On May 4, 1869, Thomas F. Rowland (U.S.) filed the first patent
for a fixed drilling platform. The first working offshore oil well was built off
the coast of California in 1897. Also in 1869, Samuel Lewis described the principle
of the self-elevating mobile platform, but it wasn't until 1954 that the first platform
of this type was built.
(Inventions and Discoveries)
Mar 17, 2013
First offshore oil well
On May 4, 1869, Thomas F. Rowland (U.S.) filed the first patent
for a fixed drilling platform. The first working offshore oil well was built off
the coast of California in 1897. Also in 1869, Samuel Lewis described the principle
of the self-elevating mobile platform, but it wasn't until 1954 that the first platform
of this type was built.
(Inventions and Discoveries)
