The hull, weighing about 19,000 tonnes and measuring 555 feet long and 118 feet wide, is part of what is expected to be the deepest underwater oil production facility in the world, positioned about a half-mile deeper than the current deepest facility.
Hull production began in November 2006 in Finland and will continue through August as employees of Kiewit Offshore Services prepare it for its destination 220 miles from Galveston, said the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
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