World's deepest SPAR

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Perdido is the currently world's deepest spar, and will be for the foreseeable future.



It is also the second-deepest oil and gas production hub after Shell's Stones development. Moored in around 2,450 metres (8,000 feet) of water in the US Gulf of Mexico, Perdido started production in 2010, opening up a new frontier in deep-water oil and gas recovery.

The Perdido spar acts as a production hub for three fields – Great White, Tobago and Silvertip. It gathers, processes and exports oil and gas produced from water depths of around 2,300-2,800 metres (7,500-9,500 feet). The Perdido production hub has the capacity to handle 100,000 barrels of oil and 200 million cubic feet of gas daily.

The Perdido spar was constructed by Technip in Pori, Finland. It began its 13,200-kilometre (8,202-mile) journey to Texas, USA, in May 2008, reaching the Gulf of Mexico in August 2008. The 170-metre (555-feet) cylindrical spar was then moored securely to the sea floor. The Perdido spar's hull is nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and weighs as much as 10,000 large cars. There are 22 direct vertical access wells from the spar.