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August 2005 29 first well for the Standard Oil Company of Texas. The rig then moved to anoth- er location off the coast of Galveston,

Texas, then to the Gulf of Mexico.

In June 1956, the Scorpion set a drilling rig world relocation record by traveling approximately one mile under tow from one well site to another and commenced drilling a new well within 8.5 hours.

Scorpion's unprecedented reposition- ing speed was due to its ability to stabi- lize with only five to seven feet of sea floor penetration and then quickly ele- vate.

Other platforms of the day typically required as much as a hundred feet of spud penetration and days to jack before operations could begin.

Construction soon began on a second

LeTourneau platform, which was deliv- ered to Zapata Off-Shore in early 1957.

The LeTourneau platforms soon had an opportunity to prove themselves, as they were the only rigs on the Gulf Coast to withstand the forces of Hurricane

Audrey in 1957 without sustaining dam- age.

The Zapata Scorpion revolutionized offshore oil and gas exploration a half century ago by greatly reducing the costs of setting an offshore oil well into operation.

Well regarded as a robust and efficient drilling platform, LeTourneau had built and placed 10 offshore platforms around the world by 1959.

Today, after having designed, engi- neered and built 179 jack-ups (more than anyone else) and with more than 135 operating throughout the world,

LeTourneau, Inc.'s Marine Group stands as a leader in offshore jack-up drilling rigs, with a track record of dependabili- ty.

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