By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Oct. 4 -- Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, said that despite an incident affecting the hull of the Boomvang spar, both Boomvang and Nansen field development projects in the Gulf of Mexico are continuing on schedule.
Kerr-McGee is using the truss spar design for both fields. Nansen and Boomvang fields are located, respectively, on East Breaks 602 and East Breaks 642, 643, and 683 Blocks in the US Gulf of Mexico in 3,700 ft of water (OGJ Online, Oct. 10, 2000).
The company said that a ballasting incident occurred Sept. 27 as the Boomvang hull was being loaded onto the Dockwise Mighty Servant 1 transport vessel in Pori, Finland, resulting in the shift of the spar. The hull suffered only superficial damage.
The spar should arrive in the gulf in late October and is to be installed 9 miles from the Nansen spar hull, which is now in tow to its planned location in the gulf for upending and topside setting.
First production from Nansen is expected by yearend, and production from Boomvang is expected early next year.
Kerr-McGee operates both developments. It owns 50% interest in Nansen; Ocean Energy Inc., Houston, holds the remaining interest. Kerr-McGee holds 30% of Boomvang; Ocean Energy owns 20%; and Enterprise Oil PLC owns 50%.
