Kerr-McGee has launched the first cell spar, designed as a floating alternative to a long-distance tieback, to produce the Red Hawk field in Garden Banks block 877 in the Gulf of Mexico.

The hull section was loaded onto a barge and towed into the Gulf. It will take three days to tow the hull from Ingleside, Texas to its home on Garden Banks block 876, in 5,300 ft of water.

03/17/04