Ocean Star Oil Rig Museum - August 21st, 2013
Overlook Galveston Channel between Harborside Drive and Pelican Island and view several oil rigs along the water's edge on the way to visit:
The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum
Walk the long shaded gang plank to the museum
Big pelicans offer additional sightseeing opportunities
Finally approach the retired jackup drilling rig
Try the Billy Pugh Offshore Personnel Transfer Basket
Deepwater robot (not Robbie!) on display
WASP atmospheric diving system good to 2300ft
Hard hat diver w/surface hose & SCUBA diver to 300ft
Head outside to tour the deck on level 1
Green Christmas tree of valves and gauges
Cementing Unit seals space bet. casing & borehole wall
Remote controlled subsea Christmas tree on ocean floor
Drill pipe and drill collars at the base of the derrick
Alex & Kathy walk past the blowout preventer
To the 28 crew member escape pod (Harry Potter tent?)
Wire line servicing unit acquires rock formation measures
Back inside and up to the 2nd floor for more displays
Cutaway view of a complex offshore oil rig
Up to the 3rd floor seascape/ocean surface diarama
Same view different angle of different oil rig equipment
Other types of oil rigs on the other side of the rig leg
Look outside to the gangplank and museum gift shop
Oil rig bunkbeds look like Alex's beacehouse bunk bed!
Alex checks out the driller's chair
Safety exhibits in the opposite corner
Alex arrives to the rig from her departing helicopter
Step outside to the level 3 deck & approach the derrick
Kathy waves to stand out from the red rig equipment
Please don't touch the Driller's Console
Drill bits and other equipment
Pipe fitter clamp and joiner tools
Kelly & Kelly bushing adapter
Look up at the traveling block, gooseneck & swivel
View beyond the museum gift shop to the Texas Seaport Museum, the Elissa and the cruise boat terminal
Head back inside under the helicopter landing pad
Ship that would transport an oil rig like the Ocean Star
See the same type oil rig across the channel after exiting
Inspired, David and Alex get right to work on an oil rig
Say cuz, do me a favor and keep the oil spills to a minimum please