Offshore staff
HOUSTON -- M-I Swaco has officially opened a new supply base in Cameron, Louisiana. It replaces the long-time facility destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Rita.
The new supply base has been relocated from the previous location it occupied since 1958 to the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron. The new plant, which is now one of the largest facilities M-I Swaco operates on the Gulf Coast, has total mixing capacity for 4,000 bbl of water-base, synthetic-base, and oil-base drilling fluids and storage capacity for 39,000 bbl, including base fluids. The facility also has storage capacity for 55,000 sacks bulk barite, 4,000 sacks bulk gel, and 4,000 sacks of bulk lime.
"With 750 ft (229 m) of bulkhead and water depths capable of handling the largest deepwater vessels, this facility offers the latest in technology," says Joe Bacho, M-I Swaco's senior VP of the North American Business Unit. "The new Cameron facility is strategically positioned to service the needs of our customers in the expanding western Gulf of Mexico deepwater market."
"Our new Cameron facility is second only to Port Fourchon as the largest and most technically advanced offshore supply and service base that M-I Swaco operates on the Gulf Coast," says Larry Maddox, M-I Swaco's southern US regional VP.
10/26/2007
