4 through leg pin piles for a wellhead platform

4 THROUGH LEG PIN PILES FOR A WELLHEAD PLATFORM

In 2018, the CAPE VLT-80 was used to upend and install four 726mm diameter through leg jacket piles with a length up to 87.5 meter, in a water depth of 32.5 meter.

Application details

Application

Pin pile installation

Pile type

Pin piles

PILE DETAILS

Pile type

Pin piles

Pile diameter

726mm

No. of piles

4

PROJECT DETAILS

Period

2018

Country

Mexico

Location

Bay of Campeche

Market

Oil & gas

System/end usage

Platform

Operator or end customer

Eni Mexicana

Installation contractor

Sapura Kenkana Mexicana

Related challenges

Pile installation predictions

Pile installation efficiency

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Main Reasons for solution choice

UPENDING, LIFTING, DRIVING IN SINGLE OPERATION

SUBSEA COMPATIBLE

CONTROLLED INSTALLATION

SELECTED EQUIPMENT

CAPE VLT-80

Equipment configuration

CAPE VLT-80 Single

Eccentric moment

80kgm

Max. line pull

131t

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