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Offshore - International Vessel Report

International Vessel Report - April 2013

Dry Cargo

April 2013 ISSUE: 61

MARKET NEWS

& ANALYSIS

VESSEL DAYRATE

CHARTS

RIG NEWS

MARKET

COMMENTARY

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Welcome to the latest edition of the

Braemar Seascope Offshore Internation-

al Vessel Report. The strong oil price has

continued to see rig demand maintain

its strength over the past few months

and the amount of offshore activity

shows no sign of slowing down. Howev-

er, the active newbuild market of previ-

ous years is beginning to see a certain

degree of oversupply that is anchoring

vessel dayrates for all but the most spe-

cialised of vessels.

The average North Sea dayrates for spot

AHTS fixtures in March were GBP 26,513

and GBP 16,120 for large and medium

vessels respectively. Meanwhile, PSV

rates were GBP 13,235 and GBP 10,088.

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MAC Offshore has announced the launch of the CSS Olympia

hull at the Liya Pingtan Shipyard. The vessel, which is the first

Compact Semi Sub (CSS) accommodation variant, is due for de-

livery to its new owners Graal Invest of Brazil in November

2013. The launching ceremony also came with the announce-

ment of four further CSS vessels, due for delivery between Au-

gust 2014 and October 2015 worth around USD 500m in total.

Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 a USD350M contract for the charter of the Kommandor 3000 pipelay support vessel for five years offshore Brazil. The deal will see the vessel commence operations later this year although it will have to undergo around 90 days in dry-dock for maintenance at some point in 2013. The vessel will be installing flexible lines, umbilicals and equipment in up to 2,000 metres of water on a dayrate basis.

The Far Strider has been fixed to Petrobras for four years firm plus four one-year options. The vessel is currently working for Taqa and will go briefly into drydock in mid-May to upgrade to DP1 before heading off. In addition, Sol-stad Offshore has been awarded extensions to a pair of term contracts with Petrobras in Brazil. The Normand Vi-bran and the Normand Trym have been fixed for the same duration. In addition, the present contracts the vessels have with Petrobras will be extended by around 120 days.

Four World Wide Supply newbuild vessels have been fixed to Petrobras for four years plus four one-year op-tions. The vessels, which were ordered with Damen shipyard in December 2011, are each of PSV 3300 CD design. They will be equipped with 720 square metre decks. All four of the vessels are due to be delivered throughout 2013 and will commence work in Brazil.

Quartet of Newbuild PSVs Fixed to Petrobras

Subsea 7 Picks up USD 350M Pipelay Deal

Far Strider to Work in Brazil for 4 Years

CSS Olympia Launched & 4 More Ordered

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Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas SA (SAAM) for joint har-bour towage operation with the American Continent. As part of the deal there will be two joint ventures; one covering the Brazilian tow market with a total of 41 tugs, the second will cover towage activities in Panama, Cana-da and Mexico with a combination of 55 tugs.

A total of 71 companies from 18 different countries have been involved in the 11th Brazilian Licensing round. The companies include Sonangol, BHP, Woodside, Maersk, Hess, Murphy, GDF Suez, Chariot Oil, Synergy Group, Premier Oil, and PTTEP. The 11th round covers 289 blocks in 23 sectors over 155,800 square kilometres.

The seismic vessel Ramform Challenger has completed a programme of work in the South Falkland Basin. The 3D-seismic vessel has acquired 1,025 square kilometres of full fold seismic data which will now be processed by PGS. The work was carried out on behalf of Falkland Island oil and gas exploration company Borders and Southern. The final depth processed data will take around nine months to be delivered although fast track data will be available in three months.

Mexican drilling company Grupo R has ordered four more jack-up rigs from Keppel Offshore & Marine. The units, which are worth a total USD 820 million, are scheduled for delivery between Q2 2015 and Q4 2015. When completed, Keppel FELS will have built ten KFELS B class jackup rigs for Mexican cus-tomers since 2012 including two for Pemex.

Grupo R Orders Four More Jack-Ups

11th Brazilian Licensing Round

Ramform Challenger Completes 3D Seismic

Boskalis & SAAM Sign MOU

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South America South America South America

& Falkland Islands& Falkland Islands& Falkland Islands

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Tidewater Marine has signed a deal with Leevac Ship-yards for two PSVs and options for a further two ves-sels. The units, which will be 300 ft by 62 ft will have a dwt of 5,400 and will be capable of carrying over 17,600 barrels of liquid mud. The vessels will be the first PSVs built in the US outfitted with Siemens’ Bluedrive Plus C systems. The vessels will be equipped with DP2 and will have FFV-1 notation for offship fire fighting capabilities.

Jackson Offshore Operators has declared options for two further PSVs with BAE Systems adding to the original two vessel firm order placed in December last year. The first of the GPA-675J designed 252 feet class ships recently com-menced construction at the BAE yard in Jacksonville. The initial pair of vessels, ordered at the end of 2012, are set to be completed in 2015. All of the vessels are expected to commence multi-year charters in the Gulf of Mexico once delivered.

The offshore supply ship HOS Commander has been launched by VT Halter Marine. The HOS Commander is part of a USD 353M contract for eight vessels ordered in late 2011. The 320 Class vessels are a larger version of the HOS Coral (pictured) which was delivered in 2009. The first HOS Commander is the first vessel in the series and is expected to be delivered in October 2013.

Helix has announced a five-year contract with BP for well intervention services in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract includes the use of the newbuild vessel Q5000 which is currently under construction in Singapore. The deal includes a minimum of 270 days cover each year and is expected to commence between April and Au-gust 2015. The contract also includes a first right of re-fusal for additional days each year and an option to ex-tend the deal for two years.

Helix Strikes 5-Year US Deal with BP

Jackson Offshore Declares 2 PSV Options

VT Halter Marine Launches HOS Commander

Tidewater Orders 2+2 PSVs

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USAUSAUSA

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The medium sized PSV Far Sitella has been delivered to Farstad after being built at STX OSV Vung Tau in Vi-etnam. Upon delivery the vessel headed for Australia where it has commenced a long-term charter with Shell on the company’s Prelude drilling campaign. The STX PSV 08 CD designed vessel is equipped with DP2, a deck area of around 810 square metres and has Clean Deisgn and Oilrec.

McDermott Australia has secured the GO Canopus on a fixed term charter to tow the Derrick Barge (DB30) from Singapore to Dampier in Australia. Once it reaches the location the unit will carry out the installation of mani-folds, pipeline and umbilicals for the Macedon gas field. The DB30 is a 1975-built 128m barge equipped with a 2,794 MT crane, accommodation for 303 and is capable of 60-inch pipelay.

The Australian arm of Guardline has ordered a new 40 metre vessel with Strategic Marine which will be deployed in its long term contract with the Australian Government. Once delivered the vessel will be deployed at Ashmore Island and will replace the incumbent smaller vessel Ash-more Guardian. The Ashmore Guardian has been working in the remote areas off North-Western Australia carrying out environmental protection and preventing smuggling and illegal fishing.

Woodside is understood to be considering a floating liq-uefied natural gas (FLNG) unit at its Browse project off-shore Western Australia. The operator has shelved plans for an onshore solution over economics with figures in-dicating an FLNG option could save around 20 per cent on the project’s capex. There were also environmental and indigenous objections to James Price Point, which was to be the original site for onshore plans.

Woodside to Consider FLNG at Browse

GO Canopus Fixed to McDermott

New Vessel to Replace Ashmore Guardian

Farstad Newbuild Heads to Australia

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Australia/New ZealandAustralia/New ZealandAustralia/New Zealand

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The Myanmar Ministry of Energy has opened bidding on 30 offshore blocks on a production sharing basis. The areas cover shallow and deepwater blocks. Letters of Expression of Interest may be submitted by June 14th. The potential bidders must cooperate with a minimum of one Myanmar national owned company registered at the Envery Planning Department, Ministry of Energy.

The Setia Gigih has been fixed by Petronas Carigali for five years firm plus an additional option for a further year. The 2009-built vessel will be working offshore Malaysia. The Setia Gigih has 5,520 BHP and a bollard pull of around 66t. In addition, the Setia Gagah is understood to have also been chartered by Petronas Carigali on a short term con-tract that will see it working in Malaysia until around the end of April. The Setia Gagah is a 2003-built 4,750 BHP AHTS with a bollard pull of around 47t.

Martens Marine has taken delivery of the third in a series of vessels from Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering. The SMS Endeavour is an AHTS vessel designed for opera-tions in shallow waters around Asia, West Africa and the Middle East. The E 65T Series vessel has DP1 and has 5,150 BHP. The vessel also features a bridge area with a larger working space to conventional 5150s. The vessel is currently heading for Southeast Asia.

The latest addition to the POSH fleet was named in the middle of April. The POSH Shearwater is the first of four sister vessels which are being built by PaxOcean Engineer-ing Zhuhai shipyard in Guangdong, China. The vessel is expected to shortly commence a two year term contract in Southeast Asia. The UT-755 designed vessel is equipped with DP2, a deck area of around 670 square metres and accommodation for 26 personnel.

SMS Endeavour Delivered to Martens Marine

Setia Gigih Secures Malaysian Term Work

POSH Shearwater Named Ahead of Contract

Myanmar Opens Bidding on Offshore Blocks

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Southeast AsiaSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia

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There will be a new player in the UK ERRV market by the third quarter of 2014. Sentinel Marine, majority owned by Rory Deans has ordered 4 (plus 4 options) multi-role ves-sels from the Fujian shipyard in China. The 61m vessels will be equipped with 300 square metre decks, DP1, a daughter craft and FRC. Rory Deans was previously a part owner in Nomis Shipping and operated over 30 standby vessels in the UK and smaller AHTS in SE Asia before the company was sold to Vroon over 5 years ago.

Statoil came to the market in the middle of March and concluded a series of fixtures and six charter extensions that will see 15 vessels start or continue work with the Norwegian oil company. The vessels included the Havila Crusader, Viking Fighter, Rem Supporter, Bourbon Front, Sjoborg, Havila Clipper, Far Solitaire, Troms Artemis, Troms Sirius, Volstad Princess, North Purpose, Sayan Prin-cess, Skandi Sotra, Ocean Pride and Blue Thunder. Rates for the vessels were between GBP 17,000 and 21,000.

The large PSV Lundstrom Tide has been fixed to Cono-coPhillips UK for four months firm plus three one monthly options. The vessel had been working for Enquest since arriving on the North Sea spot market earlier this year. The STX PSV 09 CD designed vessel is understood to have been chartered at a dayrate of around GBP 18,000. The Lundstrom Tide is equipped with DP2, 9440 BHP and a clear deck area of around 1000 square metres.

The newbuild large AHTS Far Senator has had its naming ceremony in the middle of April. The vessel has already been introduced to the North Sea by undertaking a rig move of the Borgland Dolphin for MLS. The UT-731 CD designed vessel is equipped with a bollard pull of 258t and has a deck area of 680 square metres. As part of a sale and lease back plan it was sold to Ocean Yield and rented back by Farstad on a 12-year bareboat deal.

Far Senator Naming Ceremony Soon

Statoil Secures 15 Term Vessels

Lundstrom Tide Fixed for 4 Months Firm

Sentinel Marine Orders 4+4 ERRVs for UK

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North SeaNorth SeaNorth Sea

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The Ocean Pride has been fixed by Shell Norway for a three-month contract with an additional two one-month options. The dayrate is reported to be around GBP 22,650. The vessel was due to start her duties for Shell on the 1st of April. The Large PSV was delivered last year and is a Havyard 832 L design with a deck area of around 901 square metres and is equipped with DP2.

EOG Resources has chartered the Ocean Surf PSV for a seven-well firm contract expected to last for around 300 days in total. The fixture will commence from the end of April or early May. The 1998-built UT-755 designed medi-um PSV is currently working on the North Sea spot market and has most recently been carrying out spot work on be-half of Centrica. The vessel is equipped with DP2 and a deck area of around 620 square metres. The vessel was fixed at a dayrate of around GBP 11,000.

The Large PSV the North Vanguard has been fixed by Team Marine for 400 days firm to carry out support duties for the WilHunter rig which is currently operating out in the North Sea. The PSV is understood to be carrying out well abandon-ment operations for Hess. Meanwhile, Team has also taken on the Toisa Invincible for 90 days to carry out general pool support duty operations. In addition, the FD Unbeatable and the Normand Flipper have been chartered by Team for 40 days and 45 days respectively.

BG Norge has chartered the Normand Arctic on a long term contract to carry out supply duties. The large PSV is firm for two years with an option for the charterer to ex-tend the contract by one additional year. The vessel is due to start its commitment in late May of this year. At a DWT of 5,000 metric tons the 2011 built Normand Arctic boasts a deck area of 1,000 square metres while being equipped with DP 2. In addition, the Torsborg has been fixed for 5-10 years from the second quarter of 2013.

BG Norge Fixes Normand Arctic

Ocean Surf Fixed for 7 Wells

Shell Norway Secures Ocean Pride

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North SeaNorth SeaNorth Sea

Four Secure Term Work with Team

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The long-distance anchor handling tug Fairmount Sum-mit has delivered the semisubmersible rig SSV Catarina offshore Angola. The newbuild sixth generation drilling rig was towed from Okpo in South Korea, via the Strait of Malacca and the Cape of Good Hope, to Angola. The pair covered a distance of over 10,000 miles with an av-erage towing speed of 6.9 knots. The Fairmount Summit has 16,320 BHP and a 205 ton Bollard Pull.

Cairn Energy has announced a long-term drilling contract with the Cajun Express rig for a multi-well Africa cam-paign. The rig, which is on an initial one-year contract, will be carrying out frontier exploration drilling offshore Sene-gal and Morocco and potentially other areas. The Cajun Express is a deep-water 5th generation dynamically posi-tioning semi-sub. It will begin to mobilise for the work in the second half of 2013.

Marine Platforms Limited, Nigeria has placed an order with the Havyard Group for the construction of a Havyard 857 IRM subsea vessel. The 113-metre, NOK 600 million newbuild is scheduled for delivery during August 2014. The vessel will be equipped with a 250t offshore crane and will have accommodation for 120 personnel and a deck area of around 1200 square metres in addition to a moonpool.

Newly formed company Harkand has seen its ves-sels active in Africa over the past few months. The Harkand Falcon, which had been carrying out work in Angola for Saipem, carried out diving duties for a buoy repair for CNR in Gabon. The vessel is due to be sold later this month. Meanwhile, Harkand Da Vinci carried out work for Perenco Cameroon and Saipem Angola and is now mobilising for PetroSA.

Harkand Vessels Active in Africa

Cairn Announces Africa Exploration Plans

MPL Orders Havyard IRM Vessel

Fairmount Summit Tows Rig to Angola

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AfricaAfricaAfrica

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Icelandic Oil Services company Fafnir Offshore has placed an order with the Havyard Group for a Havyard 832L WE PSV. The 88.5 metre Ice Class B vessel is scheduled for de-livery during July 2014 and has an order value of approxi-mately NOK 330 million. According to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs the vessel will be specially built for oper-ations in harsh conditions. The vessel has already secured a 180-day a year 6-year contract with the Governor on Sval-bard with two additional two year options.

ConocoPhillips Alaska has announced that it has put its ex-ploration plans for the Chukchi Sea on hold. Drilling was due to start in 2014 and it had been anticipated that the opera-tor would take an AHTS vessel for at least 100 days for ice management duties. In a statement ConocoPhillips Alaska president Trond-Erik Johansen said: “While we are confident in our own expertise and ability to safely conduct offshore Arctic operations, we believe that more time is needed to ensure that all regulatory stakeholders are aligned.”

Greenland’s new coalition has released an agreement on com-modities in the country. It states that “Existing plans and agreements on extraction of commodities and large scale pro-jects should be realized with respect of signed agreements.” In addition “Exploration and extraction permits in the field of hy-dro-carbons are in force, though further permits will be grant-ed reluctantly”. Furthermore “Royalty based on world market prices will be introduced via existing legislation. The royalty can be progressive with regard of the extent of the project.”

Viking Supply Ships has signed a charter agreement with a major oil company for one of its AHTS icebreaker ves-sels. The Tor Viking or Balder Viking will be working from around May in the 2014 and 2015 seasons with options to cover 2016 and 2017. The contract, which covers spe-cialised ice management services, has a value of around USD 36.5 million for the firm period.

Sub-Arctic Deal for Viking Vessel

ConcoPhillips Puts Arctic Plan on Hold

Havyard Secures Iceland Newbuild Contract

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New Greenland Government Plans

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The PSV 05L CD designed Sea Tantalus has delivered from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel is the latest in a series of four sister ships being built for the same client. Each of the vessels has an LOA of 82.2m, accommodation for 28 and is of DNV Clean Design. The vessels also have Fifi 1 and Oil-Rec. The Sea Tantalus is the first vessel built by Cochin to be filled with a Ballast Water Treatment Plant that will aim to eliminate environmental damage from aquatic organisms. Enquest has chartered the vessel for 1-3 years.

Noble Energy has outlined its plans for a number of pro-jects in the Mediterranean in its latest Investor Presenta-tion. The company has already started production at its Tamar project off Israel and is now considering a potential FLNG at the site with a target start up around 2018. In ad-dition, work is underway on the Leviathan field with the company hoping to supply domestic markets from the field in 2016.

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has taken delivery of its latest newbuild AHTS vessel SCI Urja. The vessel is the last of a series of 120t bollard pull sister ships and is equipped with DP1, Fifi and is UKOOA (c) compliant. The vessel will be used to support the Indian offshore sector. The SCI Urja is an AH-03 designed vessel with an LOA of 65.2m. The vessel will be registered under Indian Flag with Mumbai as the home port.

BP is understood to be on the verge of finalising a long-term contract that will see the 2004-built Esvagt Capella fixed for a minimum two-year commitment. The vessel, which was recently released by Enquest on completion of a long-term contract with the Stena Spey, is expected to mobilise to Egypt later this month. The Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel has a rescue capacity for 300 survivors.

Esvagt Capella Supporting BP Egypt

Noble Energy Plans Med Projects

SCI Takes Delivery of Newbuild AHTS

Sea Tantalus Delivers from Cochin

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Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean

IndiaIndiaIndia

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Sealion shipping has announced an order for a large subsea construction vessel from Hyundai Heavy Industries. The DP3 deepwater installation and contruction, flexible, pipelay and cable lay vessel is a customised version of the Ulstein Deep-water Enabler design. It will have an LOA of 150.5m, beam of 32m, deck area of around 2900 square metres and accommo-dation for 250 personnel. The X-bow vessel will also have a 900t offshore crane, moonpool and two large workclass ROVs.

The hull of the newbuild PSV Blue Protector has been launched at the Zaliv Shipyard. The PX-121 designed vessel is the thirteenth built by the yard over the last six years for Ulstein Hull AS. Upon launching the hull the vessel was set to be towed by tug to Norway for final outfitting. Earlier this year, the shipyard carried out the dual launch of the hull of the Blue Guardian and the first of a series of PSVs for Damen Shipyards Bergum.

Bergen Group Fosen has signed a contract with BOA sub-sidiary NFDS Offshore 1 AS for the outfitting and commis-sioning of a new AHTS vessel. The contract for the VS-491 CD designed vessel is valued at more than NOK 600 mil-lion and is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2014. The hull for the vessel has already been completed at Nantong Mingde Heavy Industries in China and is expected to arrive at Fosen in Q2 this year. There is also an option for a further vessel.

Kotug has ordered four new AR 80-32 tugs from two ship-yard. The vessels will be built at Damen Shipyards in Eu-rope and Cheoy Lee Shipyards Hong Kong. All four vessels will be delivered in 2014. Kotug will charter the vessels from Elisabeth Ltd. Kotug has also formed a joint venture with Teekay Shipping Australia and currently has four 80t+ bollard pull rotor tugs operating in Port Hedland for BHPBIO Minerals. These vessels are expected to be joined by a further two similar tugs in the coming months.

Kotug Expanding to Global Horizons

Hull of Blue Protector Launched

Boa Awarded Outfit Work for AHTS

Subsea Construction Newbuild for Sealion

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NewbuildsNewbuildsNewbuilds

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Statoil has put the Huldra platform up for sale. The unit, which started production in 2001 has a design life of 20 years although the company believes it can exceed this design life by several years without major investments beyond regular maintenance. Huldra was constructed as a High Pressure - High Temperature (HPHT) platform with sleeping facilities for 30 people although it is normally un-manned.

Rem Offshore has confirmed the purchase of a new VS-485 MK III designed PSV from Kleven Verft AS. The yard had built the vessel on speculation with delivery scheduled for May 2013. The new owner has also announced that it has secured a two year firm contract with additional options for a further three years and nine months for the vessel with an undisclosed charterer. The 4,900 dwt vessel is ex-pected to deliver at the end of May.

DOF Subsea Group has entered into an agreement where the 1978-built vessel Geobay is sold to a Middle East buy-er. The selling price is slightly above book value of the ves-sel. The sale is expected to be completed after the ongo-ing project utilising the vessel is finalised in May 2013. The Geobay is a DP2 construction support vessel equipped with a 2,500 rated Triton work class ROV and 30t crane.

Otto Marine has sold its newbuild MT-6009 L ROV Support Vessel Otto Explorer 3 to RY Offshore. The deal, which is worth around USD 50m, will see the vessel go on charter to Otto subsidiary GO Marine. The vessel is currently being built at the Otto shipyard in Batam, Indonesia and will be handed over to the buyer on completion of a final inspec-tion. A USD 1 million deposit has been paid so far with the balance due upon delivery.

Otto Explorer 3 ROV Support Vessel Sold

Rem Buys Speculative PSV from Kleven

1978-Built Geobay Sold to Middle East

Statoil Puts Huldra Up for Sale

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Sale & PurchaseSale & PurchaseSale & Purchase

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Reports indicate that the first offshore wind farm in the USA could begin to take a step forward after over a dec-ade of delays. In a recent interview US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has said that he is optimistic that the first off-shore wind farm in the US will break ground this year. The initial project will be in the state of Massachusetts off Cape Cod. The USD 2.6bn project has been worked on since 2001.

The London Array offshore windfarm has now reached full capacity at 630MW. The site, which is now the world’s largest offshore windfarm, had the last of the 175 turbines installed and commissioned in early April. The first phase at the project will reach around 630 MW and should produce enough electricity to power nearly half a million homes a year.

Marineco has taken delivery of the fourth in a series of high speed support vessels from Damen. The FCS 2610 designed Twin Axe unit, Marineco Thunderbird, will be deployed by Siemens off the west coast of England, at the same latitude as Barrow. The vessel will be used to carry out installation and maintenance work on the Walney Off-shore Windfarms. The vessel will have an LOA of 25.75m, deck area of 90 square metres and a maximum speed of 25kn.

Dong Energy has announced that the final wind turbine has been installed at the Lincs Offshore Windfarm. The 75th Siemens 3.6MW unit was installed by the jack-up installation vessel MPI Resolution which began working on the site in the middle of July last year. The full com-missioning of the 270MW windfarm is set to take place later this year. The windfarm is 8km off the coast of Lincolnshire near Skegness.

Final Turbine Installed at Lincs Windfarm

London Array Fully Powered

Thunderbird Delivers for Marineco

Cape Cod Offshore Wind Progresses

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RenewablesRenewablesRenewables

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For the latest on the subsea construction and survey ves-sel availabilities please contact us for a copy of our Subsea Vessel Market Summary. The list is put together weekly by Graeme Riddell who is based in our Aberdeen office. We are constantly monitoring the requirements, fixtures and availability of the North Sea fleet. For more infor-mation email us.

DOF Subsea has ordered a newbuild subsea vessel from STX OSV scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2015. The OSCV 12 designed vessel will have an LOA of 161m and a beam of 32m. The vessel, which is currently charter free, will be used to support the subsea construction, inter-vention and survey work carried out by DOF’s fleet. Mean-while, the company has chartered the Harvey Deep Sea on a four-year charter agreement that will see the DP2 vessel working from delivery in the United States in June 2013.

SeaMar Subsea, Den Helder has placed an order with De Hoop Shipyard for a 65 metre multipurpose DP2 vessel. The 1500 dwt unit featuring 52pax accommodation, four point mooring and triple moonpools is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2014. The vessel, Deep Helder, will also have a total working deck space of around 500 square metres and will be strengthened at the stern to accommo-date a 20t A-frame. DeepOcean has recently announced it has chartered the vessel on a 5-year contract from delivery.

Ocean Installer will use the Normand Mermaid, Nor-mand Clipper and Normand Vision to carry out offshore work for a new project it has been awarded by Statoil. The contract covers engineering, procurement, installa-tion and construction at the Gina Krog and Eirin loca-tions. The North Sea offshore subsea campaigns will be carried out in 2015 and 2016.

Ocean Installer Secures Subsea EPIC Deal

New Subsea Vessel for DOF

New Ship on the Horizon for Seamar Subsea

Subsea Market Summary

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SubseaSubseaSubsea

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Although not officially announced, it is thought that the BP outstanding requirement for 5 vessels will more or less lead to a status quo situation in terms of the numbers of vessels being supplied by the incumbent operators namely Vroon & North Star. Full details should be available in time for our next report. Total has covered their 6-month requirement supporting the Safe Bristolia with the VOS Ranger. Mean-while, CNR has chartered the Grampian Haven to support a programme of similar duration on the T-Block in the Central North Sea & Ninian field in the Northern North Sea.

Talisman Energy is tendering for a vessel for 6-12 months from mid May to support the jack-up Rowan Stavanger at the Arbroath field in the UK Central North Sea. In addition, Teekay Petrojarl Production is tendering for a vessel from September or October to the end of 2014 plus two yearly options for support of the Banff Field FPSO. After suffering storm damage the unit was removed from the field in De-cember 2011 and is undergoing modification work in Ham-burg since September 2012.

Enquest remain outstanding for their long-term require-ment but EOG Resources has finalised a charter of the Vos Emperor to support their seven well (circa 300 day) drilling programme on the West Coast from the end of April with the Ensco 80. Centrica has chartered the MRV VOS Raasay for approximately two months from mid April to support the Greater Markham Area in the South North Sea. In addi-tion, Maersk Oil has fixed the VOS Supplier for a month from early April to support the NTVL.

Enquest has extended the charter of the Esvagt Sigma for

an additional four to five months from late March. The ves-

sel will be used for on-going support of the Ocean Princess

rig in the Central North Sea. Esvagt also have a second ves-

sel on long-term charter to Enquest namely the Esvagt Ca-

pella which is supporting the Stena Spey in the Northern

North Sea. The company is also outstanding for a vessel for

3-5 years from July.

Enquest Extends Esvagt Sigma Charter

A Number of Standby Tenders Outstanding

Medium Term Requirements Outstanding

BP Tendering for up to Six Vessels

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Heerema Fabrication Group has officially started construction

of the Montrose BLP (bridge linked platform) topsides for Tal-

isman Sinopec Energy. The 8,500 ton project will also include

an optional bridge to link the existing Montrose Alpha facility

to the new Montrose BLP platform. It is expected that load

out of the topsides and bridge constructions will be carried

out in April 2015.

Providence Resources has released details of an oil reserve resource audit at the Barryroe oil field in the Irish Sea. The figures show that potential recovera-ble oil resources from the field could be up to 624 million barrels. According to Providence the audit has also demonstrated that there are significant vol-umes of associated gas in solution as well.

A planned scheme for Carbon Capture at a power station in Peterhead is one of two schemes to be progressed by the UK Government through to the next round of com-mercialisation competition funding. The project will see up to 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions cap-tured at the power station in Aberdeenshire and trans-ported by pipeline and stored 100km offshore at the de-pleted Goldeneye reservoir.

Bourbon has announced an agreement with ICBC Financial Leasing (China) for the sale and bareboat charter back of up to 51 vessels for 10 years. The framework agreement, which is worth USD 1.5bn, includes 24 vessels in operation and a further 27 under construction. The main features of the deal includes the sale of vessels at market price with a vendor loan of a maximum of USD 116 million and a ten-year bareboat rate at a fixed rate of 10.66% of the sale price.

Bourbon Strikes 51 Vessel Bareboat Deal

Providence Audit of Offshore Ireland Oil

Peterhead CCS for Goldeneye Progresses

Construction Starts on Montrose Project

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