Oil & Gas

Could new BOEM rule accelerate GOM decommissioning activity?

Back in January, the Government Accountability Office issued a report criticizing two U.S. Department of the Interior agencies (BOEM and BSEE) for delays in the decommissioning of end-of-life offshore wells and platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In its report the GAO said that, as of June 2023, more than 2,700 Gulf wells and 500 platforms were overdue for decommissioning — an important market for a number of specialist offshore service providers.

GAO said that delays can increase...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/could-new-boem-rule-accelerate-gom-decommissioning-activity/

Bourbon orders six new Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations

Surfer crewboat

Bourbon Mobility, the Paris-headquartered Bourbon Group’s offshore oil and gas personnel transfer business, has ordered six new interfield Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations. Designed by Marseille based naval architecture firm Mauric, they will be built by Piriou Shipyards.

Carrying over1 million people transported each year, the Bourbon Mobility fleet has a total capacity of about 5,500 seats

Bourbon described the new crewboat order as “a major investment in renewing its fleet” but...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/bourbon-orders-six-new-surfer-crewboats-for-its-west-africa-operations/

Rem Offshore orders innovative Energy Subsea Construction Vessel (ESCV)

There’s a growing interest in subsea vessels able to work in both the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors and now Norway’s Rem Offshore and Myklebust Verft have signed a contract for the construction of an “Energy Subsea Construction Vessel “ (ESCV) that meets that requirement.

Fitted with a 250-tonne crane the ESCV will be delivered in 2026 .The contract also contains an option to build a second vessel.

The vessel will be a first of its kind that can perform heavy construction work in both the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/rem-offshore-orders-innovative-energy-subsea-construction-vessel-escv/

Strategic Marine delivers new hybrid fast crew boat duo

Singapore boat builder Strategic Marine has delivered two new Gen 4 fast crew boats to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services. The 42-meter vessels feature business class seats for 70 passengers and enhanced passenger comfort as well as offering higher efficiency with hybrid power (+) technology

Developed in cooperation with Australian naval architect firm Southerly Design, Strategic Marine’s Gen 4 fast crew boats feature a highly efficient new hull form and Z-bow that improves seakeeping and...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/strategic-marine-delivers-new-hybrid-fast-crew-boat-duo/

New Ulstein SX232: A subsea vessel for all markets

Ulstein SX232 subsea vessel

Seeing a “surge of optimism” in the offshore service vessel market, Ulstein has unveiled a design for a new subsea vessel, the Ulstein SX232, to serve both the fixed and floating offshore wind markets as well as offshore oil and gas.

Ulstein says that the offshore vessel market is currently benefiting from increasing CAPEX (capital cost) spending in both the oil and gas (O&G) and renewables sectors. The offshore O&G sector will reach its peak investment, of nearly $300 billion, in 2026. After...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/new-ulstein-sx232-a-subsea-vessel-for-all-markets/

SeaLoading and Petrobras eye build of new cargo transfer vessel

cargo transfer vessel operations

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, SeaLoading Holding AS has signed a charter contract for the cargo transfer vessel SeaLoader 2 with Petrobras. The two companies have also decided to enter into negotiations on placing a shipbuilding contract for a third cargo transfer vessel by the end of 2024.

SeaLoading’s cargo transfer vessels (which it logically, but confusingly, refers to as CTVs) enable crude oil from a floating production, storage & offloading system...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/sealoading-and-petrobras-eye-build-of-new-cargo-transfer-vessel/

GAO slams BSEE and BOEM delays on offshore decommissioning

Number of wells and platforms in need of decommissioning

Worldwide, decommissioning of end-of-life offshore wells and platforms is an important market for a number of specialist offshore service providers. A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates that the U.S. market could be a whole lot bigger but for inaction by two U.S. Department of the Interior Agencies: the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

According to GAO, as of June 2023, more than 2,700...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/gao-slams-bsee-and-boem-delays-on-offshore-decommissioning/

Eidesvik orders world’s first methanol-fueled CSV

Two CEOs talk up propsects for methanol-fueled CSV

Norwegian shipowners Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas have placed an order at Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard for a state-of-the-art, battery-hybrid methanol-fueled CSV (construction support vessel). It will be owned by an entity to be named Eidesvik Agalas AS, with Eidesvik holding a 50.1% majority stake, with the remainder owned by Agalas, which last year ordered its first vessel, an advanced offshore cable layer, at Sefine.

Set for deliver in 2026, the newly-ordered methanol-fueled CSV will be equipped...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/eidesvik-orders-worlds-first-methanol-fueled-csv/

DOF books Baleine field FPSO and FSO installation contract

Norway’s DOF Group has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading unit) and one FSO (floating storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, which is operated by Eni with Petroci Holding as partner.

Altera was awarded a contract last October that will see the cylindrical shaped FPSO Voyageur Spirit deployed to the Baleine field with the shuttle tanker Nordic Brasilia being...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/dof-books-baleine-field-fpso-and-fso-installation-contract/

DOF Group books two significant contracts

Norway’s DOF Group closed out last week by announcing two contracts on February 2. It described one as “substantial” and the other as “large.”

DOF Group defines a substantial contract as one with a contract with value between NOK 250 million to NOK 500 million (about $24 million to $47 million) and a large contract as one with with a value between NOK 500 million to NOK 1 billion.

The substantial contract is with an international oil company for the PSV Skandi Kvitsøy. The vessel will work in...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/dof-group-books-two-significant-contracts/

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