Marco Polo Field Gulf of Mexico, USA
Key Data:
Location
Green Canyon 608, 160 miles south of New Orleans
Water depth
4,300ft
Discovery
April 2000
First oil
March 2004
Platform
Tension Leg Platform (TLP), owned by Deepwater Gateway
Platform type
Moses TLP by MODEC International LLC
APC firm capacity
50,000b/d and 150MMcf/d
Export pipelines
18in/20in gas and 14in oil, owned by GulfTerra
Operator
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Capacity
120,000b/d and 300MMcf/d
Tendons
8in to 28in diameter (1.2in wall thickness)
Piling
390ft x 76in diameter (up to 2in wall thickness)
Work-over rig
1,200hp
Riser
6 x dual casing production risers, 2 x export pipeline Steel Catenary Risers (12.75in and 18in), 12 (future) flowline risers, 6 pre-installed I-tubes for umbilicals
Gas pipeline length
75 miles - from GC608 to GC236
Subsea interconnect
GulfTerra-owned Typhoon Gas Pipeline at the existing Y-assembly in GC236 to form Anaconda
Oil pipeline length
36 miles - from GC608 to GC164
Subsea interconnect
GulfTerra-owned Allegheny
