HMC was awarded a contract by Anadarko and Norsk Hydro (50/50) for the transportation and installation of the Peregrino Platforms.
The project comprised of the transportation and installation of 2 drilling platforms offshore Brazil in a water depth ranging between 100 and 125 meters.
The platforms consisted of a launch jacket with estimated weights of 6500 short tons and 6900 short tons, 8 skirt piles each platform, topsides, weighing approx. 6000 short tons and drilling rig packages.
Each platform was installed by means of a launch jacket and dual crane topsides lift and some drilling packages. The platform components were all fabricated by Kievit Offshore Services (KOS) in Corpus Christi, Texas.