Article: Ship channel closed for rig.(Corpus Christi Ship Channel closed to permit passage of six tugboats moving offshore oil platform)

NEW YORK -- The Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas closed on Monday morning to allow six tugboats to put into place what will be the deepest oil produc- tion platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Ram-Powell rig, at 3,214 feet deep, will surpass the Mars tension leg platform, at 2,940 feet, and the Auger platform, at 2,660 feet, when it begins ...

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