Revell 08803 Off-Shore Oilrig North Cormorant 1/200
It was in 1859 that the first oil well was successfully drilled underground to a depth of 21 m by Colonel Drake in Pennsylvania, USA. It was not until 70 years later that the first hazardous steps were taken from land into water. In 1927 the first offshore drilling was done in California to a depth of only 6 m. The oil policy of the OPEC countries made undersea oil exploration and production much more interesting. There are now about 380 offshore drilling rigs in operation world wide. In addition to off the coasts of North and Central America, a second major field was found in the North Sea. In 1975 the Forties Field went into production. The substructure of the North Cormorant was towed to its site 160 km north east of the Shetland Isles at the beginning of 1980. When it was finally anchored to the seabed with 32 gigantic steel pins it had covered a record distance of 1400 km by sea from the French shipyard at Cherbourg. The whole drilling platform was installed in the period from May to August 1981 and went into production in the December. The oil and gas extracted is transported to dry land in pipelines. The deck of the platform has a total area of 4,000 m². The gigantic substructure with a height of 170 m and a weight of 24,500 tonnes is bigger than all its predecessors in the history of North Sea oil. While it was being built the North Cormorant was home to 240 men. Now it is operated by over 100 seamen in all weathers.
Model
- Water line model with detailed substructure
- Modular platform superstructure
- Container units with internal fittings
- Detailed derrick
- Loading crane with movable boom
- Structural details on side walls
- Flare mast
- Lifeboats
- Helicopter landing pad
- 40 drill strings
- Railings
- Detailed catwalks with steps
- Detailed decals
Marketing informations
- age 13+
Product specifications
- height 504 mm
- length 685 mm
- number of parts 615
- wingspan 275 mm
Itemdata
- level very ambitious
- scale 1:200
Product description
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- 350 332
- article description
- Off-Shore Oilrig North Cormorant
- main colours
- 4 8 12 30 31 99 302 330 364 374 378
- original text
- It was in 1859 that the first oil well was successfully drilled underground to a depth of 21 m by Colonel Drake in Pennsylvania, USA. It was not until 70 years later that the first hazardous steps were taken from land into water. In 1927 the first offshore drilling was done in California to a depth of only 6 m. The oil policy of the OPEC countries made undersea oil exploration and production much more interesting. There are now about 380 offshore drilling rigs in operation world wide. In addition to off the coasts of North and Central America, a second major field was found in the North Sea. In 1975 the Forties Field went into production. The substructure of the North Cormorant was towed to its site 160 km north east of the Shetland Isles at the beginning of 1980. When it was finally anchored to the seabed with 32 gigantic steel pins it had covered a record distance of 1400 km by sea from the French shipyard at Cherbourg. The whole drilling platform was installed in the period from May to August 1981 and went into production in the December. The oil and gas extracted is transported to dry land in pipelines. The deck of the platform has a total area of 4,000 m². The gigantic substructure with a height of 170 m and a weight of 24,500 tonnes is bigger than all its predecessors in the history of North Sea oil. While it was being built the North Cormorant was home to 240 men. Now it is operated by over 100 seamen in all weathers.
| Product Name | Revell 08803 Off-Shore Oilrig North Cormorant 1/200 |
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| Description | It was in 1859 that the first oil well was successfully drilled underground to a depth of 21 m by Colonel Drake in Pennsylvania, USA. It was not until 70 years later that the first hazardous steps were taken from land into water. In 1927 the first offshore drilling was done in California to a depth of only 6 m. The oil policy of the OPEC countries made undersea oil exploration and production much more interesting. There are now about 380 offshore drilling rigs in operation world wide. In addition to off the coasts of North and Central America, a second major field was found in the North Sea. In 1975 the Forties Field went into production. The substructure of the North Cormorant was towed to its site 160 km north east of the Shetland Isles at the beginning of 1980. When it was finally anchored to the seabed with 32 gigantic steel pins it had covered a record distance of 1400 km by sea from the French shipyard at Cherbourg. The whole drilling platform was installed in the period from May to August 1981 and went into production in the December. The oil and gas extracted is transported to dry land in pipelines. The deck of the platform has a total area of 4,000 m². The gigantic substructure with a height of 170 m and a weight of 24,500 tonnes is bigger than all its predecessors in the history of North Sea oil. While it was being built the North Cormorant was home to 240 men. Now it is operated by over 100 seamen in all weathers. Model- Water line model with detailed substructure Marketing informations
Product specifications
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Product description
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| SKU | rev-08803 |
| Weight (lbs) | 6.000000 |