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last 14 was designed to meet those needs. units, with options for a further three. years. “We have designed a workhorse,” says GMS is also investing in its existing Recent investment has been the

Anderson. feet. Its third E-Class, GMS Enterprise, result of a takeover by Abu Dhabi-

The S-Class will have DP2 and be is due to enter service next year, taking based Gulf Capital in 2007. At the able to operate in up to 65m water the feet to 10. GMS Enterprise, capable time, the company had just three depth. The jacking system will be of working in up to 85m water depth, jackup barges. It now has nine, as well

Offshore Europe based on a two layer system with will have a 400 ton main crane and 60 as an accommodation barge and two a 90 ton per pinion load. The unit, ton auxiliary hoist. anchor handling vessels. with four thrust- The company’s main focus is on Of the K-Class barges, four operate ers (two 1000kw maintenance programs, well servic- off Abu Dhabi, two off Saudi Arabia and two 800kw) ing and offshore wind, mostly on long and one offshore Qatar. The two and four 1250kw term contracts. E-Class units are work ing in north- generators, will st Europe. Since August last year,

A key area in the Middle East is we have 800sq m GMS Endurance has been working for brownfeld work. GMS works on the deck space, a 150 ConocoPhillips on the “V felds” in prolifc Zakum oil feld, northwest ton main crane, the southern North Sea on an asset life of Abu Dhabi and producing since and 15 ton auxiliary crane, and will extension program. The second, GMS 1968. Anderson says, to date, Zakum be able to accommodate up to 150 Endeavour has only produced about 8% of its , has been working offshore people.

reserves. Two GMS barges have

Germany on the Dolwin wind farm trans-

GMS plans to order three S-Class been working on the feld for the former substation.

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