Successful Deployment of New Vibro Lifting Tool
During its first commercial application, the newly developed Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) of CAPE Holland has successfully installed four piles in up to 90-metre water depth. This installation is part of the pre-piling project for the Culzean Wellhead Platform jacket that will be installed in 2016. The VLT was used as a stabbing tool to install all four piles in one sequence to stable depth through a template without any tool change. Negating the need for a tool change meant it was possible to install all four piles in just one 12-hour shift to the predicted penetration depths, which resulted in a significant time saving.
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