Offshore staff
HOUSTON -- Atlantia Offshore Ltd. has integrated the hull and topsides of its DeepDraft Semi for the Independence Hub development.
The operation, which took place quayside at the Kiewit Offshore Services facility in Ingleside, Texas, was completed on Sept. 20, using Kiewit's heavy lifting device to set the 8,400-ton deck onto the 10,000-ton hull.
Additional hookup and commissioning activities are expected to continue over the next several weeks. Afterwards, the Hub will be towed to Mississippi Canyon block 920 in the Gulf of Mexico and will be moored in 8,000 ft of water.
Once installed, the Atlantia DeepDraft Semi will connect to one 24 in. export gas line, and have the capacity to connect to 16 infield flowlines and 12 umbilicals coming from an initial 10 ultra-deepwater fields. Total designed throughput of the process facility will be 1Bcf/d of natural gas.
10/3/06
