I work as a Helicopter Pilot for an Offshore Oil and Gas contractor carrying personnel out to the rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. I thought you guys might be interested in these photos I took of their setup. I thought it was pretty progressive for being 140mi offshore.

If your wondering these shots are from a BP(British Petroleum) rig called the Marlin. Its located in VK913 which is a grid block about 140 miles South East of Houma,LA

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