Supporting the search for deepwater oil

Lauritzen Offshore focuses on advanced, dynamically positioned vessels, to support the rapidly growing offshore oil exploration and production sector with offshore accommodation units and shuttle tankers. Supporting the production of crude oil from deepwater reservoirs is a complex process that requires sophisticated technology and specialized vessels, as well as professional and experienced operators with an uncompromising attention to safety. Lauritzen Offshore retains its own in-house technical management organization including HSSEQ resources in order to keep close track of operations.

The demand for offshore accommodation is especially relevant during the installation of offshore production facilities, for maintenance and inspection purposes at later stages, and during eventual decommissioning. Especially in deepwater fields, accommodation service is a challenging operation, and Lauritzen Offshore offers a highly advanced solution to provide safe and reliable accommodation and support services at sea. While different offshore accommodation concepts have been utilized over the last 25-30 years, Lauritzen Offshore is a pioneer within mono-hull DP offshore accommodation solutions. The high passenger capacity, modern accommodation facilities and sophisticated DP and gangway equipment well-known from the high-end segment are combined with the superior seagoing capabilities of a ship-shaped hull. Relocation between work sites can be accomplished significantly faster and more economically than mobilization of semi-submersibles, and the ability to rapidly disconnect and abandon the work site in case of sudden dangers such as hurricanes or typhoons provides increased safety at sea.

Lauritzen Offshore's DP2 shuttle tankers provide the latest station-keeping technology for deep and ultra-deep water production facilities, in order to secure safe handling of crude oil from production well to refinery. The shuttle tankers can safely load crude oil from fixed and floating structures offshore and deliver to shore with regular intervals as required by the terminal operators. The shuttle tankers thus function as a floating pipeline unencumbered by water depth, distance from shore, or seabed conditions – the perfect workhorse to support deepwater exploration.

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