Keppel to build accommodation semi-submersible

This will be Floatel's fourth accommodation semi-submersible to be built at Keppel FELS after the delivery of “Floatel Superior” and “Floatel Reliance” in 2010 and the order of “Floatel Victory” in 2011.
The new semi-submersible will be based on the Floatel Superior design, a DSSTM 20NS design, developed by GustoMSC and Keppel FELS' deep water technology group. Equipped with dynamic positioning (DP) 3 capability, it will meet the most stringent rules and regulations for worldwide operations including the Norwegian sector.
When completed, the new semi-submersible will be able to accommodate 440 persons in single bed cabins with ample recreation areas as well as office amenities. Well equipped with a host of modern facilities, the vessel is ideal for construction support during new construction, maintenance activities or for decommissioning projects of offshore oil and gas installations.
The two Floatel rigs delivered in 2010, “Floatel Reliance” and “Floatel Superior”, have been chartered to Petrobras in Brazil's Campos Basin and to Statoil in Norway's Oseberg field, respectively. “Floatel Victory”, which is scheduled for delivery by Keppel FELS in the first quarter of 2014, has secured a charter with BP Exploration Operating Company for the Clair Ridge Development project on the UK continental shelf.