of 2014, including this one,
called jack saint melo.
the helideck of this platform is
30 stories high.
upon completion it's going to
take about ten days to get it
300 miles off the coast of
louisiana, and it has to travel
through this channel.
the company's engineers are
working on new technologies,
including seismic processing,
letting them see deeper below
the earth's surface.
innovation that just ten years
ago seemed unthinkable.
>> years ago we could not see
the reservoirs below salt.
now for jack saint melo we're
able to understand what's below
the salt, determine the size of
the reservoirs and help us in
developing projects like this.
>> but investment in technology
isn't just being made for
production purposes.
it's also being made for safety.
>> when we start designing a
facility designing a well we're
already thinking about how can
we execute this work safely, how
can we produce, use the
facility, produce the wells, not
only on day one but on the 30th
year of production.
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