Great Britain. A Three-Dimensional Expanding Country Guide

A characteristic of this rig is that it can be used for both development and exploratory drilling. It has a load capacity of 496 tons and can drill down to 21,325 feet. It is equipped with a 2,000-horsepower drawworks, three 1,600-horsepower mud pumps, a 550-ton top drive, and a 1,150-horse-power rotary table. The Yermak drilling rig has been modified to operate under various climatic zones, and in particular, for work under cold Far North conditions and at high temperatures in hot and humid climates. On the Agenda: Energy Conservation Foreign media reports sometimes claim that the Russian economy wastes too much energy and, unlike European countries, is very slow at implementing energy conservation programs. This not-so-simple issue also warrants examination. International Energy Agency data do show that the GDP energy/ output ratio in Russia is 2.5 times higher than in the US, and 3.5 times higher than in Great Britain. Even Canada, with its harsh climatic conditions, consumes only half as much energy per unit of production as Russia does ...»