Draggingtree Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Video: Anadarko turns massive Gulf spar into marine habitat Posted on January 23, 2015 at 12:51 pm by Collin Eaton HOUSTON – Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has turned a 7,200-ton cell spar hull into a dark cave-like habitat for fish, sea anemones and other deep-sea creatures 200 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The Red Hawk spar facility, which began its operations in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago, is a series of 560-feet-long steel cylinders used to keep Anadarko’s deep-water natural gas production equipment afloat. The Woodlands oil explorer hopes its $30 million investment to transform it into an artificial reef in late September will be a boon to the fishing industry that supports local economies along the Gulf Coast, said Ryan Kavanagh, Anadarko’s facilities engineer on the Red Hawk project, said in an interview with Fuelfix on Friday. “When we looked at our options, it was the best way to reutilize the hull to give it a beneficial second life,” Kavanagh said. “There are multiple reefs throughout the Gulf and Lake Pontchartrain” near New Orleans. http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/01/23/video-anadarko-turns-massive-gulf-spar-into-marine-habitat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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