To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Yes, and I am also looking at photos of the Chevron Typhoon TLP production facility that is floating up-side-down - that's at least ONE "active" production platform (since 2001) that is now totally out of service.
The key question is are there others such as the Typhoon that have not yet been reported on...
60 posted on
09/27/2005 8:43:10 PM PDT by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: VRWCTexan
OK but it's still not that bad. When a storm comes they shut in the wells on the seabed. If you need to set a new platform it will be a major cost and take time, however you still have the wells in place. The oil industry is a great bunch of can do people ... when left alone to do their work.
Sorry if I sounded a bit testy.
63 posted on
09/27/2005 8:47:11 PM PDT by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(Houston - Showing New Orleans how it's done.)
To: VRWCTexan
The TLP in the Chevron Typhoon field is a SeaStar built by Atlantia Offshore. I do not know of others in use nor have I seen any pictures on the web.
79 posted on
09/27/2005 9:05:02 PM PDT by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(Houston - Showing New Orleans how it's done.)
To: VRWCTexan
Yes, and I am also looking at photos of the Chevron Typhoon TLP production facility that is floating up-side-down I don't think it's upside down. I think the superstructure has been knocked completely off and is somewhere in the location, but under 2000 feet of water.
This is not an insignificant loss. It had been producing 44,000 bbls of oil daily, and it will obviously be months before it can be returned to production.
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