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Block 31 PSVM (Plutão, Saturno, Vênus and Marte) fields are located in the North East sector of Block 31 at a depth of approximately 2000m. The fields lay about 400 kilometres north west of Luanda in Angola and are operated by BP.

Shown is a stock image of the Heerema owned Deepwater Construction Vessel (DCV) Balder. The Balder was built as a semi-submersible crane vessel in 1978 and converted to a DCV in 2001.

This oil rig stock photograph was taken from the URS owned Union Manta vessel. The Union Manta is a anchor handling tug supply vessel.

  • Taken: 22-12-2010 12:51
  • Exposure: 0.002s at f/8, ISO100
  • Focal Length: 24mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Copyright: ©Leon Steber