COVER STORY - A SPAR-SPANGLED BANNER - Since it installed the first production spar in 1996, this mode of floating production has become a way of life for Kerr-McGee. Now the independent producer is set to flick the switch on two more spar units with a new look. Marshall DeLuca reports progress on the Gulf of Mexico's Nansen and Boomvang developments where truss spar technology is making its industry debut.: Fid-Bau Portal

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COVER STORY - A SPAR-SPANGLED BANNER - Since it installed the first production spar in 1996, this mode of floating production has become a way of life for Kerr-McGee. Now the independent producer is set to flick the switch on two more spar units with a new look. Marshall DeLuca reports progress on the Gulf of Mexico's Nansen and Boomvang developments where truss spar technology is making its industry debut.

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DeLuca, Marshall

COVER STORY - A SPAR-SPANGLED BANNER - Since it installed the first production spar in 1996, this mode of floating production has become a way of life for Kerr-McGee. Now the independent producer is set to flick the switch on two more spar units with a new look. Marshall DeLuca reports progress on the Gulf of Mexico's Nansen and Boomvang developments where truss spar technology is making its industry debut.

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COVER STORY - A SPAR-SPANGLED BANNER - Since it installed the first production spar in 1996, this mode of floating production has become a way of life for Kerr-McGee. Now the independent producer is set to flick the switch on two more spar units with a new look. Marshall DeLuca reports progress on the Gulf of Mexico's Nansen and Boomvang developments where truss spar technology is making its industry debut.

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DeLuca, Marshall (author)

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Offshore engineer

Publication date:

2002

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Article (Journal)

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Print

Language:

English

Classification:

BKL: 38.00 Geowissenschaften: Allgemeines / 56.00 / 38.00 / 56.00 Bauwesen: Allgemeines
Local classification TIB: 275/4960

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