Super tug Fairmount Glacier has delivered rig Falcon 100 offshore Pointe-Noire, Congo. The rig was towed from Rio de Janeiro via the South Atlantic Ocean over a distance of over 3400 miles.
The Falcon 100 is a 1974 build semi submersible drilling rig, owned by US based Transocean and capable to drill to a depth of 7620 meters. The rig has a length of 79 meters long and a breadth of 66 meter.
For this job the Fairmount Glacier was mobilised from Trinidad. First, the tug towed the Falcon 100 from its drilling location offshore Macae, Brazil, to offshore Rio de Janeiro. Then the Fairmount Glacier assisted the rig in anchor handling activities, loading all kinds of equipment and in installing a new “bridle” – the connection between rig and towing line.
After arrival in Pointe Noire the tug kept the rig in position during the deployment of its anchors.
Picture: The Falcon 100 (by Fairmount Marine/Gerrit de Vos).
