Red Hawk Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Anadarko
- Country: USA
- Location: Garden Banks Block 876
- Production start: 2004
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- This cell spar measures 64 feet in diameter and 480 feet in length. It is composed of seven tubes, each 20 feet in diameter, with a center tube surrounded by the other six tubes, all connected by structural steel.
- The deck is 110 feet by 132 feet. The synthetic mooring consists of high strength polyester fiber which provides a level of protection equivalent to or greater than that of steel wire rope systems, while reducing the vertical loads on the spar hull in deepwater projects.
+++ Contractors
- **Gulf Island Fabrication:** Red Hawk Cell Spar Construction
- **Heerema Marine Contractors:** Red Hawk Spar installation
+++ History
- 2001 - Red Hawk Gas Field discovered
- 2003 - The Minerals Management Service approved the use of the world’s first cell spar
- 2004 - Production starts
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