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Kalgoorlie Super Pit
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By: KRL
@ 2008-04-14 09:17:48
Huge Open Pit Gold Mine. Produces 850,000 oz. Gold per year. Large Equipment & Drill & Blast patterns clearly visible. Link to company website below.]]>

Kalgoorlie Super Pit
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By: KRL
@ 2008-04-14 09:17:48
Huge Open Pit Gold Mine. Produces 850,000 oz. Gold per year. Large Equipment & Drill & Blast patterns clearly visible. Link to company website below.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48985/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48985/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:17:48 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48985/ -30.77535800 121.51007700

Newman Iron Ore Mine
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By: KRL
@ 2008-04-10 14:49:09
Pilbara Region; Western Australia. Area of drilling and blasting holes being prepared. Heavy equipment visible.]]>

Newman Iron Ore Mine
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By: KRL
@ 2008-04-10 14:49:09
Pilbara Region; Western Australia. Area of drilling and blasting holes being prepared. Heavy equipment visible.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48845/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48845/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:49:09 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48845/ -23.36502900 119.68051000

Geothermal Power Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2008-03-03 14:47:04
The Geysers. One of 21 power plants in Sonoma & Lake Country, California. Surface pipelines, well pads and cooling towers at steam plants clearly visible. Link below for more info.]]>

Geothermal Power Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2008-03-03 14:47:04
The Geysers. One of 21 power plants in Sonoma & Lake Country, California. Surface pipelines, well pads and cooling towers at steam plants clearly visible. Link below for more info.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46873/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46873/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:47:04 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46873/ 38.76846400 -122.74654300

Hawiyah Gas Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2007-11-20 10:44:56
Large Gas Plant. New and Larger facility under construction just to the east. South of the huge Ghawar Oilfield. Link below to news item about recent pipeline explosion east of this plant.]]>

Hawiyah Gas Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2007-11-20 10:44:56
Large Gas Plant. New and Larger facility under construction just to the east. South of the huge Ghawar Oilfield. Link below to news item about recent pipeline explosion east of this plant.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41075/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41075/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:44:56 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41075/ 24.80539600 49.35650800

Gas Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2007-03-14 07:57:20
Natural Gas process & compression.]]>

Gas Plant
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By: KRL
@ 2007-03-14 07:57:20
Natural Gas process & compression.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30369/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30369/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:57:20 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30369/ 59.19446600 -120.51205900

Sidoarjo Mud Flow
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-23 09:03:14
Location of Uncontrolled hot mud flow started by Natural Gas Drilling Well. Up to 1 million barrels per day. Has flowed into ocean via river just to the south. Pictures and map at link below. ]]>

Sidoarjo Mud Flow
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-23 09:03:14
Location of Uncontrolled hot mud flow started by Natural Gas Drilling Well. Up to 1 million barrels per day. Has flowed into ocean via river just to the south. Pictures and map at link below. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29585/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29585/ Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:03:14 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29585/ -7.53421200 112.70693800

Port Radium
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-14 12:53:36
Historic Minesite. Produced Uranium for WWII atom bombs on Japan. Mostly Relcaimed.]]>

Port Radium
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-14 12:53:36
Historic Minesite. Produced Uranium for WWII atom bombs on Japan. Mostly Relcaimed.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29278/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29278/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:53:36 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29278/ 66.08607700 -118.03140200

Exploration Camp
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-14 10:49:22
Mary River Iron Ore Project, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Adjacent airstrip.]]>

Exploration Camp
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-14 10:49:22
Mary River Iron Ore Project, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Adjacent airstrip.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29264/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29264/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:49:22 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29264/ 71.32666300 -79.37336700

LNG Facility
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-13 12:01:12
LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Facility and Loading Terminal near Nikiski, Alaska. On the Kenai Peninsula. Fertilizer Plant to south. Large Gas Processing Facility serving Cook Inlet to the northeast.]]>

LNG Facility
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-13 12:01:12
LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Facility and Loading Terminal near Nikiski, Alaska. On the Kenai Peninsula. Fertilizer Plant to south. Large Gas Processing Facility serving Cook Inlet to the northeast.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29232/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29232/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:01:12 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29232/ 60.67923200 -151.37563700

Seismic Lines & Drill Pads
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-13 10:36:13
Dense Pattern of Seismic & Drill Pads north of Heavy Oil Development; southeast of Ft. McMurray.]]>

Seismic Lines & Drill Pads
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-13 10:36:13
Dense Pattern of Seismic & Drill Pads north of Heavy Oil Development; southeast of Ft. McMurray.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29219/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29219/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:36:13 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29219/ 56.44631700 -110.95646400

Largest Open Cast Mine in the World
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By: doitsurt
@ 2006-10-25 05:04:49]]>

Largest Open Cast Mine in the World
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By: doitsurt
@ 2006-10-25 05:04:49]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25242/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25242/ Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:04:49 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25242/ -23.99064400 31.12924600

Melkøya Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-25 17:57:51

From www.offshore-technology.com:

Snøhvit will be the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf without a fixed or floating unit. Instead, a subsea production system on the seabed will feed a land-based plant on the north-western coast of Melkøya, at the entrance to the shipping channel into Hammerfest via a 68cm ID, 160km gas pipeline. In addition come two chemical lines, an umbilical and a separate pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide, which will be laid in the summer of 2005.

Both the subsea production system located on the field and pipeline transport will be monitored and controlled from a control room at Melkøya, where operators will be able to open and close valves on the seabed 140km away with signals transmitted along fibre-optic cables, and with high-voltage electrical and hydraulic power lines.

The unprocessed wellstream arriving at Melkøya is separated and the gas cooled down to liquid form and exported. Gas from the Snøhvit area contains 5% to 8% carbon dioxide, which will be separated out at the land plant and returned in a separate line for storage underground beneath the seabed.]]>

Melkøya Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-25 17:57:51

From www.offshore-technology.com:

Snøhvit will be the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf without a fixed or floating unit. Instead, a subsea production system on the seabed will feed a land-based plant on the north-western coast of Melkøya, at the entrance to the shipping channel into Hammerfest via a 68cm ID, 160km gas pipeline. In addition come two chemical lines, an umbilical and a separate pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide, which will be laid in the summer of 2005.

Both the subsea production system located on the field and pipeline transport will be monitored and controlled from a control room at Melkøya, where operators will be able to open and close valves on the seabed 140km away with signals transmitted along fibre-optic cables, and with high-voltage electrical and hydraulic power lines.

The unprocessed wellstream arriving at Melkøya is separated and the gas cooled down to liquid form and exported. Gas from the Snøhvit area contains 5% to 8% carbon dioxide, which will be separated out at the land plant and returned in a separate line for storage underground beneath the seabed.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/16940/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/16940/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:57:51 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/16940/ 70.68621600 23.59528500

Bucket Wheel Excavator
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By: damein234
@ 2006-03-19 09:47:33
One of two on site, this B.W.E. is probably about 750 ft. long fully extended. ]]>

Bucket Wheel Excavator
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By: damein234
@ 2006-03-19 09:47:33
One of two on site, this B.W.E. is probably about 750 ft. long fully extended. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15671/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15671/ Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:47:33 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15671/ 50.96244800 6.65463600

Giant dumptrucks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:33:56
Note the tiny pickup trucks parked nearby.]]>

Giant dumptrucks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:33:56
Note the tiny pickup trucks parked nearby.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12544/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12544/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:33:56 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12544/ 43.62087000 -105.24622300

Earthmoving equipment at strip mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:30:48]]>

Earthmoving equipment at strip mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:30:48]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12543/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12543/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:30:48 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12543/ 43.57692400 -105.31438400

Giant dump truck with tiny pickup truck nearby
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:29:12
There is a pickup truck right next to the dump truck and another a hundred feet to the SW.]]>

Giant dump truck with tiny pickup truck nearby
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-12-05 11:29:12
There is a pickup truck right next to the dump truck and another a hundred feet to the SW.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12541/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12541/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:29:12 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12541/ 43.57577400 -105.31873900

Open pit mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-11-24 15:41:42]]>

Open pit mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-11-24 15:41:42]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12112/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12112/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:41:42 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/12112/ -33.80397100 18.56710900

Leaching ponds
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-11-15 18:28:15]]>

Leaching ponds
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-11-15 18:28:15]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/11634/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/11634/ Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:28:15 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/11634/ -33.00790800 18.04714700

Large dome at a mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-10-09 00:35:29
This dome is 100 meters across. Part of a mining operation.]]>

Large dome at a mine
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-10-09 00:35:29
This dome is 100 meters across. Part of a mining operation.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10205/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10205/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:35:29 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10205/ 34.35240900 -116.84888000

Leaching process
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-08-20 22:47:22
Looks like some form of leaching process going on here.]]>

Leaching process
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-08-20 22:47:22
Looks like some form of leaching process going on here.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/8184/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/8184/ Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:47:22 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/8184/ 38.32889800 -85.66140900

Loading CNG Tanker
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By: bonjbrown
@ 2005-08-03 16:33:34]]>

Loading CNG Tanker
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By: bonjbrown
@ 2005-08-03 16:33:34]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6706/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6706/ Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:33:34 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6706/ 30.07093200 -94.05712000

Transco
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By: doranchak
@ 2005-07-30 13:03:59
A natural gas distributor in the UK]]>

Transco
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By: doranchak
@ 2005-07-30 13:03:59
A natural gas distributor in the UK]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6414/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6414/ Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:03:59 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6414/ 51.49600000 0.00469900

Green Square in Australia
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By: kenmo
@ 2005-07-28 23:23:46
One more Australian thing I can't identify...]]>

Green Square in Australia
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By: kenmo
@ 2005-07-28 23:23:46
One more Australian thing I can't identify...]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6322/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6322/ Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:23:46 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6322/ -32.67641800 115.94367700

Huge Australian Complex
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By: kenmo
@ 2005-07-28 23:20:21
I don't know what this is. If you zoom in there are a lot of interesting details. Also it's pretty huge, compare it to the town to the west...]]>

Huge Australian Complex
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By: kenmo
@ 2005-07-28 23:20:21
I don't know what this is. If you zoom in there are a lot of interesting details. Also it's pretty huge, compare it to the town to the west...]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6320/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6320/ Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:20:21 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6320/ -32.63677300 115.93168300