Tendons

Chevron’s Big Foot Stumbles, Startup Date Uncertain

Big Foot, one of the biggest tension-leg platforms (TLP) ever built in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is being moved to sheltered waters just weeks before it was to ramp up after subsea installation tendons were damaged, Chevron Corp. said Tuesday.

June 2, 2015

Chevron’s Big Foot Stumbles, Startup Date Uncertain

Big Foot, one of the biggest tension-leg platforms ever built in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is being moved to sheltered waters just weeks before it was to ramp up after subsea installation tendons were damaged, Chevron Corp. said Tuesday.

June 2, 2015