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The Gulf of Mexico is an impressive body of water that covers 600,000 square miles and contains 660 quadrillion gallons of water. It explores the depths of the Gulf of Mexico, which reaches a maximum depth of over 14,000 feet. Nalco Champion has 30 deepwater assets in the Gulf of Mexico and provides chemical treatments for subsea umbilicals that are effective under the extreme pressures and temperatures found at deep underwater depths.
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