Hess shows the carefully staged choreography of 14 cranes as they hoisted the 1000-tonne Tubular Bells main deck 100ft in the air to set it into place atop the production and cellar decks at a Houma, Louisiana fabrication facility.
The Tubular Bells production facility is located in Tubular Bells field, in the Mississippi Canyon area in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Hess began production from the field where the Tubular Bells production facility is producing in the Miocene trend and has a production life of an estimated 25 years. The floating production facility is a classic spar hull with traditional three-level topsides and was the first classic spar to be built in the US.
Hess is the operator of the field with a 57.14% interest with partner Chevron (42.86%).
The company announced this week that it is cutting its 2015 capital and exploration budget by 16%, compared to last year to US$4.7 billion. Hess says that 45% of the cash ($2.1 billion) will be spend on its unconventional shale resources, however, deepwater will remain a focus.
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