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  4. bp’s Argos platform sets sail for Texas

bp’s Argos platform sets sail for Texas

Release date:
3 February 2021
The Mad Dog 2 project hit another significant milestone this week as the Argos Floating Production Unit (FPU) sailed away from South Korea on the Boskalis Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas. 

 

While at Kiewit, Argos will undergo final preparatory work and regulatory inspections prior to heading 380 miles offshore to its ultimate home.  

 

The semi-submersible FPU is expected to produce up to 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) through a subsea production system from up to 14 production wells and eight water injection wells.

Argos FPU sailaway

Argos FPU sailaway

By the numbers

 

  • The FPU weighs 60,000 tons
  • It will travel 15,000 miles to Texas over the course of 60+ days
  • It will operate in 4,500 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico nearly 200 miles south of New Orleans 
  • More than 15 million hours of work have gone into fabricating the FPU at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea 
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas
The Argos FPU sailed away from South Korea on the BOKA Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas

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