Deepwater Horizon was a mobile and floating drill rig that was operational in waters up to 10,000 feet deep. It was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and chartered to BP starting in March of 2008 to September of 2013. In 2010, the rig was drilling a well about 41 m ...
Read MoreIn Southern California on July 30, 2020, at 4:30 a.m., a 4.2 magnitude earthquake in Pacoima shook the San Fernando Valley and provided an early wake-up call for residents. Some of the shakings included aftershocks of 3.3 and 3.9 magnitudes. The earthquake and its aftershocks wer ...
Read MoreMan-made lakes, also known as reservoirs, are used as water sources throughout the world. Man-made lakes are usually constructed by using a dam to divert a portion of a river to store the water within a reservoir. During seasonal changes, water runoff and precipitation add to the ...
Read MoreLumber is a term relating to various woods as a construction material. The wood is cut from tree trunks lengthwise in square or rectangular sections. Wood has been used as a construction material since before written history, with the earliest evidence is found in Nice, France us ...
Read MoreLocated about 5,000-6,000 feet in the ground are oil and gas deposits. Petroleum Engineers develop new extraction methods, as well as designing new ways to extract the oil and gas from older reservoirs below the Earth's surface. Typically a Petroleum engineer will; Desig ...
Read MoreIn 1947, the St. Louis Arch was designed by the architect Eero Saarinen and built as a weighted catenary arch. Standing at 630 feet, the St. Louis Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, and the tallest accessible bu ...
Read MoreMaking your home energy efficient will not only save you money but also reduce energy wasted within your home. There are some easy changes to make in order to help your home become more energy-efficient. Change your light bulbs to LED's Light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs are more ...
Read MoreOn September 22, 1993, an Amtrak train was traveling across the Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Mobile, Alabama. The train derailed which resulted in the death of 47 people and 103 people being injured. The derailing of the train was caused by a deformation in the rails from a barge to ...
Read MoreMovable bridges tend to be an expensive investment because of the size of the bridges and the controls needed to operate them. These bridges have more costly maintenance issues than fixed bridges because of the complexity of mechanical, electrical, and structural components despi ...
Read MoreThe Internet's system is made up of 750,000 miles of wire cables, the size of a strand of hair throughout the ocean floor to various continents. Companies have gathered their resources together to collaborate on Undersea cable projects to find the best services. Although, Google ...
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