The Ocean Star Off-Shore Drilling Museum

There is so much involved in off-shore drilling -- it may be a mile or more just to the ocean floor and then the drilling goes much deeper. When things have to be repaired it takes specialized tools and devices to do the work. The following are some of these.

There is more than one kind of diving suit. This one (and the yellow hooded one shown in the picture below this one) is for more shallow dives -- these suits are referred to as scuba suits.

The suit with the heavy metal suit is suitable for deeper dives. Of course, there is always a danger diving that deep -- rigs have to have hyperbaric chambers for the divers to prevent them from getting the "bends" when they come back up. (These hyperbaric chambers can also be found in hospitale because they are useful in treating diabetics who are having trouble with restricted blood flow in their lower extremities.)