Pieter Hereema
From ETHW
Pieter Hereema
- Death date
- 1981
- Fields of study
- Petroleum
Biography
Pieter Hereema first achieved prominence in the 1950s when he pioneered the use of prestressed concrete pile design in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. In the early 1960s, the Amsterdam native became a leader in North Sea construction, helping to develop semisubmersible derrick and lay barges that revolutionized offshore construction by allowing for the design and installation of larger platforms. In 1962, in a partnership with Brown & Root, he built the world's first derrick ship, Global Adventurer. In 1978, his company introduced the world's first two semisubmersible crane vessels. He died in 1981 at the age of 73.
