InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The mooring lines were deployed and installed on time and without incident.
Project developer LLOG Bluewater, a joint venture between LLOG Exploration and Blackstone Energy Partners and its affiliates, contracted InterMoor to design, fabricate and install 12 suction pile anchors; to install 12 preset chain/polyester mooring lines; and to hook up the FPS in 1,356 m (4,450 ft) of water in GoM Mississippi Canyon Block 254, 209 km (130 miles) southeast of New Orleans.
InterMoor fabricated the suction piles at its 34-acre facility in Morgan City, La. The piles, which were used as permanent anchors for the project, are 26 m (85 ft) long, 5 m (16 ft) in diameter and weigh about 165 mt. Installation was in second-quarter 2014 and was followed by the hookup in the third quarter.
The FPS is designed for a peak capacity of 100,000 bbl/d of oil and 6.8 Mcm/d (240 Mcf/d) of gas. First production from the facility is expected in the first half of 2015.
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