The Port of Cádiz has recently been in the media spotlight. The reason has been the floating oil platform EPC-78B, which Dragados Offshore has built in the port of Cadiz, and whose destination is Campo Cantarell, a crude oil extraction area that the oil company Pemex owns in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to Lorenzo Cooklin, communications director of the Dragados Group, "Cadiz has optimal conditions for the construction of this type of structure: highly qualified labor, an excellent climate, reduced costs and the great depth of its waters."
Dragados' subsidiary competes with the world's leading engineering firms, not only in construction but also in the overseas transport of large structures. Therefore, most of its clients come from the international energy sector.
Among the major projects it has completed in recent years is the Oresund Bridge, a 6,8-kilometer structure that links Denmark and Sweden across the North Sea.
Heading to the Arctic Circle
The Cádiz plant will now focus on developing two projects for Statoil, one of Europe's main gas suppliers. The first is the Kristin project, which will involve building a floating gas platform for the North Sea.
The second is the Snohvit project, for which a natural gas liquefaction plant will be built on the island of Melkoya, located in the Barents Sea, within the Arctic Circle.
This platform will process gas extracted from 12 underwater wells and will have a liquid handling capacity of 25.000 cubic meters per day. As Lorenzo Cooklin told us, "This is the first time in history that a project of this kind will be undertaken, making us pioneers in this field."
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