Production Begins at Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Field
oil export terminal located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Exxon Neftegas Ltd. is the Sakhalin-1 Consortium operator with 30 percent interest. Coventurers include Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd., with 30 percent interest, and affiliates of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company, RN-Astra with 8.5 percent, Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf, with 11.5 percent, and ONGC Videsh Ltd. with 20 percent

Rederij Groen Takes Delivery of 7-Waves
five custom built chasers will have been built by Damen yard Maaskant. Prior to ordering the three 35mSeismic Research Support Vessels of this current ‘7’-class in November 2013, Rederij Groen of Scheveningen (the Netherlands) had already commissioned the Maaskant-built SRSV’s ‘Astra-G’ and ‘Aquarius-G’. These 40 metre sister vessels were delivered early 2013. “We have ordered the latest three chasers on the basis of the satisfactory performance to design by these first two newbuilds”, owner and director Henk Groen comments. “It doesn&rsquo

Three SRSVs for RederijGroen
is arranged for a crew of six with extra capacity for eight service crew. The electronic package complies with an A4 service area, which enables the vessel, in combination with the ICE-class notation, to operate in Arctic areas. The deck arrangement is similar to the earlier delivered SRSVs Astra-G and Aquarius-G, which have been proven to be efficient in their first year of operation. General and technical summary Yard Number: 612 / 613 /614 (Maaskant) Delivery date: July 2014 / October 2014 / March 2015 Basic functions: Guard

Rederij Groen Orders Two Damen Support Vessels
Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam (NL), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has been contracted again by Rederij Groen (NL) after delivering two chasers, the Aquarius-G and the Astra-G, earlier this year. The new Seismic Research Support Vessels’ deliveries are planned in the third quarter of 2014, while shipowner Groen has taken an option on a third, identical vessel to be delivered in 2015. The new SRSV’s will be 35 x 8.70 m and will be propelled by two Azimuth thrusters, each powered by a 500 kW electric motor. Three Caterpillar gensets will provide electrical power. Rederij Groen is planning
Damen Delivers Purpose-built Offshore Chasers
The delivery of the Aquarius-G and her sister ship Astra-G to offshore services company RederijGroen (Scheveningen, the Netherlands) marked a milestone in Offshore Support Vessel construction. According to Damen, never before have such Chasers have purpose-built. The vessels were designed by Saltwater Engineering in close cooperation with both RederijGroen and Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam. Both Seismic Research Support Vessels were constructed by Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group. “Indeed, all our other SRS Chaser vessels so far involve converted fishing trawlers&rdq