User:Pablo1234smith/sandbox

• Comment: See also User:Kmcmurray1/sandbox. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:18, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: I've already rejected this once today, please don't keep recreating and resubmitting it. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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Highway 2a Drilling RIg

The oil industry is a major part of the global economy. Drilling rigs are used as the framework for a means to run metal pipe into the ground and extract oil and gas that people use in everyday life to fuel engines as well as machines by potential energy of chemicals. This particular drilling rig is located on the side of Queen Elizabeth Highway 2a and serves as a tribute to oilpatch workers in Alberta and around the world. It is a framework of a derrick similar to that of capital city of Albertas monument located in Edmonton. Erected in 1992 and decorated with the words MERRY CHRISTMAS this rig was independently put up by a general member of the public . It has been dubbed with nickname "petroleum crucifix". This name is derived from the drilling rigs relation to the petroleum industry.

It is owned by the company Twin Rock Holdings. This is an oil and gas company that has provided rock products to Alberta Canada for over 60 years. It is a sister company of Jo Max Drilling Co. These companies provide ground breaking technology that makes it possible for companies like Esso, Shell and, Husky to buy and sell oil and gas products.

The rig borders Blackfalds and is divided by a body of water known as the Blindman River which flows into the Red Deer River. For further readings see a List of Crossings of the Red Deer River this bridge will increase traffic flow on hihgway 11a heading west. Strategic animal hunting patterns as noted by zoologists and scientists who study ecosystems are able to somewhat predict how coyotes and wolves manipulate their prey when hunting. Bridges are a noted access point for predators to ambush their prey when on the hunt for food. It provides viable access vantage point to blindside prey when leading them in a heard to a particular location.

Twin Rock Founder Bob McMurray and his pet goose

Twin Rock is a local collective of oil felid workers and family orientated business that works as a the Jack of all trades for the Alberta economy and is located along Alberta Highway 2

References

https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/rig-raising-tradition-will-continue-along-hwy-2-7035662

https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/obituaries/bob-mcmurray-7041258