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Bourbon announced plans to expand its fleet with next-generation, innovative and high-productivity vessels to assist its oil and gas clients in the development of their deepwater and continental off- shore operations.

On February 28, 2006, in the context of its Horizon 2010 plan, Bourbon announced investments of 1.45 billion euros, 85% (1.23 billion euros) of which will be devoted to the Offshore

Division.

Since January 1, 2006, Bourbon has placed the first series of orders for 56 modern offshore oil and gas supply ves- sels, which represents a total $808 mil- lion (672 million euros). These 56 ves- sels are in addition to the 27 supply ves- sels already under construction at

December 31, 2005.

New orders and current construction include: • 18 OSVs for deepwater offshore operations, with deliveries and commis- sioning staggered from the final quarter of 2007 until the first half of 2009. Four PSV Ulstein P105. These four vessels are sisterships of the Bourbon

Peridot, delivered in 2005. Ninety-one meters long with a deadweight of 4,900 tons, these Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) will be equipped with diesel-elec- tric propulsion, will be classed DP2 and will be pre-equipped to receive a 100 ton deep sea crane. 8 GPA 670 PSVs. This order follows an initial order of 10 vessels of the same type, five of which are already in opera- tion, giving full satisfaction to the char- tering clients. With a length of 73 m and deadweight of 3,200 tons, the PSVs in this series will be equipped with diesel- electric propulsion and classed DP2. 5 AHTS. This series of Anchor

Handling Tugs Supply vessels (AHTS), with 11,000 hp and a bollard pull of 125 tons, is identical to the series of five units, four of which were recently deliv- ered by Keppel in Singapore (Bourbon

Artemis, Bourbon Aladin, Bourbon

Apsara, Bourbon Alexandre). Classed

DP1 and equipped with a FiFi 1 anti-fire system, these AHTS offer optimum services for the towage, anchor handling operations of drilling rigs and tanker lifting at offshore terminals. One MPSV. This 85-m long Multi-

Purpose Supply Vessel (MPSV) has quarters for 70 people. With diesel-elec- tric propulsion, a DP2 system, and heave compensated 100-ton crane, this vessel is particularly adapted to sub-sea operations conducted in deepwater using robots (ROV). 38 modern OSVs. 2 MPSVs ordered from the Bharati yards in India. This order follows the order for 2 MPSVs currently under con- struction at the same shipyards. With a length of 60 m and accommodations for 44, these vessels are particularly adapt- ed to maintenance work in producing oil and gas fields. 36 supply vessels ordered from the

Dayang shipyards in China. This large order includes two series of vessels, the concepts for which come from a GPA design identical to the design for the 10 units already ordered in December 2005 by Rigdon Marine for the US Gulf of

Mexico.

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