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Meet the newest tuna attraction - Shell's Olympus TLP - Updated with Great Video
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:45 am
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:45 am
Olympus Sails Away - A Proud Day for Shell
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I always tell people that haven't been offshore near the floaters that its almost impossible to explain the massiveness of these things. Well, this does a pretty good job of putting it into perspective
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HOUSTON – The Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) has departed the Kiewit Offshore Services yard in Ingleside, Texas, bound for Shell’s Mars field in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.
The 120,000-ton TLP, believed to be the largest ever deployed in the Gulf of Mexico, will be moored in 3,000-ft (914-m) water depths about one mile from the existing Mars platform, which started production in 1996. The new TLP hosts a 24-slot drilling unit and includes capacity for six subsea wells to gather production from the nearby West Boreas and South Diemos fields.
The platform, centerpiece of what Shell has dubbed the Mars B development, has a production capacity of about 100,000 boe/d. The project is expected to extend the field life of Mars to at least 2050
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I always tell people that haven't been offshore near the floaters that its almost impossible to explain the massiveness of these things. Well, this does a pretty good job of putting it into perspective
This post was edited on 7/17/13 at 6:15 pm
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Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:47 am to mylsuhat
Not sure why, but I've always been dying to fish the mars block.
Think its 806 or something like that.
Think its 806 or something like that.
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 7:48 am
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:49 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
yeah it is, well that's one of like 8 blocks of the Mars field
They currently have Mars, Mars 2, and now Olympus in the Mars B field
They currently have Mars, Mars 2, and now Olympus in the Mars B field
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 7:50 am
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:52 am to mylsuhat
I watched a video of it being towed out that was posted in the OT yesterday, you talk about some serious engineering. It's amazing how they build shite like that.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:54 am to mylsuhat
I've never been more than 5 miles off shore 
And I work for a major marine company
:supersad:
And I work for a major marine company
:supersad:
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:55 am to mylsuhat
Daaamn, and I thought Brutus was the shite back in the day.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:56 am to mylsuhat
Keep an eye out for a couple of Chevron deep water rigs that will be hitting the gulf in the near future...Jack & St. Malo and Bigfoot.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:58 am to mylsuhat
Those people in the first pic need a bigger fence.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:01 am to sloopy
The amount of coordination and cooperation and dollars it takes to make shite like that rig happen us pretty mind blowing.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:16 am to mylsuhat
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I always tell people that haven't been offshore near the floaters that its almost impossible to explain the massiveness of these things. Well, this does a pretty good job of putting it into perspective
Yep.
I was shocked the first time I saw pictures of a spar with stuff near it to give size perspective:
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:29 am to mylsuhat
Equally as impressive IMO is the heavy lift ship that brought part of the structure from Korea to the gulf
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:34 am to mylsuhat
That thing is gorgeous. It's like a big tittied woman, I can't take my eyes off of it. I love the name Olympus also.
Top platform names
1. Thunderhorse
2. Olympus
3. Mars
4. Ursa
Top platform names
1. Thunderhorse
2. Olympus
3. Mars
4. Ursa
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:39 am to mylsuhat
That thing is beauuuutiful
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:44 am to mylsuhat
quote:It better produce some delicious meat balloon YFT as well.
has a production capacity of about 100,000 boe/d
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:50 am to mylsuhat
Exactly how many miles out will this guy be?
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:53 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Not sure why, but I've always been dying to fish the mars block.
Spent many a nights out there fishing. Some times it's the shits and others, well, it sucked.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:54 am to mylsuhat
That is freakin huge.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:55 am to mylsuhat
Now that is impressive.
Posted on 7/16/13 at 9:35 am to 34venture
Went overnight Saturday night to Na Kika area and it was a late change of plans away from Mars/Ursa based on RipCharts and local intel. It turned out to be the best decision of all time as Mars/Ursa area got lit up by a 7 hour lightning storm that would have been a beast to deal with. Did anyone else see this or hear about it? It was the most impressive lightning storm I've ever seen.
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