As the first TLP installed in the Gulf of Mexico, Jolliet would also be the first TLP to be deliberately removed from the US Gulf.

The US supermajor has already laid the groundwork to detach the nearly 20-year-old TLP from its mooring in more than 1700 feet of water in Green Canyon Block 184.

Ventura, California-based Pacific Management Technologies (PMT) has carried out much of the engineering that took place in earnest beginning in spring 2006 and has been ongoing to date between its headquarters and office in Houston.

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