Credit: BP
BP s behemoth Argos offshore oil platform, the centerpiece of the company s $9 billion Mad Dog 2 project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has arrived in the U.S. after a 16,000-mile journey from South Korea.
The platform, loaded onboard Boskalis BOKA Vanguard heavy transport vessel, had left South Korea in January, and it has this week arrived in the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas. The arrival of the new floating production unit is a major milestone towards the completion of Mad Dog 2. Once online, Argos will significantly strengthen BP’s high-margin oil and gas business in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s also expected to support about 800 jobs during the work in Ingleside and about 250 jobs once in operation, BP said.
Credit: Boskalis
BP s giant Argos offshore platform, to be used for the Mad Dog 2 development in the Gulf of Mexico, was this week loaded on Boskalis BOKA Vanguard vessel in South Korea and is preparing set sail for the U.S.
According to Boskalis, the Dutch marine services contractor, the giant Argos floating production unit weighing nearly 70,000 tons was floated onto Boskalis semi-submersible heavy transport vessel BOKA Vanguard on Tuesday. The vessel was submerged well over 29 meters to make this happen. After years of engineering and preparation, a first impressive operational milestone in transportation from Korea to the USA was reached, Boskalis said.
Attorney William Goodell filed the lawsuit alleging long-term groundwater pollution by energy companies.
St. Landry Parish and the village of Crankton have filed suit against Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron U.S.A. and other energy companies, alleging that they’re responsible for groundwater contamination from a former oilfield tank farm.
Environmental attorney William Goodell filed a supplemental petition earlier this month in the 27th Judicial District Court in St. Landry in the case involving the former 80-acre Cankton Tank Farm. The complaint alleges the tank farm is the source of waste materials that contaminated groundwater, drinking water wells and the Chicot Aquifer.