Vessel & ROV News: GDF Suez orders ERRV for Cygnus field

GDF Suez E&P UK has awarded a five year, multi-million pound contract to Sentinel Marine to provide a new 61m multirole Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel (ERRV) to support drilling operations in the Cygnus field.

The vessel, Cygnus Sentinel, will be built in the Fujian Southeast shipyard in China, due to arrive in the UK in January 2015. The vessel will provide emergency cover for this flagship gas development in the Southern North Sea.

Jean-Claude Perdigues, Managing Director of GDF SUEZ E&P UK, said: “Placing this order for Cygnus Sentinel demonstrates our long-term commitment to safe and effective operations support in the UK Continental Shelf.
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