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World Records

Below is an overview of HMC's record achievements.

Year

Project

Milestone

2007

Independence Hub

Installation of world's deepest and heaviest export SCR, producing the heaviest SCR loads (800 t) at installation. (Gulf of Mexico)

2007

Independence Hub

Installation of world's longest mooring lines at 2.4 miles (3.86 km) each. (Gulf of Mexico)

2006

Independence Flowlines

Flowline initiated by deploying PLET in 2,740 m water depth.  (Gulf of Mexico)

2006

Independence Hub

Water depth record for installation of mooring piles: deepest pile at 2,440 m (Gulf of Mexico)

2006

Atlantis

Deepest and heaviest PiP project. 24-inch SCR installed in 2,175m water depth.

2006

Mardi Gras

Deepest and heaviest SCRs (20” and 24") in 1,840 m water depth at Thunder Horse location.

2005

Benguela Belize

Installation of the first Compliant Tower in West African/Angolan water.
Installation of the heaviest Compliant Tower in the world: Total weight of 85,000 t.

Installation of heaviest single piece foundation pile: 108" diameter x 623 ft long weighing 1,000 tons each.

Installation of the 10,700 t North Module was a record lift for West African waters.

Installation of the 10,700 t North Module was the heaviest Thialf DP lift for HMC ever.

2005

Ormen Lange

Heaviest subsea template at 850 m water depth Dimensions 44.3 m x 32.7 m x 14.9 m (LxBxH) , 1,150 t

2005

Mardi Gras

Deepest installed pipelines
Mardi Gras Atlantis export pipelines (16” and 24” diameter) in water depths of 2,200 m

2005

Constitution

Deepest piles driven 1,539 m (world record)

2004

SP 89

Record lift jacket dual crane set down in Gulf of Mexico (3,900 t)

2004

Mad Dog

Largest diameter polyester rope installed
First permanent polyester mooring system in Gulf of Mexico
Largest diameter suction piles installed in the Gulf of Mexico
First 24" diameter SCR

2004

Holstein

Heaviest lift in Gulf of Mexico: 7,810 t
Largest combined offshore topside lifts in Gulf of Mexico
Largest diameter chain and strand wire handled and installed offshore
Largest spar towed and installed in the world

2004

Sanha

Heaviest lift in West African (and outside North Sea) waters: 10,290 t

2003

Marco Polo

Deepest foundation piles driven by (hydraulic) hammers: 1,310 meters

2002

Ringhorne

Heaviest deck lift in Norwegian waters: 11,520 t, Thialf

2002

Nakika

Water depth record for installation of a mooring system: 1,950 m (Gulf of Mexico)

2002

Frøy

Removal of the heaviest jacket to date in one piece: 7,100 t

2002

Horn Mountain

A world water-depth record for the installation of an offshore SPAR mooring system: 1,650 meters (5,500 feet) in the Gulf of Mexico.

2001

Malampaya

Heaviest float-over installation for Far East in unprotected waters: 11,500 t

2000

 

Biggest crane vessel in the world (Thialf):

  • Crane capacity tested 7,810 t
  • Crane capacity Certified 7,100 t
  • Dual crane capacity certified 14,200 t

2000

Shearwater

Record lift topsides weight: 11,800 t, Thialf

1999

Jade

Heaviest lift jacket West African area: 6,985 t

1998

Baldpate

First Compliant Tower installation, water depth 503 m

1998

URSA

Deepest TLP installation 1,158 m

1998

URSA

Heaviest lift for Balder: 5,058 t, North module

1998

Ping Hu

Heaviest lift jacket Far East 5,850 t

1997

White Tiger

Heaviest topsides lift Far East 6,350 t (also record for Hermod)

1997

Ram Powell

Deepest TLP installation 981 m

1996

Mars

Deepest TLP installation 896 m

1996

Esmond

Heaviest jacket removed in a single piece, North Sea, 3,980 t

1995

HZ-32-2

Heaviest lift jacket Far East 3,639 t

1995

Xijang 30/2

Heaviest topsides lift Far East 4,220 t

1994

Pompano

Biggest self-upending launch jacket 34,895 t

1993

Goodwin

Deepest driven/drilled pile foundation:

    • primary piles 2.65 m OD (length 135 m)
    • insert piles 2.00 m OD (length 81 m)
    • Final pile penetration: 181m below mudline

1993

East Brae

Heaviest lift jacket 9,300 t

1993

F-3 development

Record lift topsides weight (for Hermod): 6,003 t (topsides)

1992

Auger

Deepest TLP foundation templates, 600 t at 872 m

1992

Maui B

First pipeline installation using J-lay , 110 m waterdepth

1992

Scott JU

Heaviest skirt piles:  

  • 2,480 mm OD (97.6")
  • length 121.5 m
  • final penetration 102.5 m
  • weight (121.5 m pile) = 592 t

1991

Snorre

Heaviest template installation (concrete), 6,000 t at 310 m

1991

Panuke

First Canadian offshore platform

1991

Piper B

Record lift topsides weight: 10,300 t

1991

Piper B

Provision of biggest grommet ever:

  • 4,000 t SWL
  • 396 mm diameter
  • 70 m length
  • 73,7 t weight

1991

Gannet

Heaviest lift jacket 7500 t

1990

Beryl A Riser platform

First use of 108" foundation piles

1989

Jolliet

Deepest TLP installation, water depth 537m

1989

Arbroath

First use of heaviest underwater hammer S-2300

1989

Harmony

  • Deepest jacket in West USA 360 m
  • Longest main piles: 490 m (8 no’s) dia.1,8 m
  • 20 skirt piles dia 2.1 m, length 120m
  • Total length of all piles 6,390 m
  • Longest conductor string: 46 km (1,300 sections)

1988

Bullwinkle

  • Biggest and deepest platform installation
  • jacket weight 48,000 t
  • waterdepth 411 m
  • Longest skirt pile (one piece): 84"OD, length 165 m

1987

Oseberg B

First drilled conductor installation with reversed circulation drilling (length 252 m, 30" OD)

1987

Bullwinkle

Fabrication of biggest launch barge H-851, dimensions 260*63*15 m, maximum launch capacity 60,000 t

1986

Heritage test pile

Deepest skirtpile installation with underwater hammer MHU-1700, water depth 328 m. Pile length 58 m, pile diameter 72"

1984

Kotter

Record lift topsides weight 4,100 t

1984

Esmond

Record lift topsides 4,600 t (Balder)

1984

Hutton

First TLP installation

1983

Cormorant UMC

Heaviest Underwater manifold installation 2,300 t at 152 m water depth

1983

Namaroda 2

Biggest Brazilian launch jacket, 14,850 t, waterdepth 160 m

1983

Iwaki

Deepest Japanese platform 154 m water depth, jacket weight 15,750 t

1982

Magnus

Biggest self floating jacket 34,000 t

1982

North Rankin

Biggest Australian launch jacket 21,600 t

1981

Cormorant North

First use of underwater powerpack for hydraulic hammers

1980

Fulmar SALM

First dual-crane lift 3,240 t

1980

Fulmar

First use of slender underwater hammers in North Sea

1979

Murchison

Biggest launch jacket 25,240 t

1978

Piper Alpha

First platform installation with Semi Submersible Crane Vessel (Balder)

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