Megastructures: Deep Sea Drillers

SYNOPSIS

In an attempt to tap some of the most inaccessible natural gas on the planet, five high-tech mega vessels will complete a 1,800 square mile gas network, over a mile and a half below the oceans surface. At the heart of the project is the enormous gas-processing platform, the Independence Hub. This massive floating platform stretches nearly the length of a city block and towers almost 34 stories high! If our mega movers succeed in creating this deep sea gas project, the system will produce a whopping 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day- enough to supply nearly 5 million households in the US. But if these mega movers cant work in perfect synchronization to make this complex gas gathering station sing, the project will be nothing but a two billion dollar mistake. And with our energy needs increasing daily, this record breaking project cant afford to fail.