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Drilling for Oil [April 01, 2005]

A change from the recent floral shots...

This is the Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre, an amazing building providing office and laboratory space for developing oil rigs. Its roof is made out of Teflon-coated glass-fiber membrane suspended from a steel superstructure - the same technology used for the Millenium Dome. To get an idea of the scale, check out the little guy sat in his office on the far left.

A technical aside...

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