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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.
Bullwinkle was a 1,736 feet (529 m) [1] tall, pile-supported fixed steel oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Installed in 1988, the total weight of the platform was 77,000 tons, of which the steel jacket comprises 49,375 tons. [2]
The Atlantis oil field is the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. The field was discovered in 1998 and is located at the Green Canyon blocks 699, 700, 742, 743, and 744 in United States federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico about 130 miles (210 km) from the coast of Louisiana. The oil field lies in water depths ranging from 4,400 to ...
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.
Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Island Fabrication [2] Chevron (originally Texaco) and Marathon Oil: 500$ million [2] 1754 43,000 Tallest freestanding structure in the world 2000–2008. Jacket height 509 m (1,671 ft). Baldpate Compliant Tower: 581.5 1,908 1998 Compliant tower United States Gulf of Mexico: McDermott Engineering & Aker Gulf Marine [3]
Magnolia is an offshore oil drilling and production Extended Tension Leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It was the world's deepest ETLP, reaching 1,432 m (4,698 ft), beating the Marco Polo TLP by 120 m (390 ft). [1] In March 2018, Big Foot ETLP took over this claim in 1,580 m (5,180 ft).
HOUSTON – A late-season hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could slash U.S. oil production by 4 million barrels, according to researchers. Hurricane Rafael intensified into a Category 2 storm early ...
The Ursa tension leg platform is an oil platform with a tension leg structure located at about 130 miles (210 km) southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico It is operated by Shell . It has a total height from the seabed to its top of 4,285 feet (1,306 m).