Topaz Energy and Marine, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oman-based Renaissance Services and a regional leader in providing offshore support vessels and engineering services, has added yet another milestone by building two anchor handling/offshore support/towing vessels.
The two sister vessels - Topaz Dignity and Topaz Triumph - will be operated by Topaz Marine on behalf of oil and gas major BP on a long-term-contract basis in the Caspian Sea.
The ships will fulfil BP's demands for anchor handling/tug /support and transport of dry and liquid cargo to and from pipe-laying barges, drilling platforms and production platforms for its offshore operations.
The state-of-the-art vessels, equipped with cutting-edge technical prowess, are custom-built for Fi-Fi Class I and DP2 operations at a cost of approximately US$50mn.
Samir Fancy, chairman of Renaissance Services, said, "We believe that the production and delivery of the two vessels to an oil and gas giant such as BP will enhance and establish Topaz's strengths and credibility as a leader in providing offshore support vessel and engineering solutions."
Thomas Bower, managing director of Topaz Engineering, said, "The offshore support vessel market is an important and stable market sector that has a positive growth potential over the next few years, due to the aging fleets that presently operate in this segment.
"The building of the two sister vessels demonstrates that our shipyard is capable of designing, building and delivering complex vessels to support this market. This is a step toward achieving the growth strategy for our company over the next few years."
© Muscat Daily 2012
