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KOTUG Guyana Inc., a KOTUG International B.V. company, has boosted its fleet of Offshore Terminal Tugs as it welcomed three new arrivals.
The new units will help the company support ExxonMobil Guyana’s offshore operations, KOTUG said in a press release.
The company said that with the arrival of SD Grace, Seaways 20 and Seaways 22, KOTUG’s total offshore terminal tugs in Guyana have now increased to five.
The vessels predominantly provide tanker lifting operations for large crude oil tankers that are loading crude oil from the two producing floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana before transporting it to various refineries around the world. Other duties include hose-handling, fire-fighting and oil spill response duties, as well as pilot transfer duties in the field, the company said.
KOTUG said it owns and operates the largest and most sophisticated fleet of offshore terminal tugs, with the first vessel (SD Power) having started in 2021, followed by the second vessel (SD Honor), which commenced operations in August 2022 in Guyana.
All the offshore terminal tugs feature Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) and are equipped with Dynamic Positioning Class 2 (DP-2) and double-ended control ability with winches placed forward and aft on the vessel. The tugs all have experienced crews, including Guyanese seafarers, who have been recruited and trained by KOTUG since the start of operations in Guyana in 2021, according to the company.
All vessels are engaged in long-term agreements to support offshore production activities in Guyana, it said.
ExxonMobil has just brought the third FPSO, Prosperity, onstream ahead of schedule. The FPSO is located at the Payara field.
ExxonMobil Guyana expects to have six FPSOs in operation on the Stabroek block by year-end 2027. Yellowtail and Uaru, the fourth and fifth projects, are in progress and will each produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day. The company said it is working with the government of Guyana to secure regulatory approvals for a sixth project at Whiptail.
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