June 2014, Vol. 241, No. 6
Projects
McDermott Installs Tension Leg Wellhead Platform Off Brazil
McDermott International, Inc. installed the P-61 Tension Leg Wellhead Platform (TLWP) off Brazil for the PPT BV joint venture, consisting of Petrobras and Chevron. Once fully commissioned and operational, the project will enter the record books as the first use of dry-tree floating technology offshore Brazil and the first tension leg platform installation offshore South America. “The patented extended tension leg platform technology from FloaTEC, construction capabilities of Keppel FELS, and offshore transportation and installation experience of McDermott combined to form a first-of-a-kind solution for this challenging deepwater environment,” said David Dickson, pr

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