Formerly doing business as Atlantia Corporation, in July 2001, Atlantia was acquired by Dutch firm IHC Caland and became sister company to SBM who has a strong international focus. In its early years, the company was turn-key provider of fixed offshore minimal production platforms, primarily marketed to independent oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea. The first Atlantia Offshore Limited designed fixed platform was delivered in 1984, and to date, Atlantia has supplied more than 150 fixed platforms. Atlantia Offshore Limited focus changed in 1992 when the initial SeaStar® TLP patent was issued. Atlantia developed SeaStar TLP technology to reach a segment of the deepwater market where the majority of discoveries are relatively small, but plentiful (generally less than 150MM BOE). Reducing development costs in this sector created field development opportunities that could not otherwise be realized with more expensive conventional TLP or Spar technologies.The first wet-tree SeaStar TLP was installed in 1998 for Agipâs Morpeth field. Two other wet-tree SeaStar TLPs have been installed â Agipâs Allegheny field in 1999 and ChevronTexacoâs Typhoon field in 2001. In September of 2001, Total E&P USA, Inc. selected the SeaStar TLP for their Matterhorn Gulf of Mexico field, which called for nine surfa
