Not sure which complex this is, but there seem to be six platforms, each with flares, and all connected by bridges. The semi-sub looks to be an accommodation platform (flotel).
Picture added on 17 February 2007
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I have worked down in Mexico and these platforms look alot like the Akal platforms.
Cantarell Field or Cantarell Complex is the largest oil field in Mexico and one of the largest in the world. It is located 80 km offshore in the Bay of Campeche. This complex comprises four major fields: Akal (by far the largest), Nohoch, Chac and Kutz. The reservoirs are formed from carbonate breccia of Upper Cretaceous age, the rubble from the asteroid impact that created the Chicxulub Crater.
The accommodation barge/construction barge is the Iolair. The sort of set up that you see here is very common in Mexico as the ground is not solid enough to build up the way.
I was involved in the construction of the IOLAIR. It was termed one of the 1st E.S.V EMERGENCY SUPPORT VESSELS. It was built in SCOTLAND at PORT GLASGOW which once employed 5000 men PLATERS, WELDERS, BURNERS, SPARKS, you name it all sadly lost to the Tory government. The original site is now derelict.
Dived on the Iolair a few years ago before it went overseas, it was not long out of Dry Dock and our suits ended up a Bright shade of pink from the new Antifouling!
Added by SubSea on 02 April 2008.
Sorry my mistake the Semi Sub is not the Iolair, it is in fact the Safe Concordia although the Iolair is in field on the Akal Charlie platforms.
Added by Alan Doran on 10 July 2008.
I work in Mexico this is the Cantarell field not sure which platform.
I'worked in the Gulf in 1979-1980 on the Tolteca, Sea Lion and Orca, construction vessels. I was in charge for the catering and operated from Ciudad del Carmen. Also the LB 200 and DB 100 have been catered for in those years. I found the work most interesting and got a lot of satisfaction from my work.
Added by Kelly Smith on 27 March 2007.