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REPUBLIC OF TURKEYISTANBUL ANADOLU 7th EXECUTION OFFICE 2016/1118 TLMT.ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AUCTION OF THE IMMOVABLE VESSELThe type, nature, value, quantity, important characteristics of the vessel that has been decided to be sold :A VESSEL REGISTERED IN THE REGISTRY OF FOREIGN SHIPS:According to the expert report dated 16/11/2020 based on the decision of the stanbul Anadolu 13rd Civil Court of Enforcement dated 02/02/2021 with the 2020/337 Case,2021/25 Decision number:Inspection and Due Diligence :The subject of the file is the offshore tugboat GSP PERSEU with the IMO number 9083160 docked at the Kuzey Star shipyard located in the Tuzla Shipyards district. The port side of the vessel is photographed. However, because of there is no chance to get on board the vessel from the port side, moved to another port with instruction of the shipyard master and from there, the boarding was provided of me and the panel to the vessel with the help of crane in the cabin. Photographs of the vessel were taken from the port and starboard sides, stern and stem sides. The vessel which has a double chimney, a twinpropeller and painted in red, has completely decolourised burgundy paints.Because, there are no crew working,noengine room, no accommodation spaceno devices nor equipment working on the bridge, no available energy andno electricity provided from the shore either; all the places of vessel were visited and seen with the help of flashlights and due diligence was carried out.

The general and technical characteristic informations of the vessel are given below.

M/T GSP PERSEU OFFSHORE TUGBOATS FEATURESGENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VESSELNAME : GSP PERSEUFLAG : MALTAPORT OF REGISTERY : VALETTACALL SIGN : 9HZH9THE TYPE OF THE SHIP : OFFSHORE SUPPLY SHIP/SUPPLY VESSELIMO NO : 9083160M.M.S.I NO : 249739000YEAR OF BUILT : 1994FEATURES OF THE VESSEL TECHNIQUELENGTH OVERALL : 60,92 M(BREADTH) : 13,60 M(DRAFT) : 4,35 MGROSS TONNAGE : 1289 TONNET TONNAGE : 386 TONDW TONNAGE :1146 TONNUMBER OF MAIN MACHINES:2TOTAL MACHINE POWER: 3628 KWSTEADY BOLLARD PULL:36,00 TON()SPEED :13,00 Knots(Knot/hour)OWNER : GSP PERSEU LTD.

DUE DILIGENCEDetermination ofthe boardAn inspecion of theboard,stem and stern showed that; the hulls paint was largely worn out, the top of foreship and forecastle equipment and the anchor windlass and chains were rusted, the starboard and port irons were in the hawse, and the irons were rusty, the forecastle decks sheets had lost the property of painting and were rusted.It was seen that the paint of the starboard and port boards of the tugboat which the subject of the file was faded, worn out and spilled in places, and the parts of that were under water, underwater hull kept algae, mussels and beards. The plimsoll marks are unpainted and unreadable. The deck planks on the stern are completely deformed, they are inoperative and large it was seen and determined that the part was in a broken state, the stern and the bitts on the ship board were rusted, and the stern windlass was rusty and became inoperable. All shipboard systems located on the deck are rusted, their brake studs are corroded rusty and cannot be opened. The sheet of poopdeck is completely rusty.It was found that the broadside and deck sheets were completely rusted, and the white exterior paints of the living area were completely discolored and rusted.There is a 4-storey accommodation space on the deck, service boat on the starboard side and a crane for a service boat and port and starboard of bow anchors are located on the hqwse. Tow windlasses of vessel are located in immediately to the right at the entrance to accommodation space from the deck. And the equipments of the windlass is completely rusted and became inoperable. On the left at the entrance to accommodation from the deck, there is a workshop; and a turning lathe, a drill etc. equipments are available. In addition, the equipments in the cooling and air conditioning rooms are complete. While the companions were closed at the entranceof the accommodation space and the engine room, 1 piece of hatch was removed from the weld and opened and enterance was provided to accommodation space and the engine room. Accommodation space, cabins and galley are in disrepair. Although the devices and buttons on the bridge have been fully maintained, they have been disabled due to not being used for a long time.Inspection of Accommodation SpaceThere is a kitchen and galley section at the entrance from the vessel deck. During the examination of the accommodation, it was seen that the cabins, the saloon, the WC, the bathrooms and the galley were in a disrepair and dirty condition.Inspection of Engine Room2main machines branded MAN and 3 auxiliary diesel generators are available during the inspection in the engine room. Although the operating arms, gas levers, and electrical panels were complete in the control cabin of engine room, damage detection due to not being used was not possible.Due to the fact that the generator is not currently working on the vessel,no electricity provided from the shore, and there is no guard or security on the vessel in the current situation; the vessels engine room, the accommodation space, and the wheel house can be viewed with a flashlight with the guidance of the shipyard master.In the engine room, fuel and oil separators, pumps, air compressors, air bottles, ballast, fire booster pumps, oil, fresh water, seawater pumps and heat exchanger are protected in their places. The exhaust circuits and manifolds of the machines are undamaged.The steering flat has been visited and seen, and it has been determined that the steering gears and hydraulic pumps are in place and undamaged. In addition, refrigeration and air compressors and refrigerant evaporator are undamaged and in place. It has been found that many circuits and valve groups in the engine room are rusted. The floor sheets are rusty. Seawater and freshwater circuits are completely corroded.Due to the fact that vessels ISM documents and vessel certificates could not be obtained, the status / operating time, whether the planned maintenance system has ben carried out, or if they are operational or not could not be understood.Inspection of Wheel HouseDuring the inspection on the wheel house; radar, one GYRO, one ECO SOUNDER, device of WHCF, one telex computer device, navigator, indicator and control device are available. There are two gas levers, starboard and port gas controllers, as well as pressure and temperature indicators of the machines, all buttons are fixed and installed in their place. However, they have not been used inert for about 5 years. There are electrical panels, navigation instruments and navigator on the wheel house, it was found that there was also one piece of standard compass on the top deck of the machine.

THE VALUATION OF THE VESSEL IN THE CURRENT SITUATION,The vessel GSP PERSEU, the subject of this file, is type of the offshore tugboat. The actional seizure was made on 20/09/2016 at the address of Evliya elebi neighborhood, Tersaneler street,14/9,Tuzla by stanbul Anadolu 7th Bailiffs Office. It is understood that the vessel has been deprived of maintenance without being in operation for a long time. The vessel was towed away from its location and brought to the dock of the Kuzey Star shipyard and has been lying idle in the same place for more than 4 years without moving or operating any equipment.In the cost formation method; the freight costs of the tugboat in todays conditions, the date of built, origin, quality and condition of the existing equipment, adequacy of the equipment of tugboat and how long the vessel can work efficiently were taken into consideration. Among the factors affecting the value of the offshore tugboat named GSP PERSEU, the aforementioned characteristics of the tugboat, the quality and condition of the sheets and equipment, the operating costs of its equivalents, freight costs and the precedent ship market in the world market are taken into account.

The vessel which subject of lawsuit was built 1994 and it is 26 years old at the time of inspection. In the ordinary course of things, altough it is possible that a boat at this age with the orderly made periodic maintenance of all equipment on the machine deck and wheel house will have the opportunity to be benefited in the world market and offshore and it can be benefited from in maritime trade; as a result of the fact that without any maintenance carried out, without moving it from where it has been for more than 4 years and without the presence of an employee; due to fact that the vessel GSP PERSEUs deck plate, tow windlass, stem-stern anchor and landing windlass assessment,the fact that the deck sheet of these equipment and all the circuits on the deck are completely rusty and inoperable, despite the fact that all the equipment can be found in the engine room but have not been maintained for nearly 5 years,(This maintenance requires high costs. Complete replacement of the fresh water and sea water circuits,, dismantling the machines and bearing controls, maintenance of all compressors and all devices in the machine control room and electrical installations on the electrical panel is required.) although all the equipment is available for navigation on the wheel house, they have not been maintained or checked for a long time and they are not certified, therefore their vitality requires a high cost. . In addition, due to the expiry of the validity period of all the certificates required for the vessel to sail, the vessel may become active in the maritime trade after the renewal of the vessels hull, cleaning the vessels hull by docking, ainting with antifouling, painting after the change of the sheet metal thinning due to rust on the vessels glass and deck sheets for the renewal of the flour obtaining the seaworthiness certificates from the vessels classification societies All this requires very high costs.Article 126 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Code

(*) The holders of the right of easement are also included in the term those who are concerned.*: This example corresponds to Example 64, which was used in practice before this Regulation.Due to the circumstances explained above, since the offshore tugboat named GSP PERSEU has lost her economic value and technical condition to a large extent due to its current situation, the vessel has completely lost her economic operation position, since the cost of re-operation, maintenance costs and certification will bring high costs. She looks like scrap in its current state. Therefore, the vessel GSP PERSEU, which is the subject of the file, could only be evaluated in terms of value over its scrap value, in its current state and as seen.According to my calculations, the LIGHT SHIP (tare weight) of the vessel is estimated to be around 1000 TONS, and it has been understood that the information obtained from one of the various companies that do shipbreaking and determine the scrap price in Aliaa, where the shipbreaking industry is located andfrom the Aliaa Ship Recycling Industrialists Associationthe researches, it has been understood that the scrap price in the Aliaa shipbreaking zone is 290 USD per ton as of the inspection date of 26.10.2020 for a Vessel with the tonnage of the vessel in question. Scrap prices for vessels in Aliaa shipbreaking zone in Turkey are indicated in the Aliaa market. These prices varies according to market conditions. According to this evaluation;

IN CONCLUSIONThe value of the GSP PERSEU (offshore tugboat) as seen at its location and in its current condition;It was concluded that 1000 TON X 290 USD/TON = USD 290,000.00 (two hundred ninety thousand US dollars).Since the Central Banks dollar selling rate was announced as 1 USD = 7.97 TL as of the date of 26/10/2020, the vessel named GSP PERSEU, whose value was appraised;As of the date of discovery on 26/10/2020, its value has been calculated to be USD 290,000.00 X 7.97 TL = 2.311.000.00 TL (two million three hundred eleven thousand Turkish liras).The value found is the current value of the vessel in Tuzla shipyards region. If the vessel is taken to the Aliaa dismantling area for dismantling, the pilotage costs and tugboat towing fees should be reduced, since the vessel is incapable of maneuvering and navigating.Address : Tuzla Tersaneler Blgesi, Evliya elebi Mahallesi, Tersaneler Caddesi, No: 14/9 Tuzla /ISTANBULValue : 2.311.000,00 TRYVAT Rate : 18 %Annotations in the Record : It is as in the Ship Registry record.First Sales of Day : Between 15:00 15:05 on 13/04/2022Second Sales of Day : Between 15:00 15:05 on 13/05/2022The place of Sales : Mezat Salonu 2 Istanbul Anadolu Adalet Saray B Blok -4. Kat KARTAL / ISTANBULGuarantee : Cash collateral will not be accepted at the place of sale.

Terms of sale :

1- The tender will be made by auction. Bids can be submitted electronically from the address of esatis.uyap.gov.tr from twenty days before the first auction until the end of the day before the auction date. In this auction, the tender is awarded on these terms;50% of the estimated value and, if there are priority creditors, the total receivables and sales expenses are exceeded. If there is no bidder in the first auction, bids can be submitted electronically from the fifth day after the first auction until the end of the day before the second auction. In this auction, the bid is awarded to the highest bidder, on condition that the property exceeds 50% of the estimated value, if there are priority creditors, the total receivables and sales expenses. If the buyer does not come out with such an excess price, the sales demand will decrease.

2- Those who will participate in the auction must submit a letter of 20% of the estimated value (Kayseri Court of Appeal 5th Civil Department 2020/1057 E., 2020/1064 K. filed number, Approval: Supreme Court 12nd Civil Department 2021/1635 E., 2021/3021 K. filed number ) to be deposited to our account with TR62 0001 5001 5800 7290 4970 98 IBAN at the T. Vakflar Bankas Anadolu Adalet Saray Branch of the 7th Bailiff Office of Istanbul Anadolu, by writing the TC ID and file number, or an unconditional, final and indefinite guarantee of a bank with the same amount. NO CASH GUARANTEE WILL BE TAKEN at the place of sale. Daily changes in foreign exchange rates according to Article 1 of Law No. 805, foreign currency is not accepted as collateral. If the creditor who has a right on this immovable, the shareholder or interested parties who want to sell, participates in the auction, in case of refusal of the aforementioned proportion, no additional shareholding and security are sought.The sale is in cash, at the request of the buyer, a period not exceeding (10) days can be given. Stamp fee, VAT, delivery costs belong to the buyer.(IIK m.126)(*) Owners of easement rights are also included in the term related parties.*:This example corresponds to Example 64 used in the previous application of this Regulation.

The Brokerage Fee, the taxes that arise from the ownership of the vessel are paid from the sales price. (Creditors, whose receivables are pledged have priority rights over the sales amount. The duties and taxes that are required to be collected from certain goods and incomes from State offers such as customs duty and income tax come after the pledged receivables.)

3- Mortgage holders and others who may concerned (*) must notify our office of their rights on this real estate, especially their claims regarding interest and expenses, with supporting documents within (15) days; otherwise, their rights will be excluded from partition unless their rightsare fixed with the land registry.

4- If the sale price is not paid immediately or within the given deadline, the tender will be terminated in accordance with the Article 133 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Code. All buyers and their guarantors, who have participated in the tender and caused the termination of the tender by failing to pay the tender price, will be jointly and severally liable for the difference between the price they offered and the final tender price, as well as other damages and the default interest. Difference of the tender and default interest will also be collected by our office without the need for a judgment, and this difference, if any, will be firstly taken from the security deposit.

5- The specification is open for everyone to see from the beginning of the announcement date, and a copy can be sent to the buyer if the expense is given.

6- In accordance with the article 1385/2 of the Turkish Commercial Code, the vessel will be sold free of all real and personal rights, burdens and limitations, except the ones that are taken over by the buyer with the consent of the mortgage holder.

7- It is announced that those who participated in the sale will be deemed to have seen the specification and accepted the content, and those who want to get further information should apply to our directorate with the file number 2016/1118 Tlmt. 29/11/2021

Gnl KarabeyDeputy Bailiff117399

Article 126 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Code

(*) The holders of the right of easement are also included in the term those who are concerned.*: This example corresponds to Example 64, which was used in practice before this Regulation.

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Announcement Of The Auction of offshore tugboat "GSP PERSEU" - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

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HOVIK, Norway DNV has handed Hexicon a statement of feasibility for its TwinWay floating offshore wind demonstrator project.

This aims to show proof of concept for Hexicons floating wind foundation design TwinWind, said to allow deployment of more wind turbines per sea area, increasing energy yield.

The demonstrator will be installed and operated at Metcentre, offshore Norway. Following this first step in the certification process,DNV considers the TwinWay concept in principle ready for further development toward a full-scale demonstrator.

In DNVs latest ETO, we forecast Norways future installed offshore wind capacity to be 3 GW in 2030, 10 GW in 2040 and 14 GW in 2050, saidKim Sandgaard-Mrk, executive vice president for Renewables Certification.

To achieve this growth in a safe, reliable, and sustainable manner, Norwegian wind energy projects need access to robust and trusted risk management measures such as certification. Mitigating risks via certification is particularly valuable for floating offshore wind projects in securing project finance and demonstrating operational application.

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Australias push into offshore wind projects is about to accelerate, with Spanish firm BlueFloat Energy and Australias Energy Estate announcing plans to partner in the development of at least 4,300MW of offshore wind capacity in Australian waters.

The partners announced on Wednesday that projects are being proposed at two of New South Wales major industrial centres, including a 1.4GW floating wind farm off the coast of the Hunter region and a 1.6GW project off the coast of Wollongong.

The partnership will also develop a 1.3GW project using bottom-fixed technologies off the coast of the Gippsland region in Victoria.

The Spanish based BlueFloat is already developing several European offshore wind projects, including in waters off Spain, Portugal, Italy and Scotland and has specialised in the deployment of floating offshore projects.

The partnerships first project will be the Greater Gippsland Offshore wind project located within the Bass Strait. The project will seek to serve as a renewable energy replacement for the regions brown coal power stations slated to close and take advantage of the established electricity network infrastructure in the region.

The Hunter Coast Offshore wind project will be located within a proposed renewable energy zone being and will aim to support the exit of the ageing black coal fired generators within the region and supply power to major energy users like the Tomago aluminium smelter.

Likewise, the Wollongong Offshore wind project will be located across two sites off the coast of the Illawarra industrial precinct and could ultimately supply renewable electricity for hydrogen production and metals processing within the precinct.

Additional projects off the coasts of Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, are also in the works, with the partners expecting to announce further details in early 2022.

BlueFloat is a relatively new venture, formed within the last 18-months with the backing of the US-based 547 Energy itself the renewable energy investment wing of the US$17 billion (A$24 billion) private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners and has brought together several experienced personnel in offshore wind developments.

BlueFloats newly appointed Australian manager, former Commonwealth Bank global head of project finance, Nick Sankey, said the recent passage of federal legislation that lifted an effective prohibition on Australian offshore wind projects had facilitated the companys entry into the Australian market.

The timing of our announcement comes hot on the heels of Australias Federal Government passing legislation that provides a framework for developing offshore wind projects here, Sankey said.

This is a pivotal step as the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 establishes a regulatory scaffold to enable the construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore electricity infrastructure.

Sankey told RenewEconomy that the company saw value in seizing the first mover advantage in developing an offshore wind farms, and BlueFloat would seek to draw upon its previous experience in Europe to build some of the first in Australian waters.

Sankey added that the company was conscious of previously announced offshore wind projects being considered in Australia such as the 2,200MW Star of the South project also proposed for the Gippsland region and that it sees opportunities to improve the value of projects by building common infrastructure, such as transmission network links, which could support multiple projects.

See RenewEconomys newly updated Offshore Wind Farm Map of Australia here

Australias wind industry has so far been entirely focused on the development of onshore projects, given the abundance of suitable onshore sites with good wind availability that make projects easier to construct.

There are benefits to the development of offshore wind projects, that can achieve much larger yields and capacity factors by deploying larger turbines into areas with strong ocean winds.

While no offshore wind projects have yet been constructed in Australian waters, there is a growing list of projects joining the development pipeline.

BlueFloat and Energy Estate said that they shared the same ethos when it came to project development, including recognising the need for engagement with First Nations groups and local communities and supporting their active involvement in the development of offshore wind projects.

Energy Estates director of engagement, Rosie King, said that the key to the success of the partnership would be the ongoing engagement by both companies with local communities and governments.

BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estates shared set of values includes actively taking steps to support training and promoting opportunities for workers to move into new roles that will be created by the offshore wind industry, King said.

We believe that the best outcomes for stakeholders and local communities will be achieved if governments and the industry collaborate from the outset. Change can be viewed as unsettling, but not if it is managed properly by open engagement with those impacted.

Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, known as Taqa, launched a $3.6 billion renewable energy project to significantly decarbonise the state-owned oil and gas producers offshore production operations and help the UAE achieve its 2050 net-zero ambitions.

The companies are developing and will operate first-of-its-kind high-voltage, direct current (HVDC-VSC) subsea transmission system in the Mena region, Adnoc said in a statement on Wednesday.

The transmission system will power Andocs offshore production operations with cleaner and more efficient energy, which will be delivered through Taqa-owed Abu Dhabi onshore power grid.

The project will be funded through a special purpose vehicle a dedicated company in which Adnoc and Taqa will each own a 30 per cent stake. A Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)-led consortium, which includes Japans Kyushu Electric Power Company and lectricit de France (EDF) will hold a combined 40 per cent stake in the project on a build, own, operate and transfer basis, Adnoc said.

The consortium will develop and operate a transmission system alongside Adnoc and Taqa, with the full project being returned to Adnoc after 35 years of operation.

As Adnoc embraces the energy transition, this bold and progressive project will replace our existing offshore local power supply with cleaner and more sustainable onshore power sources, significantly reducing our carbon footprint while enabling additional cost savings, Yaser Almazrouei, Adnoc upstream executive director, said.

This first-of-its-kind project is a further example of how Adnoc is advancing practical and commercially viable solutions to secure a lower carbon future, while driving significant foreign direct investment, and, in turn, cementing Abu Dhabi and the UAEs position as a trusted global investment destination.

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Finnish state-owned enterprise Metshallitus is releasing preliminary market information and launching its partner selection process for the planned 1.3 GW Korsns offshore wind power project.

Metshallitus said it is looking for a responsible and experienced partner to accelerate the development, construction, and operation of the wind farm.

The enterprise will invite both domestic and international investors into the selection process. The offshore wind power project is estimated to reach commercial operation in 2028 at the earliest.

The selected partner, a company or a consortium, is required to demonstrate the necessary know-how, resources and experience in the successful development, construction and operation of offshore wind power projects with a considerable investment value and scale, the manager of Finlands land and water areas said.

The selected partner is required to represent responsible and sustainable business practices. The partner must also have the ability to work on a project that involves many stakeholders at different levels of Finnish society given the projects national importance to achieve the countrys renewable energy targets.

Competitive Bidding

The selection of a partner for the project will be realised through a competitive bidding process. After the indicative bid submission, a shortlist of potential parties will be invited to continue in the process and submit a binding offer, following which a preferred bidder will be selected. The project will comply with the EUs sustainable funding criteria and tendering procedures.

Metshallitus goal is to complete the selection of a partner during 2022. Information on the parties or bids participating in the auction process is not public and no additional information will be provided on the progress of the process.

The Korsns offshore wind farm is being planned in the states territorial waters located some 15 30 kilometres from the coast. This will be one of the first large-scale offshore wind farms in Finland.

The estimated capacity of the wind farm corresponds to about half of Finlands current wind power capacity at the end of 2020.

Metshallitus will act as a project developer in the project and will remain as the lessor of the offshore wind farm post-exit. Ownership of the area will remain with the state.

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Damen Shipyards has delivered a new Shoalbuster 3815 SD to Caspian Offshore Construction LLP (COC). The Shoalbuster 3815 SD is one of the newest and largest vessels in the Shoalbuster range and stands out for its ability to operate in waters of no more than 120 centimetres in depth. Named the Caspian Amwaj, this new addition to COCs fleet will initially be deployed on a project in the Arabian Gulf, the companys first in the region.

The Shoalbuster 3815 SD is a highly versatile workboat capable of taking on a wide variety of assignments. Handling anchors, buoys and hoses, as well as towing and other general support tasks for the offshore oil & gas industry, all fall within its operational profile. Suitably equipped it can also undertake dredging and support activities in waters that few other vessels can access.

Installed power of 1,540 bhp directed through four 1,000 mm aft propellers delivers 18.6 tonnes of bollard pull, and twin bow thrusters bring added manoeuvrability. 185 m2 of working deck space enables it to carry substantial cargos. The standard accommodation in the 38-metre, 250 dwt vessel allows for comfortable living space for 11 persons in accordance with MLC regulations.

The Caspian Amwaj was built for stock at Albwardy Damen and the sale contract with COC was signed in mid-October 2021 with the handover taking place just four weeks later. This rapid delivery was possible due to the excellent cooperation between COC and Damen.

Damen Shoalbuster 3815 SD delivered to Caspian Offshore Construction

Established in 2003, Caspian Offshore Construction is based in Kazakhstan and is a leading supplier of offshore marine services in the Caspian Sea, which is well known for its shallow waters. A valued customer of the Damen Group, its fleet includes a Damen Stan Tug 1606 ICE, a Multi Cat 1908, two Fast Crew Suppliers 3307 and a Fast Crew Boat 1605.

We are indeed very excited to have taken delivery of this unique unit from our established partner Damen Shipyard with whom we have been successfully cooperating over last 15 years, says Timur Sharapiev, COC Managing Director. Word Amwaj in Arabic language means Wave, therefore selected name Caspian Amwaj is quite symbolic to this occasion in a sense that COC is now sailing into Middle East market on the back of our strong track record of operating in Caspian waters. I would like to wish Caspian Amwaj and her crew safe journey and best of luck.

The ultra-shallow draught Shoalbuster 3815 SD was developed in close consultation with owners and operators of vessels operating in shallow waters, says Marc Tijssen, Sales Manager Damen Shipyards Group East & South-East Europe. The vessel is ideal not only for work in the shallow waters of the Arabian Gulf but also for COCs primary area of operations, the Caspian Sea. We look forward to seeing Caspian Amwaj excelling in her role.Source: Damen

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PARIS Ocean Winds has awarded Nexans a turnkey contract to design, manufacture, install, and protect the 220-kV subsea and onshore export cable system for the Moray West wind farm offshore northeast Scotland.

The cable system consists of high voltage alternating current cabling which will connect the wind turbines to two offshore substation platforms (OSP). The 220-kV cabling, including 170 km (106 mi) of land cables and 100 km (62 mi) of subsea cables, will be installed from each OSP along the full route to the project specific onshore substation.

The export cabling solution will connect the projects substation to the national grid electricity transmission system at Blackhillock, Keith.

The cables will be manufactured at the companys plants in Halden and Rognan, Norway, Charleston, South Carolina, and Charleroi, Belgium, and installed by the cable laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak. The onshore part of the project will be overseen and delivered by the companys personnel based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The 860-MW Moray West project is fully consented. Construction is expected to start in 2022 and be completed in 2024.

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A new generation of floating production platform is being built and designed for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Responding to the needs of a market that has seen two oil price collapses in the past six years, deepwater operators are choosing to deploy a semisubmersible production facility design that is smaller, lighter in weight, with more standardized features than in years past.

The semisubmersible design has become increasingly popular as the industry has moved out farther into deeper waters, since it is the most adaptable to water depth and topsides payload; facilitates topsides integration quayside; and can be competitively contracted.

Since 2014, seven deepwater projects have been sanctioned in the US Gulf of Mexico: Appomattox (Shell), Mad Dog 2 (bp), Vito (Shell), King's Quay (Murphy), Anchor (Chevron), Whale (Shell), and Shenandoah (Beacon Offshore). All of these will be semisubmersible platforms. Two of them, the Argos FPS (for Mad Dog 2) and the Kings Quay FPS, have entered the Gulf this year.

Semisubmersible platform design has become progressively smaller and leaner over the past seven years. Displacements of Appomattox, Argos, Vito, King's Quay, and Anchor are 125,000 mt, 101,000 mt, 38,000 mt, 38,000 mt, and 69,000 mt, respectively. These platforms have become progressively leaner in response to a drive to accelerate cycle times to first production and reduce project breakeven costs.

The Argos FPU arrived in the Gulf in April and is now at the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas, for final preparatory work and regulatory inspections. Following this work, Argos will be towed out and installed about 6 mi (10 km) from the originalMad Dog spar, about 190 mi (306 km) south of New Orleans. The platform, which weighs about 60,000 tons, will operate in about 4,500 ft (1,372 m) of water. At peak, the facility is expected to produce up to 140,000 boe/d through a subsea production system from 14 production wells. Start-up is planned for 2Q 2022.

The Kings Quay semisubmersible FPS arrived into the Gulf in September, and it is also at the Ingleside yard for final preparatory work and inspections. The 21,498-metric ton (23,697-ton) Kings Quay FPS is designed to process 80,000 b/d of oil and 100 MMcf/d of gas.It will handle production from theKhaleesi/Mormont and Samurai fieldsin the deepwater Gulf. First oil is expected in the first half of 2022. The project is being executed byMurphyExploration and Production. Owners of the semisubmersible facility include entities managed by Ridgewood Energy Corp., ILX III Holdings, LLC and Third Coast Super Holdings, LLC. The facility will be operated byMurphy.

Chevrons Anchor field development project will also feature a lean-designed semisubmersible facility. Wood has been selected to deliver a detailed engineering design for the topsides and subsea system, while KBR has been awarded the FEED contract for the hull. South Koreas Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will construct and fabricate the hull, while Kiewit will build the topsides. The semisubmersible platform is expected to have a production capacity of 75,000 b/d of oil and 28 MMcf/d of gas, with the potential for future expansion.

The Anchor discovery is in Green Canyon block 807, located about 140 mi (225 km) offshore Louisiana in more than 4,921 ft (1,500 m) of water. With an expected operating pressure of 20,000 psi, Anchor is the industrys first deepwater high-pressure development to achieve a final investment decision. It is expected to come online in the first half of 2024.

Meanwhile, Shell is in the process of deploying two standardized, lean-designed semisubmersible platforms to the deepwater Gulf.

Shell issued the FID on its Vito project in April 2018, setting in motion the construction and fabrication of what it called a new, simplified host design. This new design, along with a streamlined subsea infrastructure, would give the project a breakeven price of less than $35/bbl. Located in the Mississippi Canyon area, the Vito development will consist of a semisubmersible host facility and eight subsea wells in approximately 4,000 ft of water. The Vito host platform will be a four-column semisubmersible floating production unit weighing 39,000 tons, with a topsides weighing 9,200 tons. Shell selected Sembcorp Marine to build the hull and topsides and provide integration services at its Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore.

More recently, Shell issued the FID on its deepwaterWhale field in Alaminos Canyon block 773. Like Vito, the Whale production facility will have what Shell describes as a simplified, cost-efficient host design. The platform will include a topsides module and a four-column semisubmersible floating hull with a combined weight of 25,000 metric tons.

Shell says that theWhale platform features a 99% replicated hull and an 80% replication of the topsides from itsVito platform. By leveraging the engineering, construction, and supply chain of Vito, Whale is expected to achieve first oil 7.5 years after discovery, the company said. Sembcorp was again selected to build and integrate the topsides and hull, and this work will also take place at the Tuas Boulevard Yard, thus taking advantage of synergies from Vitos supply chain and construction processes.

The Whale FPU will be adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, about 10 mi (16 km) from the companys Perdido platform, and approximately 200 mi (322 km) southwest of Houston. It will operate in more than 8,600 ft (2,621 m) of water with 15 oil producing wells.

Vito is scheduled to begin production in 2022, while Whale is slated for first oil in 2024.

Adding to this list is the recently sanctioned Shenandoah project, a high-pressure, high-temperature development that will also feature a semisubmersible host facility. The Shenandoah field is 160 mi (257 km) offshore Louisiana in Walker Ridge blocks 51, 52, and 53, and is being developed by Beacon Offshore and ShenHai, a subsidiary of Israels Navitas Petroleum.

Beacon has signed a contract with South Koreas Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the design, procurement, construction, and delivery of a semisubmersible floating production system. Navitas has indicated that the semisubmersible will be 299 ft (91 m) long, 299 ft wide, and 295 ft (90 m) high, and capable of producing 100,000 b/d. HHI says that it will spend the first year on engineering, and that construction will start in 3Q 2022. According to Navitas, the Shenandoah semisubmersible will be similar to the Kings Quay facility, which was also built by HHI. Work on the floating facility is scheduled to be complete by the end of September 2024, with installation in the field expected to take place in 4Q 2024.

In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the trend toward smaller and simpler floating production systems will almost certainly continue. Even as oil prices have rebounded, operators will continue to look for ways to lower capital costs, accelerate cycle times to first production, and increase cost and schedule predictability. In the Gulf of Mexico, about 80% of discoveries can be developed with a floating production system that can process about 80,000 boe/d.

The industry will also embrace standardized developments that will include platforms strategically sited to provide efficient host locations for multiple field developments. A standardized FPS is repeatable with design adjustments for reservoir and site-specific conditions.

And in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the semisubmersible platform design will continue to be preferred due to its better stability in harsh environments, greater range of water depth, payload capacity, and quayside integration capabilities.

Editors note: See the accompanying video, Semisubmersibles setting the standard in the Gulf of Mexico, at https:www.offshore-mag.com/videos.

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Energy company Nexsphere has announced its planning to build an offshore wind farm in Bass Strait, off the northeast coast of Tasmania.

If the farm meets all its regulatory approvals and the construction goes as planned, the Bass Offshore Wind Energy project (BOWE) will have 35 turbines running by 2026, with the potential to expand. These turbines will provide between 500 and 1000 MW of energy enough to power 325,000 homes at a time.

The wind turbines are expected to each be 222 metres in diameter, with 108-metre-long blades. The first stage of the project is expected to cost between $1 and $2 billion. The project is still in its early stages, with Nexsphere carrying out feasibility assessments and choosing a specific area in which to build.

How will an offshore wind farm be built in five years? Cosmos sat down with Glen Kierse, CEO of Nexsphere, and Stephen Thompson, technical director of the project, to find out.

The proposed zone for BOWE is 20 to 30 kilometres off Tasmanias northeast coast. The precise location hasnt been decided yet. This places it over the horizon, making it very difficult to see from land.

How did this site get chosen? There are a huge number of things that make a site appropriate or inappropriate for wind energy.

Its a bit like pulling a Rubiks Cube together, says Thompson. We have a whole range of variables that have to come into play to make one of these projects stack up.

These variables include water depth, wind speed and direction, the seabed landscape, local commercial activities, wildlife and environment, visual and noise impacts, and ease of connection to ports, labour and power networks.

[One] of the core ones, obviously, is a strong and consistent wind source, says Thompson. Thats really important, not just from the point of view of how strong the winds blowing, but the wind direction and a whole range of other variables like consistency throughout the year.

The second component is water depth water depth is pretty critical. This is one of the great challenges with most offshore wind projects around the world: [in] a lot of high wind areas, often the water depths are too deep. Or the shallow watergets too close into the coast, and people obviously get concerns around visual amenity.

The shallower the water, the easier it is to build the turbines.

Sixty metres generally tends to be the threshold point for fixed-bottom wind farms. Beyond 60 metres, youre stepping into floating structures, which are much more costly and challenging to do, says Thompson.

Then, theres the task of getting the wind turbines out to the site.

The port cant be too far away from the site, because of the cost and the challenge of taking big structures out to sites, says Thompson. But the biggest issue we have with ports is the kit that goes into building these wind farms is massive.

Were looking at 222-metre diameter span on the blades. So were looking at quite a lot of lay-down area for the towers, the blades and all the footing structures that need to be put in place. We have to have the right type of port arrangements for heavy lift. We also need ports that are able to accommodate the time it takes to load and offload all the equipment.

And once the turbines are out there, the power has to get back. BOWEs proposal is to connect the wind farm to the grid substation at George Town via a transmission cable.

Connecting into a core part of the grid is really essential, says Thompson.

[Wind farms] might be able to connect onto land, but then they might have to go a significant distance overland to get to a core substation to connect into the grid. We spent a huge amount of time looking at a whole variety of grid connection options that played a pretty critical role in landing on our site.

Its a big undertaking to build 35 towers in the middle of the sea, but Nexsphere believes it wont have to reinvent any wheels.

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Theres a pretty established track record and process in the design, installation and maintenance of these facilities based in particularly in Europe, but even extending into Asia and the United States, says Kierse.

Thompson agrees: We feel confident bringing the right partners in that we can manage that adequately.

The second component of that is Australia has a pretty capable offshore oil and gas sector who are familiar with building large structures out in these type of locations. Well be looking at a lot of local expertise as well.

Thompson and Kierse are confident that, with this local knowledge from oil and gas, combined with the decades of effective offshore wind generation overseas, they wont run into too many engineering anomalies.

Were definitely looking at proven contracting parties, proven technology and proven processes, says Thompson.

Marine environments are more difficult to assess than onshore. How does a farm like this get built without causing damage? Again, you need to consult the experts.

Were not going completely in fresh, says Thompson.

Weve been working very closely with AMC[the Australian Maritime College], the University of Tasmania, the Blue Economy CRC, as well as CSIRO on a lot of the impacts in that zone. There is a huge amount of data available thats been looked at in terms of other projects, like the Bass Link project, which is pretty close to the area where our project is going in.

Environmental investigations, due to be done by 2024, also form part of the projects feasibility assessment.

The primary concern for a wind-farm project is birds in this case, marine birds. The effect on marine life, particularly during construction, is also a major factor.

There are some clear ways to reduce the disruption caused by a project like this. The environmental studies that have been undertaken have really suggested we are having much more minimal impact the further off the coast we are, says Thompson.

But Nexsphere expects to gather more detail as the feasibility study progresses.

One of the reasons that we havent declared a final location of design is that we expect to do quite an extensive amount of community consultation, on environmental and other factors, says Kierse.

The offshore wind farm is planned to run for 40 years. What happens at the end of that?

Thompson says that we can look to older wind farms to see how newer ones might be managed.

Whats currently happening with the earlier turbines that were put in as offshore turbines in Europe, in the North Sea, some of them are actually starting to be retrofitted the ones that have been there for a decade or more. Ultimately, they can be retrofitted at a certain stage with new gearboxes or turbines, and new blades.

But this cant be relied on.

A core part of our operating license requirement is to have a very integrated decommissioning plan in place that we will have to develop prior to construction, says Thompson.

Typically, what we found, though, is a lot of these offshore structures, once theyre erected, they tend to create a habitat for a lot of marine life around the base of the structures. And that tends to be more of a sort of incentive to potentially keep some of those structures in there, to accommodate some of that marine life.

But we will be developing a fairly integrated decommissioning plan.

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OSLO, Norway, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A 235 million early investment package to support the renewable energy supply chain in Scotland has been announced by Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind as part of their proposal to transform the country into a green industrial powerhouse.

The financial package is included in the joint Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind ScotWind bids which would build supply chain capability many years ahead of the introduction of new floating offshore wind fields in Scotland's deep waters.

By creating 'first mover advantage', Aker Offshore Wind believes Scotland can become one of the first countries in the world to introduce floating wind at an industrial scale. The early investment package of 235 million for every successful bid would help deliver the 'just transition' from fossil fuel industries by generating thousands of new jobs and economic opportunities, as well as enabling Scotland to drive down the costs of clean energy through industrialization of new technology.

Floating offshore wind is the latest advent in renewable energy, involving giant turbines much further away from land than at present. Around 80 per cent of the world's wind resources are in waters deeper than 60 metres and are unsuitable for traditional fixed foundations, with floating turbines opening up major new energy resources.

As part of a consortium, Aker Offshore Wind has submitted proposals for up to three sites in the Outer Moray Firth with the possibility of generating a combined 6GW of wind energy in total as part of the ScotWind leasing programme, with associated total spend of up to 15 billion for all three sites.

Through direct work and supply chain opportunities, each proposal is estimated to generate more than 5,000 jobs and 200 apprenticeships in Scotland across all project stages. There would also be extensive investment in Scotland's existing ports and harbours, as well as innovative new subsea technology a particularly key capability of our existing Scottish supply chain.

More than 30 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) are now in place across the supply chain in support of the bids and the early action needed. There is a commitment to 60 per cent local supply chain content from the UK, of which 40 per cent minimum content will come from Scotland.

The 235 million of early enabling investment also includes feasibility, benchmark, and implementation studies with selected fabricators seeking to establish or upgrade facilities in Scotland, leveraging Scottish supply chain's competitive advantages through innovation, workforce development, diversity, and skills transition initiatives, and capital investment costs for Scottish infrastructure facilities. This will deliver globally-competitive facilities in Scotland for the fabrication and assembly of floating platforms.

An immersive virtual reality design of a fabrication yard has already been developed in conjunction with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland at the University of Strathclyde as part of our early investment process.

Aker Offshore Wind and its partners can move at speed to support the development of the Scottish supply chain because the companies have already identified which technology they plan to use at floating offshore wind sites: the 'WindFloat' developed by Principle Power Inc (PPI) and which has already been in operation for over 10 years with local fabrication as part of its delivery.

Separately, Aker Offshore Wind is the lead industry partner in a major project to develop wind turbine blade recycling in Britain for the first time, backed by a 2 million UK Government grant.

"Building on our 180-year industrial heritage, we know early investment is needed if we want Scottish capability to be built ahead of the project execution phase when globally competitive tenders are sought," said Sian Lloyd-Rees, Managing Director of Aker Offshore Wind UK. "Scotland can be one of the first countries to develop floating wind at scale.

"If we focus on what our supply chain needs and provide it now, we can capture first mover advantage for our supply chain in a number of different technologies and solutions. That's why we are committed to an enabling investment fund of 235 million.

"A just transition requires we put the effort in early to work out what a healthy and growing supply chain needs. This is the cornerstone for the just transition ambition of Scotland and will ensure we deliver clean energy affordably."

More information can be found at http://www.scotwind.energy and in "Floating Offshore Wind: delivering a Green Industrial Revolution for Scotland - a manifesto".

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