Description

Deep Challenge blends oil-patch history, eyewitness accounts of disasters, and open access to the official files of Global Marine Inc., the recognized leader in offshore drilling, to tell a true and exciting story.

From the Book Jacket:
In 1859, an unemployed railroad conductor committed an act which would give him a place in history and change the world forever. Colonel Edwin L. Drake drilled the first oil well. Drake's success ignited an unending search for petroleum that in a few decades would carry the searchers from dry land to the bottoms of lakes and oceans.

Deep Challenge! is the story of our venturing beneath the sea to recover deposits of oil and gas. It is a book which captures the spirit and excitement of a perilous business that has become a massive and vital industry.

This book is about dauntless individuals who possess guts, vision, and dedication. It reveals the excitement, suspense, elation, and hazards of prospecting for oil in the ocean depths and undertaking other dangerous marine operations.

Deep Challenge! blends oilpatch history, eyewitness accounts of disasters, and open access to the official files of Global Marine, Inc., the recognized leader in offshore drilling, into a moving and exciting narrative.

Ship aboard the M/V Submarex as engineers solve the problems of deep sea oil exploration and develop the world's first drillship.

Learn the truth behind the U.S. Government contracting to have a hole drilling through the earth's crust into the mantle many miles below

Sail on the Glomar Challenger as the crew undertakes one of the greatest geological experiments of all time.

Thrill to a top-secret mission on the high seas which has been called the greatest espionage project in history.

Ride the economic roller-coaster with an industry that booms, then busts, then booms again.

Deep Challenge! is a human story of colorful people with character and toughness who met difficult situations with a can-do attitude.