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Even a blind person can see that our company name is Heerema. It is the leading offshore transport and installation contractor in the world. The company is named after the family name of the founder Pieter Schelte Heerema. He started offshore construction work in Venezuela in 1946, making him, although not in oil, an offshore pioneer from the very first hour. Offshore drilling started in 1947 when Kerr-McGee Corporation drilled the first well from a fixed platform offshore out-of-sight of land in the Gulf of Mexico. Its barge and platform combination was a major breakthrough in drilling-unit design for offshore use. This event marked the beginning of the modern offshore industry as it is known now. If those pioneers only could see the scale of the offshore operations today.