Rotary Table--Gardner Denver 37 1/2".DERRICK: Branham 147''; 1,392,000-1b hook load capacity.BOP SYSTEM: Three Cameron type U 10,000psi BOP; 5,000 psi Hydril; 20" Regan diverter.CRANES: Two SeeKing 1400.REMARKS: Formerly Griffin-Alexander III.WORK AREA: Bombay High.ABAN IIIRIG DESIGN: Marathon LeTourneauCONSTRUCTION: Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Pte.Ltd., Singapore, 1974, Modified to cantilever 1984.PERFORMANCE: Water depth--300''; Drilling depth--20,000''.QUARTERS: 94 persons.HULL: LeTourneau design jetdrillpress 230'' x 200'' x 26''.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1993Deep in the marrow of West Oakland, in the industrial desert of the abandoned Phoenix Iron Works, under the derelict scaffolding of warship craze and the flapping of pigeons jetdrillpress and the falling of feathers, in inches of soot and clouds of jetdrillpress green gasses, lit by shafts of light piercing dusted air from a thousand windows vibrant red from the setting west, among miles of steel and acres of concrete, the table seems simple, small, insignificant. In this gloom of forgotten machinery, under wires which haven''t breathed electricity in years, there''s the sense--not so much that beauty will one day be guest to the table--but that the table is already guest to great beauty.

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