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 1,829mm 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

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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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