... of spar designs from "classic" deep draft caisson designs to the truss spar and the cell spar. The paper discusses the reasons the spar was successful in the first place, and how its design has been tailored to varying field development requirements over the years. It discusses specific considerations...

... Abstract The Red Hawk Project involved the use of the world's first production cell spar and has achieved first production within 24 months of project sanction. It represents development of a deepwater field requiring significant new technology to address both technical and commercial...

... Abstract The development of the cell spar Platform for the Kerr-McGee Red Hawk Field in the Gulf of Mexico represents the first application of this deepwater concept. The Red Hawk cell spar Platform was installed in about 5300 feet of water at Garden Banks Block 876 in early 2004 and achieved...

... Abstract Kerr-McGee's and Devon Energy's Red Hawk spar was installed at GB 876 in approximately 5,300 ft water depth (WD) in April 2004. This is the first use of Technip's third generation spar (cell spar) and is one of the first permanent deepwater floaters in full production to use a passive...

... Abstract This paper describes the fabrication, loadout and launching of the world's first cell spar hull. The hull was designed for fabrication by a Gulf Coast facility and represents a first for the industry, eliminating the time and cost of the traditional dry tow from a remote location...

... Abstract Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corporation operates a fleet of five spars in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in three designs: the classic, the truss and the cell spar. Integrity Management plays a large role in ensuring the safe operation of these assets and provides a means to measure...

... characteristics of the moored system and current characteristics itself (profile, turbulence, direction). The Cell Spar is a new design that has several physical characteristics that are different than those of the present classic and truss Spars. Some of these characteristics allow the structure...