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on July 20. Production is expected to start in early 2014 with a capacity of up to 100,000boe. Olympus will have a platform rig with slots for 24 wells and six subsea tiebacks. Initial production

GOM major projects will be from six subsea tiebacks in the

Gulf of Mexico

West Boreas and South Deimos felds.

Shell is operator (71.5% WI) with BP have blossomed- as the partner (28.5%).

Anadarko Lucius Spar – The hull for this unit was fabricated in Pori, a picture IS worth

Finland, and arrived at the Kiewit yard in June on the Mighty Servant I.

This cell-spar hull weighs 23,000 tons a thousand words with a length of 605ft and diameter of 110ft. The topsides, which are being

Ingleside, Texas, recently had a unique fabricated at Kiewit, weigh another

By Bruce Crager display of foating production systems 15,000 tons and will be set in nine he US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) under construction in early June which lifts with the heaviest being 10,250 has clearly returned to the included: tons. This deepwater feld will require spotlight as one of the hot- Shell Olympus TLP – The unit is now some of the largest installation vessels

T test offshore regions in the world. located at Mississippi Canyon 807 in the industry. The large offshore lift

The impact of Macondo appears to in about 3000 ft of water. This is the will require Heerema’s Thialf. The be in the past and the number of both largest TLP in the GOM, weighing in hull was recently installed in 7100ft drilling rigs and major production at a massive 120,000 tons, and Shell’s of water in Keathley Canyon 875 in projects are increasing. As an example, sixth TLP in the region. The unit is the September, where the Balder installed the Kiewit Offshore Services yard in second in the Mars feld which covers the nine mooring legs. Other ves-

Mississippi Canyon Blocks 762, 763, sels to be used include the Solitaire, 764, 805, 806, 807, 850, and 851; and Castorone, AEGIR, Deep Energy,

L to R: Shell Olympus, Delta House FPS is expected to extend Mars production Audacia, Iron Horse, Orion, and decks (on ground), Kiewit Heavy Lift to at least 2050. The hull was fabri- Deep Blue. The production capacity device, Anadarko Lucius (Spar hull on cated in South Korea, transported on of the spar will be 80,000bo/d and

Mighty Servant I at bulkhead; main topsides just beyond, sub cellar deck and the MV Blue Marlin to Kiewit, and the 450MMcfd. Production is expected to work deck father back), Chevron Big Foot topsides were installed there before commence during the second half of hull and Jack St Malo TLP.

tow-out to the feld, where it arrived 2014. Anadarko is the operator (27.8

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