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Client
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Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.
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Region
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Gulf of Mexico
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Location
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Mississippi Canyon 773
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Water Depth
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5610 ft.
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Services Performed
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Project Management, Procurement, Front-End Engineering Design, Detailed Engineering, Fabrication, Subsea, Marine Installation
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| Contractor |
SparTEC, Inc. |
| Award |
June, 2001 |
| Completion |
4th Quarter, 2003
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| Lease
Holders |
Dominion Exp.
& Prod., Inc. and Pioneer Natural Resources USA,
Inc. |
| Project
Manager |
Tom Carr |
| Key Participants
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Engineering - JRME
Deck Outfitting - Harbor Island Fab.
Subsea & Riser Systems - Mentor Subsea
Topsides Structure - TNG
Hull Structure Fab - P.T. McDermott Indonesia |
| Total
Weight |
12,278 ST (hull
only) |
| Prod.
Capacity |
110 MMscfd
- gas
60 Mbpd - oil
40 Mbpd - water |
Description:
- 94 ft Hard Tank Diameter with 42 x 42 ft. centerwell for
8 production risers, length 241 ft 6 in. Truss length 304
ft 6 in. Soft tank depth 40 ft. Overall Spar length 586
ft with 50 ft hard tank freeboard.
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Scope:
- EPIC Contract to provide a complete truss Spar based,
floating workover and production platform with eight dry
tree riser assemblies.
Innovations:
- Worlds deepest Spar located at Mississippi Canyon Block
773 in 5,610 feet of water.
Technology:
- The Spar will be moored by a nine line permanent, taut
catenary system. The mooring will be composed primarily
of jacketed steel spiral strand wire, with 5.75” chain
at each end. The mooring system is secured to the seafloor
with suction pile anchors.
- Top tension for the risers will be provided by buoyant
air cans. Production Risers are single cased with threaded
coupling connectors.
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