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Gulf Island Fabrication is an American manufacturer of specialized structures and marine vessels used in the energy sector. The company builds offshore oil and gas platforms, ships and also foundations for offshore wind turbines. [1] It also provides maintenance and marine repair services in-shop and out in the field.
Ms. Netty, a 225-foot (68.6 m) crew boat delivered to Gulf Offshore Logistics by builder Gulf Craft in 2012, is reportedly the world's largest monohull crew boat. Ms. Netty boasts 4,380 square feet (407 m 2) of clear deck space and can carry 66,300 US gallons (250,973 L; 55,206 imp gal) of water and 77,204 US gallons (292,249 L; 64,286 imp gal) of transferable fuel, as well as 74 passengers.
Helix Energy Solutions Inc., known as Cal Dive International prior to 2006, is an American oil and gas services company headquartered in Houston, Texas.The company is a global provider of offshore services in well intervention and ROV operations of new and existing oil and gas fields.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.
The Iraqi Naval Forces (Arabic: القوات البحرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed forces of Iraq.Formed in 1937, initially as the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force, its primary responsibilities was the protection of Iraq's coastline and offshore assets, the official name was changed on 12 January 2005 to Iraqi Naval Forces.
A sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases that had been scheduled for Nov. 8 was delayed Thursday by a federal appeals court, pending court arguments that focus on protections for an ...
Marines exit from a U.S. Assault Amphibious Vehicle during a live-fire exercise in Djibouti, Africa, in 2010. The U.S. Marine Corps became interested in replacing the LVTP-5 due to its limited range, slow water speed and the difficulty of maintaining the aging platform. In 1964, the Marine Corps solicited proposals to replace meet its requirement.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.