replacing pipe from the well when it is necessary to change the bit or other piece of the drill string‚ or when preparing to run certain tests in the well bore. • Top drive o A mechanical device on a drilling rig that provides clockwise torque to the drill string to facilitate the process of drilling a borehole. • Kelly hose o is a flexible‚ steel reinforced‚ high pressure hose that connects the standpipe to the kelly. • Goose neck o A thick metal elbow connected to the swivel and standpipe
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head: PROPOSED DRILLING IN ANWR Proposed Drilling in ANWR Abstract Due to high cost of crude oil‚ the nation is in turmoil over prices of gas prices. This letter is a proposal for drilling in the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Drilling in the ANWR is meant solely to reduce the reliability on foreign crude oil and to help the nation in its economic down side due to the rise in gas prices. Drilling In this proposal
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In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ one of the main characters‚ Alaska Young‚ is involved in a fatal car accident. Following her death‚ the world religions teacher‚ Dr. Hyde‚ asks his class to interpret the question she posed for an essay: “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?” This is the biggest clue that leads the reader to believe her car crash was not an accident (Constantakis). Other clues are how openly Alaska brings up dying‚ such as when she states the reason
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Paez 1 Mia Paez English 9-2 H 31 March 2014 Looking For Alaska In the book Looking for Alaska written by John Green is a story about how main character Miles “Pudge” Halter moves from his hometown in Florida to go to a boarding school in Alabama called Culver Creek High School‚ there he meets his roommate Chip “The Colonel” Martin and his friends Alaska Young‚ Takumi Hikohito‚ and Lara Buterskaya. Throughout the novel Pudge tries and does things that he never thought he would do‚ he falls in
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Northrop English Language Arts 12 16 October 2014 Looking For Alaska The title of the book Looking For Alaska suggests that the characters in the book were looking for Alaska in a metaphorical sense. This story is about Miles‚ a 16year old boy who is shy and lonely‚ he has no friends. He decided to move to Alabama and enroll in Culver Creek Preparatory School‚ hoping to change his social life. He befriends the Colonel‚ Alaska‚ and Takumi‚ they introduce him to the social order of campus
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I recently finished reading your book called Looking For Alaska. After conducting research‚ I am aware that various schools have challenged whether or not the book is appropriate to keep in school libraries. Although your book contains controversial content‚ I think the theme composed in the story makes the controversy of the content irrelevant. Therefore‚ I disagree with the individuals who think Looking For Alaska should be banned from schools. This novel should not be exempt from schools because
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delegates from across the territory. They met at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks in November 1955 to write a constitution for the proposed state. Alaskans voted approval of the constitution in April 1956. The new constitution was set to take effect when and if Congress granted statehood for Alaska. Efforts finally paid off in 1958 when Congress approved statehood for Alaska. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Bill into law on July 7‚ 1958. Alaskans accepted statehood
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Recently‚ though a new argument has come to Alaska‚ one that could destroy the traditions of the Gwich’in forever. Politicians‚ environmentalists‚ economists and neighbors now fight over the prospect of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Many of the arguments for drilling are worth consideration; however‚ in comparison to the evidence against it‚ they are neither convincing nor compelling. In order to fully understand why drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is such
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why we need to drill this oil‚ to include the lies we need to tell when it comes to investing into other energy sources. World leaders‚ you already know and understand that public opinion is the key to drilling oil in New Guinea. The cameras will be all over us when news announces that we are drilling in New Guinea. The first thing that we must do to enhance our public opinion is media control. An additional investment must be made to encompass the area of land
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acres in Alaska’s coastal plain 2. A wildlife reservation preserve‚ abundant with vast habitats and oil reservoirs B. Relevant 1. Drilling could possibly destroy the habitat and way of life for animals 2. It could also give the United States a 6 month supply of oil 3. Is the drilling worth it C. Thesis statement 1. The United States Congress should allow drilling in ANWR due to the economic‚ environmental‚ and social benefits we would get from doing so II. (Topic Sentence One-Economic Uprisings)
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