According to Equinor’s update last Friday, the Peregrino C platform is now in place in Brazil after installation by Heerema’s Sleipnir, the largest crane vessel in the world.
Equinor added that the GranEnergia Olympia flotel has now connected to the platform and in total 880 individuals will work offshore to prepare the platform for operations later this year.
Equinor, the operator of the Peregrino field, on Friday launched a video with highlights from the installation of the platform’s two largest modules – the main support frame and the living quarters.
The Peregrino topsides sailed away from Texas to Brazil on board Heerema’s H-541 cargo barge last November. The living quarters for the Peregrino C platform also set sail in November from Stord, Norway, onboard the BigRoll Beaufort vessel. The Peregrino jacket sailed away before that, in October 2019. It was built by Heerema Fabrication Group in the Netherlands.
Once on stream, Peregrino C will provide 350 offshore and onshore jobs in Brazil, Equinor noted.
The Equinor-operated Peregrino oil field is located in licenses BM-C-7 and BM-C-47, approximately 85km offshore Brazil, in the Campos basin, in water depths of 100m. The field consists of two fixed wellhead platforms and floating production storage and offloading unit.