A Primer of OFFSHORE OPERATIONS Second Edition By Ron Baker Edited by Nancy Janicek Published by PETROLEUM EXTENSION SERVICE Division of Continuing Education The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas in cooperation with International Association of Drilling Contractors Houston, Texas and Petroleum Industry Training Service Canada 1985©1985 by The University of Texas at Austin All rights reserved First Edition published 1976, Second Edition 1985 Printed in the United States of America This book of parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the Petroleum Extension Ser: vice, The University of Texas at Austin, Brand names, company names, trademarks, or other iden: tifying symbols appearing in illustrations and/or teat are used for educational purposes unly and do not constitute an endorsement by the author or publisher. ISBN 0-88698-095.X Uvsevrsusuesvvovsuuvsvsvvds