It was a prehistoric fish that inspired the name of the Walter Oil & Gas-led Coelacanth development in the Gulf of Mexico off the US.
So it was only fitting that the development solution — a massive deep-water fixed platform not seen in Gulf Coast yards for years — was also a kind of throwback.
Gulf Marine Fabricators, the south Texas unit of Gulf Island Fabrication, spent two and a half years building the project’s 30,000-tonne jacket, continuously occupying between 400 and 500 workers.
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