    8. Hydraulic Structures Design    9. Offshore structures    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Building construction & materials    13. Offshore engineering    14. Structural engineering   

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A nice trip
Thank you Doug Terry for telling me that triggerfish won't chew my earlobes off!I actually had a nightmare over that one!
Just a little too guilty of a pleasure
Mix one part Rodney the Shark Guy, one part Ted Nugent, and two parts your uncle who always seems to have those tall tales, and you wind up with this wild ride through the spear-fishing haunts of Humberto Fontova.
I couldn't put it down!!!
This is probably one of the most enjoyable books I have read in the last five years. The author and his cohorts are definitely brave, almost certainly missing a few screws and possibly suicidal, but they enjoy what they are doing so much that after a while the insanity of it all doesn't seem to matter. Stories about divers diving with football helmets so they don't get knocked out on the steel beams of the oil rig and the stalking of sharks (!!) in the opaque murk at the bottom of the sea floor would seem farcical or just stupid coming from almost anyone else, but when Fontova writes it is riveting, believable and also hilarious.
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Subjects:  1. Drilling platforms    2. Fishing - General    3. Mexico, Gulf of    4. Scuba & Snorkeling    5. Scuba diving    6. Spear fishing    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Water Sports    10. Sports & Outdoor Recreation   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. System Theory    3. Technology & Industrial Arts    4. Mining technology & engineering    5. Offshore engineering    6. Science / System Theory   

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This is the best E&P Dictionary you will ever get !
This book is full of clear and complete definitions of most of the terminology used in the Oil business.It also have lots of illustrations. It is very hard not to find what you are looking for.Excellent for peoplethat intiates in the Oil business. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Mining    3. Petroleum    4. Petroleum Engineering (General)    5. Petroleum engineering    6. Reference    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Offshore engineering    11. Petroleum & oil industries    12. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. International    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Maritime    7. Offshore gas industry    8. Offshore oil industry    9. Offshore oil well drilling    10. Political Freedom & Security - General    11. International maritime law   

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Just the right balance between brevity and detail
Leffler, Pattarozzi, and Sterling have produced a useful and interesting book about the challenge of drilling for oil at incredible depths beneath the ocean.The book strikes just the right balance, as both a brief overview of the industry and a detailed look at essential concepts of deepwater exploration and production. Broad, concise, and interesting
This is a good place to start if you're looking for a very general introduction to deepwater exploration and production (E&P).Almost nothing gets a lot of detail, but almost nothing is omitted.The chapters cover the following topics:Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Mining    3. Offshore oil well drilling    4. Petroleum    5. Prospecting    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Mining technology & engineering   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Hydraulic    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Marine Structural Engineering    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Ships & Shipbuilding - Engineering    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Offshore engineering    9. Ship design & naval architecture    10. Technology / Engineering / General   

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I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS BOOK
ACTUALLY I HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK SO SORRY I CANT GIVE U REVIEW BUT IF UDONT MIND THEN PLEASE MAIL ME ON HUNF.RUSH@EUDORAMIL.COM TO INFOM ME HOWCOULD I READ THIS BOOK. THANK U RUSHI ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Construction - General    4. Engineering - General    5. Estimates    6. Natural gas pipelines    7. Offshore structures    8. Petroleum    9. Petroleum pipelines    10. Skills    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Cost accounting    13. Offshore engineering    14. Technology / Construction & Construction Trades   

Subjects:  1. Science/Mathematics    2. Technology & Industrial Arts    3. Technology    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology    6. Offshore engineering    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Hydroelectric Power Plants    9. Ocean Engineering    10. Ocean thermal power plants   

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I couldn't put it down!!!
This is probably one of the most enjoyable books I have read in the last five years.The author and his cohorts are definitely brave, almost certainly missing a few screws and possibly suicidal, but they enjoy what they are doing so much that after a while the insanity of it all doesn't seem to matter.Stories about divers diving with football helmets so they don't get knocked out on the steel beams of the oil rig and the stalking of sharks (!!) in the opaque murk at the bottom of the sea floor would seem farcical or just stupid coming from almost anyone else, but when Fontova writes it is riveting, believable and also hilarious. It takes guts
As a diver and avid spearfisherman I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book from start to finish.Humberto expertly illustrates the essence of what it takes to dive on an oil platform.This aspect of scuba diving is definitely not for the faint at heart.His light humor throughout the book as he describes his dive buddies, friends, and adventures keeps your attention and adds to the story.I've never dived on an oil platform or "rig" as they are called, but after reading the book and hearing about all the big fish lurking below, I'm looking into making a trip to good ole Louisiana.Although he describes hunting 100 lbs plus fish, I'd settle for the 30 pounders.His stories of murky waters, sharks, eels, and angry trigger fish make you think twice about actually diving in, but hey, that is what makes for great diving stories.My hat off to Humberto.I only wish his book had more stories...at 203 pages, my appetite was just getting wet. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drilling platforms    2. Fishing - General    3. Mexico, Gulf of    4. Scuba diving    5. Spear fishing    6. Sports    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Sports & Recreation / General    9. Sub-aqua swimming   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Construction - General    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Ocean engineering    5. Offshore structures    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Offshore engineering   

Subjects:  1. Blowouts    2. Engineering - General    3. Gas wells    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Offshore Exploration And Drilling    6. Oil wells    7. Petroleum    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Underwater drilling    12. Fire protection & safety    13. North America    14. Occupational / industrial health & safety    15. Petroleum technology    16. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety    17. Technology / Petroleum    18. Technology-Engineering - General    19. Technology-Industrial Health & Safety    20. Western Continental Europe    21. c 1980 to c 1990    22. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Equipment and supplies    3. Fishing    4. Oil wells    5. Petroleum    6. Petroleum Exploration    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Ships & Shipbuilding - Repair & Maintenance    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Offshore engineering    12. Petroleum technology    13. Technology / Petroleum   

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Drilling platforms    3. Hydraulic Structures Design    4. Offshore structures    5. Petroleum Engineering (Specific Aspects)    6. Offshore engineering   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Engineering - General    3. Engineering - Industrial    4. Environmental Science    5. Gas well drilling    6. Mining    7. Offshore Exploration And Drilling    8. Offshore oil well drilling    9. Oil well drilling rigs    10. Safety measures    11. Science    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Occupational / industrial health & safety    15. Reliability engineering    16. Risk assessment & analysis for business    17. Technology / Engineering / Industrial   

Subjects:  1. Abandonment    2. Architecture    3. Drilling platforms    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Environmental Engineering & Technology    6. Hazardous Waste Disposal And Treatment    7. Mining    8. Offshore Exploration And Drilling    9. Offshore structures    10. Oil wells    11. Petroleum    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Environmental science    15. Mining technology & engineering    16. Offshore engineering    17. Science / Environmental Science   

Subjects:  1. Blowouts    2. Offshore oil well drilling    3. Oil wells    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Drilling    6. Prevention    7. Safety measures    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts   

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Subjects:  1. Drilling platforms    2. Fishing - General    3. Mexico, Gulf of    4. Outdoor Skills    5. Scuba diving    6. Spear fishing    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation