
Latest platform provide vessels contracted by Equinor embrace Stril Luna [Photo: Astilleros Gondan / Simon Møkster Shipping]
Norwegian vitality big Equinor yesterday awarded platform provide vessel (PSV) contracts for six ships to 5 shipowners. The contracts have a complete worth estimated at greater than NOK 2.5 billion (about $235 million) together with choices and can help Equinor’s actions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Equinor, whose majority shareholder is the Norwegian state, has lengthy put an emphasis on decreasing emissions from its oil and fuel operations and this newest spherical of PSV contracts consists of agreements to discover the modification of two of the six ships to ammonia-fueling. All six vessels both have, or will get, a battery put in for hybrid operations.
The six platform provide vessels shall be managed by Simon Møkster Shipping AS, Island Offshore Management AS, Eidesvik AS, Remøy Shipping AS and P/F Skansi Offshore.
Vessels, homeowners and ship administration:
- Island Crusader, Island Offshore VIII KS, Island Offshore Management AS
- Stril Luna, Simon Møkster Rederi AS, Simon Møkster Shipping AS
- Stril Mar, Simon Møkster Rederi AS, Simon Møkster Shipping AS
- Rem Hrist, Etta Shipowning Ltd, Remøy Shipping AS
- Kongsborg, Skansi Ship Invest P/F, P/F Skansi Offshore
- Viking Avant, Eidesvik MPSV AS, Eidesvik AS
The contracts will take impact earlier than the tip of 2022, have a three-year agency interval and three one-year choices.
The agreements embrace a requirement for the vessels to make use of one cadet or odd seaman for every shift, as a recruitment contribution to the maritime trade.
In addition Equinor has prolonged a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for 4 years, for Island Clipper, which is a mixed platform provide vessel and walk-to-work vessel. Island Clipper has supported the Oseberg discipline previously and is scheduled to additionally work on the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm.
The vessels which are candidates for modification to ammonia fueling are the Island Crusader and Kongsborg. This shall be carried out in two separate tasks involving various sub-suppliers all through the maritime trade. The general purpose is to scale back the CO2 emissions by as much as 90 % by use of ammonia gasoline.
“We are pleased to secure contracts with suppliers which have a solid safety culture, and the necessary capabilities to ensure safe and efficient operations for Equinor,” says Mette H. Ottøy, chief procurement officer at Equinor. “Long-term commitments are mutually beneficial to Equinor and our suppliers. They ensure predictability and form the foundation for innovative solutions to improve on all aspects of our collaboration, including reduction of emissions from our operations.”
“We are dependent on supply vessels like these to support our more than 40 fields in operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), and we look forward to collaborating with the ship owners and crews for many years to come.” I’m particularly happy that we’re collectively investigating alternatives for additional CO2 reductions,” says Ørjan Kvelvane, senior vp for joint operations help at Equinor.