Bardex Mooring Tensioning System Installed in GOM

Photo credit BP/Yesenia  Rodriguez
Photo credit BP/Yesenia Rodriguez

BP’s latest floating production facility, ARGOS, has been successfully moored in the US Gulf of Mexico. The mooring tensioning system includes Bardex Corporation Chain Jacks used to haul in and tighten 12 lines of 171mm R4S top chain. Bardex mooring chain jacks were the first to be used for deep water floating production units since the early 1990s.

Current News

Solstad Plans Oslo Stock Exchange Listing

Solstad Plans Oslo Stock Excha

Orlen Drills Dry Well in Norwegian Sea

Orlen Drills Dry Well in Norwe

Aker Solutions Inks Long-Term Offshore Maintenance Deal with Vår Energi

Aker Solutions Inks Long-Term

Kuwait Strikes Oil and Gas at Al-Jlaiaa Offshore Field

Kuwait Strikes Oil and Gas at

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine