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Shell Ursa - The Biggest Oil Rig in the World
Oil companies decided to try drilling in deeper water. To the oil guys, it was like going from earth to mars. They had to pump 200 thousand barrels a day sing technology that hadn't even been invented yet. The biggest ursa was two football fields worth of metal in the middle of the gulf of mexico. It cost shell one point five billion dollars to make. Even at home, rick lived by rig rules, don't ask questions, never look weak.