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Dean breaches Campeche

09/10/2007
Rigs and platforms in US and Mexican waters successfully weathered a Category 5 hurricane in late August. Hurricane Dean, the first of the season, caused preemptive evacuation of some platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and total evacuation of all facilities in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.When the hurricane season opened in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, a record number of rigs were drilling in US waters 5,000 ft deep or more. In mid-August, Randall Luthi, director of the US Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service, said 15 rigs were actively drilling in deep water. Deepwater oil production facilities include Anadarko’s Independence Hub semisubmersible in 8,000 ft ...
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