Katy platform in UK sailaway

Sailaway: the Katy platform

SLP ENGINEERING

Steve Marshall

 20 June 2012 09:15 GMT

Facility departs SLP yard for ConocoPhillips field

The Katy platform is en route to the location of the ConocoPhillips-operated field off the UK after sailaway from the SLP Engineering yard.

SLP, which was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the facility in May last year, said the fabrication project was completed on time and on budget.

The platform, weighing in at a total of more than 1100 tonnes, departed SLP’s Lowestoft yard this week for installation off the coast of East Anglia in a water depth of 27 metres, where it will be tied into the Murdoch complex via the Kelvin platform.

The SLP-designed facility has…

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