On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, 41 miles off the Louisiana coast. The explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. But the disaster was just beginning. The wellhead, nearly a mile underwater, ruptured. BP's blowout preventer failed completely. For 87 consecutive days, crude oil gushed uncontrollably into the Gulf at a rate of up to 53,000 barrels per day. By the time it was finally capped on July 15, 2010, approximately 4.9 million barrels—r

Take a look inside the #Tortue project, a gas field located offshore on the border between #Mauritania and #Senegal and with the potential to be a significant source of domestic energy and revenue for both countries | bp

We are currently involved in the design and delivery of the Tortue Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit to be deployed offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal for bp. Technip Energies is a pioneer in gas FPSO, a solution dedicated to produce gas from offshore reservoir with high gas-oil ratio. Check out the design of this innovative FPSO! https://youtu.be/sbuukuED9Is | TechnipFMC