Pemex has installed the jacket and topside for Yaxche-C using Heerema's Balder deepwater construction vessel (DCV). Yaxche is in Mexico's Amoca Yaxche blocks, offshore Tabasco state in the Bay of Campeche at water depths from 20-50 m.
Balder arrived on location and started work on August 8. Jacket and topside installation were completed on August 15.
Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation was awarded to a consortium made up of Cotemar, Hoc Offshore (Arendal), and Construcciones Mecanicas Monclova (Commsa).
The jacket and platform were fabricated in Tampico, Mexico, by Cotemar. The jacket weighs 700 tonnes, the four skirt piles are 125 tonnes each, and the topside is 850 tonnes. All components left the fabrication yard on one barge to be stored at Dos Bocas before being taken to the Bay of Campeche for installation. Balder will remain in the Gulf of Mexico for more upcoming installation work.
