New Vessels

11 September 2008 Aberdeen Evening Meeting

Chairman Don Shaw, Sales and Marketing Manager, Subsea 7
Sponsored by DOF Subsea

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Overview

We live in interesting times; there has never been a time when there has been so many new ships being built for the subsea industries. The new ships provide not only increased performance capacity, but offer dramatic increases in the range of tasks which ships can undertaken. There are revolutionary new designs of ships, there are new intervention tasks which ships can now undertake and traditional vessel types have enhanced capability. This evening meeting gave an overview of the number of vessels entering the market, explored new ship designs, introduced new well intervention capability and introduced the latest in dive support vessels (DSOs). The meeting also covered some of the most exciting aspects of the 'new ships' which will be available to the subsea industries.

Presentations

A New Generation DSV

Stephen Vorley, Bibby Offshore Ltd

'Delivery of the Bibby Topaz', the first purpose-built high-specification diving support vessel to be delivered to the market for many years. The Bibby Topaz commenced subsea operations for Shell in April of this year in the Southern Sector of the North Sea.

Light Well Intervention – a New Generation of Vessel

Cecilie Drange, Aker Oilfield Services AS

The demand for subsea light intervention is increasing and the demands are becoming ever greater, with the growing number of completions in ultra-deep water. Conventional rig-based intervention is costly and has limited the productivity of subsea-based assets due to the growing cost of rig time. A new generation of subsea intervention support vessels is, however, emerging that covers this market need for fast, cost-effective and flexible operations. This presentation discussed the need for this type of vessel and its benefits, and presented Aker Oilfield Services' programme of vessel introduction to cover this area of the market.

X Bow Ships

Havard Stave, Design Manager, Ulstein Design

The X Bow vessel, the concept and its application in subsea operations support vessels.

5 Minute Market TechByte

Newbuilds: How will they affect the subsea market?

Shaun Heywood, Field Development Team, Subsea Petrodata

'New Ships' – How many? When will they be available? And what will the future market look like?