Balder

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old man from the 'Balder' approximately 35 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Oct 2, 2023. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at approximately 4:58 a.m. from the operating manager of the crane vessel, requesting assistance to medevac a man experiencing chest pain. Watchstanders then coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew to assist. The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the man aboard the helicopter and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the University Medical Center in New Orleans. He was last reported to be in stable condition. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3545004/coast-guard-medevacs-man-offshore-grand-isle-la/

Following Total E&P Angola’s $16 billion final investment decision on Monday, Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors have been awarded the largest SURF (subsea, umbilical, riser, flowline) contract ever to develop the Kaombo project located in Block 32 offshore Angola in water depths up to 2,000 meters. The contract is valued at approximately USD $3.5 billion with a Technip share of ± 55% and a Heerema share of ± 45%. Heerema notes they plan to mobilize the Deep Water Construction vessel Balder, to install all STTRs and the pipe-in-pipe (18”/12”) production pipelines. Technip’s vessel, the Deep Blue, will install all the remaining pipelines. Other vessels from Technip’s fleet will install the flexibles and umbilicals and provide construction work support. The project is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2018.Source: gCaptain