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MossyOak

09/16/08 9:03 PM

#78402 RE: MossyOak #78401

Minerals Management Service (MMS) reports that as of September 15, 2008, 28 of the 3,800 offshore oil and gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Several other platforms have been reported as significantly damaged; information on those facilities is being compiled and will be released in the near term.

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=66726
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JoeSmith

09/16/08 9:15 PM

#78403 RE: MossyOak #78401

The Mad Dog spar is in 1384meters of water, that drilling derrick is a long ways down on the sea bed.

"The Mad Dog spar is located in Green Canyon Block 782. The water depth is approximately 1384 m at the spar nominal position."

http://www.offshoreengineering.org/moorings/2006/Groep5/Mad%20dog.htm