Sea Frost, a 2013-built PX 105 design vessel, can be upgraded with a battery-hybrid system and shore energy for Equinor contract.
Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA (OSE: SOFF) stories that two of its PSVs, Normand Naley and Sea Frost, have been awarded five-year contracts by Equinor UK Limited (Equinor).
Both contracts will run for 5 years from January 2023 and embrace choices for additional extensions.
The Sea Frost, a 2013-built PX 105 design vessel which has been on contract with Equinor since 2017, can be upgraded with a battery-hybrid system and shore energy as a part of the contract.
The 2011-built VS 485 design Normand Naley is already geared up with a battery-hybrid system and shore energy.
“We have supported Equinor’s U.K. operations since 2016 and are proud to agree these new long-term contracts. With these contract awards, Solstad Offshore has three PSVs installed with battery-hybrid systems and shore power operating in the U.K. sector on a long-term basis. The three vessels, equal to approximately 15% of our U.K., fleet, will help reduce both fuel consumption, emissions and operating expenditure,” says Kenneth Kenneth Lande, EVP and head of worldwide AHTS & PSV section at Solstad Offshore.
