Biggest Oil Platform - Okhotsk Offshore Russia

The world’s biggest oil platform is located in the Sea of Okhotsk offshore Russia. This giant is called Berkut and it is 105m long, 60m wide and 144m high. The unique drilling platform is designed to work in harsh Arctic conditions, has an autonomous power supply and can work even when temperatures go down to minus 44 degrees Celsius. Even floating ice up to two meters thick cannot damage its substructure. Very impressive.

Pearl Qatar - Incredible History of Qatar

Qatar has an incredible history. Before becoming one of the world's leaders in oil and gas industry, Qatar was a center of pearl trading and fishing. Oil was discovered in Qatar in 1940, in Dukhan Field, and this discovery completely transformed the state's economy. Now Qatar is the world's richest country per capita with one of the highest standards of living.

Giant Bucket-Wheel Excavator - Bagger 293

This giant bucket-wheel excavator, called Bagger 293, is the largest and heaviest land vehicle in human history. It is 315 feet tall, 740 feet long, and weighing over 31 million pounds. This excavator requires a crew of five to operate and can move over 8.5 million cubic feet of earth per day. To put that in perspective, that is the equivalent of digging a hole the length of a football field and over 80 feet deep in a day

Pearl Street Power Station, built by Thomas Edison

These three guys from 1889 are employees at the first power plant in the United States. In 1882 Pearl Street Power Station, built by Thomas Edison, sent electricity to 400 lamps at 82 customers. At that time people were initially afraid of electricity and parents would not let their children be near the lights