Jumbo Offshore completes VMOS scope

Jumbo Offshore has completed its transport and offshore installation scope for the Vaca Muerta Oil Sur (VMOS) project in Argentina. Contracted by Altius, the company deployed its DP2 heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin to transport two CALM buoys weighing approximately 340 tonnes each and two pipeline end manifolds (PLEMs) weighing up to 232 tonnes.

The cargo was loaded in Muscat, Oman, during a double-banking, ship-to-ship lifting operation, before sailing to Argentina via the Cape of Good Hope. Off Punta Colorada, Jumbo Javelin used its dynamic positioning capabilities to install both PLEMs in approximately 40 m of water and discharge the two buoys.

The VMOS terminal will be connected to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation by a 437 km pipeline and enable exports to very large crude carriers.

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