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  2. Spar (platform) - Wikipedia

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    The first, and thus far unique, cell-spar platform was Kerr-McGee's Red Hawk spar (7 ea. 8 m (26 ft) diameter cells). [6] Field-depletion occurred 4 years after production started, so Red Hawk was decommissioned in 2014 under the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 's " Rigs-to-Reefs " program, at which time it was the deepest ...

  3. Aasta Hansteen spar - Wikipedia

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    The spar was upended in the fjord, after which the topsides were installed using the floatover technique. It was then towed vertically to the Aasta Hansteen gas field 300 kilometres (190 mi) off Bodø at the northwest coast of Norway. The spar is moored north of the Arctic Circle using polyester moorings to the seabed 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) below.

  4. Truss - Wikipedia

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    A truss is an assembly of members such as beams, connected by nodes, that creates a rigid structure. [1] In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assemblage as a whole behaves as a single object". [2]

  5. Spar (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    SPAR, originally "DESPAR", styled as "DE SPAR" [2] (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational franchise that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. [3] It was founded in the Netherlands in 1932, [4] by Adriaan van Well.

  6. Devil's Tower (oil platform) - Wikipedia

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    Devils Tower in 2004. Devils Tower is a deep-water oil and gas production Spar oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico and named after Devils Tower National Monument.. Devils Tower is located in block 773 of the Mississippi Canyon region of the Gulf of Mexico.

  7. Spar (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A typical metal spar in a general aviation aircraft usually consists of a sheet aluminium spar web, with L- or T-shaped spar caps being welded or riveted to the top and bottom of the sheet to prevent buckling under applied loads. Larger aircraft using this method of spar construction may have the spar caps sealed to provide integral fuel tanks.

  8. Truss (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A truss is an architectural or engineering structure. Truss or variant, may also refer to: Truss (surname), a list of people with the surname Liz Truss, former prime minister of the United Kingdom; Truss (botany), a terminal cluster of flowers or fruit arising from one stalk; Truss (medicine), a type of surgical appliance

  9. Oil platform - Wikipedia

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    The Lun-A (Lunskoye-A) platform, located off the north eastern coast of Sakhalin Island and is a concrete gravity base substructure (CGBS).. An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed.