First of four newbuild OTSVs will be delivered in early 2028
Netherlands-based services provider Smit Lamnalco has been awarded a significant multi-year contract by US supermajor ExxonMobil to provide offshore terminal support services, including four newbuild vessels, for work in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.
Smit Lamnalco, which is 100% owned by Dutch contractor Boskalis following a deal closed last year, said it will supply four offshore terminal support vessels (OTSV) to provide operational, maintenance and logistics activities for ExxonMobil in Guyana.
These also include static towage during lifting operations to floating production, storage and offloading vessels in Stabroek.
Smit Lamnalco also announced in a LinkedIn post it signed shipbuilding contracts with Uzmar Shipyard in Turkey to build the four OTSVs that will be deployed in Guyana.
Each vessel, of RAmpage 6000-DE design, will be 60 metres long with a bollard pull ahead exceeding 130 tons and will feature Class 2 dynamically positioned systems.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in early 2028, with subsequent quarterly deliveries thereafter.
As reported by Upstream, ExxonMobil is also in the market with a request for information (RFI) to identify suppliers that can provide multi-purpose support vessels (MPSV) to assist operations in Guyana.
ExxonMobil is already producing over 700,000 barrels per day of oil in Guyana in the prolific Stabroek block and output is on the rise, as the company recently started operations from the One Guyana FPSO in the Yellowtail field.
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