Anadarko installs world's deepest tension leg platform in Gulf of
Mexico
Posted: 20 January 2004
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced the Marco Polo platform,
the deepest tension leg platform (TLP) in the world, has been successfully
installed in 4,300 feet of water about 160 miles south of New Orleans.
The 196-foot hull traveled 13,000 miles from South Korea to Anadarko's
Marco Polo discovery on Green Canyon Block 608, where it has been
mated to its 6,725-ton topsides, which were constructed in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Anadarko, operator of the platform, is now moving forward to install
the platform rig and begin the tiebacks and completion of Marco
Polo's six development wells. Oil and gas export pipelines will
also be connected to the platform. Oil and gas production is expected
to begin in July 2004.
"We commend all involved for their outstanding performance
in delivering this record-setting project," Mark Pease, Anadarko
vice president of U.S. onshore and offshore, said. "We anticipated
some weather delays in our schedule, but they persisted beyond our
estimates and caused us some delay in the start-up. Everything that
we could control during the project was on schedule and completed
without a hitch. We're looking forward to bringing the field online
this summer."
GulfTerra Energy Partners (NYSE:GTM) and Cal Dive International
(Nasdaq:CDIS) own the platform structure, and Anadarko is the operator.
Production capacity is 120,000 barrels of oil per day and 300 million
cubic feet of gas per day.
Anadarko currently has access to 536 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico;
288 of those are in deepwater.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is one of the world's largest independent
oil and gas exploration and production companies. Houston-based
Anadarko is active in the U.S., Canada, Algeria, Qatar and Venezuela
and is executing strategic exploration programs in several other
countries.
For more information see www.anadarko.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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