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October 2013
IN THIS EDITION

Partnerships that
produce results
Ever deeper, ever colder
The challenges for GustoMSC
CAN DO 20 Kpsi drillship
Home Sweet Home

Brazilian
GustoMSC

Market and projects

covering the DSS38E and Qdrill in detail

Inside is a publication of GustoMSC

Contents
3 Preface
4 Full speed ahead for Brazil's offshore industry
8 Partnerships that produce results
10 Ever deeper, ever colder. The challenges for GustoMSC
12 Qdrill and DSS38E
14 CAN DO 20Kpsi drillship
16 Home Sweet Home
18 "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"
20  ustoMSC Tri-Floater design verified in wave basin
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22 Recent projects and deliveries

Colophon
GustoMSC Inside is a publication of
GustoMSC B.V.
Total circulation: 4000
This publication is edition 20, October 2013
Edited by: Bahare Boersema and
Monique van der Have

Design and production

Stijlmeester, Utrecht(NL)
All editorial material is the property of GustoMSC
above mentioned company and may therefore not be

copied or reproduced without our approval.

GustoMSC serves clients in three offshore energy key markets:

exploration, construction and production. Proprietary designs of
jack-ups, semi-submersibles and vessels lie at the heart of our activities.
These designs always meet specific client requirements, based on solid
and proven foundations and a sea of experience.

Preface
For more than 10 years, we have been keeping our business relations informed of developments
in the offshore sector and our organization by means of our semi-annual InSide magazine.
Rarely have developments been so rapid as in the past year and our own activities are expanding
equally quickly. In Brazil, for example, now 15 drilling rigs have been contacted based on our licensed
designs, construction of which will be running through to 2019.
In 2011 we proceeded with the integration of Gusto and Marine
Structure Consultants into GustoMSC and moved to another
building. In 2012 our managing director Han Mommaas stepped
down after nearly twenty years at the helm (staying on as
Principle Consultant) and we celebrated our company's 150th
birthday! In November 2012, GustoMSC was spun-off from
SBM Offshore and started operations as an independent
organization. We are now better positioned as independent
designer and supplier of associated equipment. Our subcontractors are a great help and partners in this respect. In recent
months our new internal organization for Finance, IT and HR has
become fully operational.
In the meantime, as the market for mobile offshore units has
grown, so has our market share. Whereas two years ago, when
Gusto and MSC merged, there were 29 GustoMSC designed mobile
offshore units (MOU) under construction, today there are more
than 60; about one quarter of these will be used for oil and gas
drilling offshore Brazil.
This issue of InSide highlights Brazil's growing market and its and
GustoMSCs response to this. Since 2006, a major new oil or gas
province has been discovered and announcements of major oil
field discoveries are commonplace. Developing and operating
these new fields will provide many jobs and serve to stimulate
further economic development. The government of Brazil wants to
ensure that its own people and the Brazilian business community
receive optimum benefit from this situation. The Brazilian
offshore oil and gas industry is developing fast to respond
effectively to the needs of exploitation of huge new reserves.

Much research, development and production must naturally be

started from the ground up. The oil is miles offshore, in deep
water and under a wondrous layer of salt far below the sea floor.
This all demands new, adapted technology. The Brazilian shipbuilding tradition is undergoing an unprecedented renaissance after
the last growth period in the 1970s, and this new phase is
presenting the Brazilian shipbuilding industry with significant
technical challenges.
GustoMSC is certainly part of these new developments and the
re-birth of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry, contributing with
expertise in offshore vessel and mobile offshore unit designs.
Between now and 2019, six semi-submersibles and nine drillships
designed by us are being built in Brazilian shipyards. GustoMSC is
proud to be teaming up with Brazilian companies to supply the
basic designs for more than half the vessels in one of the largest
international offshore tenders in history. These are prestigious
orders that re-affirm our international reputation. In the
meantime, development of new GustoMSC designs continues
strongly: MOUs for ever-deeper, ever-colder Arctic waters,
sophisticated offshore construction vessels, wind turbine
installation vessels, harsh environment jack-ups, and so on.
There's more about those as well in this issue.
I hope you will enjoy reading this InSide magazine. We at
GustoMSC look forward to adding new milestones to your thriving
industry, in close association with you
Nils van Nood,
Managing director GustoMSC

Full speed ahead

for Brazil 's offshore in

Bahare Boewrsema en Fernando Frimm

The immense oil reserves recently discovered off the coast of Brazil are bringing huge investments
into the countrys offshore oil industry. Exploration and production are demanding construction of
dozens of deepwater drilling rigs and production platforms. Knowledge and technological advances
from companies with a rich shipbuilding history will be indispensable for successful development.
Exciting prospects for engineering and design companies such as GustoMSC.

In October 2013, Brazils National Petroleum Agency (ANP) plans

to offer production contracts for 40 billion barrels of oil in place
- the first auction of production rights for oil in the Brazilian presalt fields in the Santos Basin. Anything near 40 billion barrels
could supply the entire United States with oil for many many
years.

Every two years

The Brazilian government plans to hold similar auctions every
two years for pre-salt oil recovery and offer concessions in
current production areas and areas outside the Pre-Salt region.
It is certain that these new bid rounds will increase demand for
drilling rigs, production platforms and construction vessels, key
components of GustoMSC technologies and designs portfolio.
Illustrative of the rapid pace is the influx of orders from
Petrobras. April 2013 saw the company sign a contract for 23
support vessels. It approached the market again in July for an
additional 24.
These purchases were part of the Third Fleet Renewal Plan for
offshore support vessels, which should fulfill the 2014 contracting
target of 146, all to be built in Brazil.

Local content and foreign expertise

The vessels that were ordered this Spring, will be built in
Brazilian shipyards and for this, the government is supporting
the involvement of local investors. Local content is now part of
national legislation. The government stipulates that within a few
years at least 60 percent of vessels and infrastructure will be
Made in Brazil.

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The scale and pace of progress means some foreign expertise and
technology will be essential. Foreign companies can opt for private
partnership or a Brazilian subsidiary to meet tender criteria. To
facilitate this tendering processes and regulatory frameworks
have been streamlined. Several leading financial institutions have,
in addition, simplified their lending processes specifically to help
overseas investors.

ndustry

Major reform agenda

The challenges facing Brazil are clearly
proportionate to the countrys newly discovered
oil reserves. Petrobras is seeking to implement
a major reform agenda as part of its strategic
plan, which involves investments of US$ 230
billion through 2016. As one of the auction
conditions, Petrobras, the countrys state-run oil
company, will serve as project leader and receive
a minimum 30 percent stake in all new projects.
At the 20th World Petroleum Congress,
Guillherme Estrella, Petrobras Head of
Exploration and Production, explained that the
location and geological formations involved will
demand special technological and logistical
approaches.
Water injection experiments have been
conducted in the Lula field. Drill and production
equipment will need to be resistant to corrosion,
low temperatures, extreme pressures and
shifting salt masses. It will not be easy.

Million a day
In spite of these significant technological
and economical challenges, seven years after
discovery this new offshore frontier already has
significant production. In 2013, fields operated
by Petrobras and its partners in pre-salt areas
were at 300,000 barrels per day. By 2017
Petrobras expects to be recovering over
1 million a day.
Pre-salt oil fields
In 2006, Brazils national oil company Petroleo
Brasileiro (Petrobras) discovered the first major
oil reserve in a deep sub-salt reservoir. The Lula
field (until 2010 known as Tupi), is estimated to
hold 5 to 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE).
The pre-salt frontier is one of the most prolific
offshore oil provinces in the world. Brazilian
National Petroleum Agency (ANP) estimates
pre-salt reserves about 50 billion BOE. Other
specialists believe that these estimates are too
conservative, indicating possible reserves of the
order of 120 billion BOE.

The Pre-Salt layer is a good heat conductor, resulting in lower temperatures than expected in
the reservoirs. Combined with high pressure it raises a new set of technological challenges.

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Full speed ahead

for Brazil 's offshore industry

Campos Basin;
Baleia Azul field: FPSO Cidade de Anchieta
(4) Units previously operating in post-salt: tbn1, tbn2, tbn3, tbn4
Between 2014 and 2016 another 11 production units will be
installed, ten in the Santos Basin and one in the Campos Basin.
These units will allow production to reach about 1 million barrels
per day.

Brazils entire pre-salt reservoir is 800 km long and 200 km wide.

Current exploration and production efforts are being mainly
applied in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Cluster (SBPSC).
Production currently involves the following platforms:
Santos Basin;
Lula field: FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis and
FPSO Cidade de Paraty
Sapinhoa field: FPSO Cidade de So Paulo
Sapinhoa Norte field: FPSO Cidade de So Vicente

Oil recovery is expensive and complex as oil is located far from the
coast at extreme depths, and under a heterogeneous and uneven
offshore salt layer. The oil soaked pre-salt rock layer is 5,000 to
6,000 meters below sea level, under a salt layer - which can be up
to 2,000 meters thick - and a post-salt rock layer. The water has
a depth of 1,900 to 2,400 meters. The fields are typically 300 to
350 kilometers from the coast.

AMAZONAS
Estaleiro BIBI
PAR
Estaleiro RIO MAGUARI
CEAR
Estaleiro INACE
PERNAMBUCO
Estaleiro ATLNTICO SUL
Estaleiro PROMAR
ALAGOAS
EISA Alagoas
BAHIA
EEP Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguau
(ODEBRECHT / OAS / UTC)
ESPRI SAN TO
TO
Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz

SO PAULO
CAMARGO CORRA Naval
Construtora QUEIROZ GA LVO
Navegao SO MIGUEL
RIO TIET (Araatuba)
SETAL Engenharia Construes e Perfuraes
VELLROY Estaleiros do Brasil
WILSON, SONS
SANTA CATARINA
DETROIT Brasil
Estaleiro ITAJA
Estaleiro NAVSHIP
KEPPEL Singmarine Brasil
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
EBR Estaleiros Brasil
RG Estaleiros
QUIP
WILSON, SONS

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RIO DE JANEIRO
BRASFELS
SRD Offshore
Empresa Brasileira de Reparos Navais REN AVE
ENAVAL Engenharia Naval e Offshore
Estaleiro MAU
MAC LAREN OIL Estaleiros
SERNAMAN Servios Navais e Manuteno
STX OSV Niteri
UTC Engenharia
ALIANA Indstria Naval
EISA Estaleiro Ilha
ICN Itagua Construo Naval
IESA leo e Gs
RIO NAVE Servios Navais
Navegao SO MIGUEL
TRIUNFO Operadora
SERMETAL
CASSIN
OSX Construo Naval
DOCKSHORE Navegao e Servios

Brazilian Shipbuilding and Offshore Construction Industry

Brazil currently has 47 shipyards, with 11 new yards under
development (as of June 2012). The Brazilian shipbuilding
industry directly employs 59,000 people. The country has 33
offshore deep-water drilling platforms, with 18 new platforms
under construction.
Presently, there are four areas that concentrate shipbuilding
activities for the offshore industry in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro has
11 shipyards; Rio Grande do Sul has two shipyards in operation
and one under construction and other fabrication yards for
production modules; Santa Catarina has five shipyards specialized
in the construction of offshore supply vessels; and Pernambuco
one shipyard with three more planned. Two more areas are under
development with shipyards under construction. In the Bahia
state, the Paraguau shipyard and in Espirito Santo state, the
Jurong shipyard.
According to SINAVAL, the organization that represents shipyards
and repair yards, in the first quarter of 2013 there were 373
vessels and platforms ordered or being built in Brazil. These
orders included 73 supply vessels, 17 tug boats, 66 oil tankers,
13 floating production platforms, 16 production topsides and 28
deepwater drilling rigs. An impressive program. Overall projections
indicate that in 2020 the total contracts awarded to offshore
related shipbuilding activities in Brazil will amount to US$ 100
billion, resulting in a yearly output of the order of US$ 15 billion
for the coming years.
Through 2020 Petrobras plans to invest in 50 new production
platforms, 50 drilling rigs, 500 offshore supply vessels and 130
oil tankers. Some 80 additional companies jointly exploit over
300 oil and gas concessions in Brazil, 78 of which offshore. This
will also impact demand for drilling rigs, production platforms,
supply vessels, wellhead and sub-sea production equipment.
Among these companies are international oil majors such as BG,
BP, Maersk, Panoro Energy, Petrosynergy, Repsol-Sinopec, Shell,
Sinochem, Sonangol, Statoil, Total and also Brazilian companies
such as OGX, Barra Energia and Queiroz Galvo E&P.

The Brazilian Pre-Salt area. Source: Offshore Support Journal

GustoMSC in Brazil
As part of the initiative to equip Brazilian companies with latest
generation rigs, Petrobras created a program to charter 40 rigs
to Brazilian drilling contractors. The initial 12 rigs were built in
international shipyards, and of these, five were GustoMSC latest
generation deepwater semi-submersibles: the Lone Star and
Norbe VI of TDS2000 design, the Delba III of TDS2500 design
and the Alpha Star and Gold Star of the DSS38 design.
The remaining 28 rigs were chartered by Petrobras to Sete Brasil
to be built at Brazilian shipyards. Of these 15 are GustoMSC
designs being built at three Brazilian shipyards. In the state of
Bahia, Paraguau Shipyard is building six Qdrill drillships. In the
state of Rio Grande do Sul, the Rio Grande Shipyard is building
three Qdrill drillships and in the state of Rio de Janeiro, BrasFels
shipyard is building six semi-submersibles of the DSS38E design.
Over coming years GustoMSCs designs will be well visible in
Brazils offshore world.

Rio Grande do Sul: one shipyard in operation and one under construction.
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Partnerships
that produce results
Fernando Frimm

The construction of ultra deepwater drilling rigs is difficult

for any shipyard. These are complex units, with sophisticated
machinery and equipment, which have to fulfill demanding
requirements and regulations. By the same token, their
design takes into consideration many aspects not shared by
conventional vessels.

Located in Maragogipe, Bahia State, the EEP shipyard already has 30% of its construction work concluded

The challenge to build these drilling units in Brazil is even more

pronounced due to the fact that the countrys shipbuilding
industry had been dormant for more than 20 years. Now it is
undergoing a re-birth with the creation of new modern shipyards
facing the tough mission to fulfill the huge local content demand
for offshore platforms ordered by Petrobras and other oil
companies operating in Brazil.
In this scenario, where errors and delays can have significant
consequences, a partnership with an experienced designer with
knowhow and track record can be of importance. For this reason,
Brazilian shipyards see an ideal partner in GustoMSC to provide
the basic design for several of the deepwater drilling rigs ordered
by Sete Brasil. The choice of GustoMSC basic designs is providing
the Brazilian shipyards with the confidence that the units would
perform as required, that the overall project could be executed
as originally planned and, more importantly, without undesirable
surprises.
Because of GustoMSCs knowhow, the basic design of the Qdrill
drillship being built at the Rio Grande (Group Engevix/Ecovix)
and Enseada do Paraguau (EEP) shipyards - two of GustoMSC
main clients in Brazil - was fully vetted by Petrobras and promptly
accepted by Sete Brasil, allowing the shipyards to rapidly start the
detail engineering and construction planning of the drillships,

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which will sink offshore wells in the Brazilian pre-salt oil province.
"GustoMSCs knowhow and experience was of paramount
importance for us to have our Basic Design accepted by our
client", says Francisco Dezen, the Drillship Project Director at
EEP. "GustoMSC has worked alongside our team during the
whole process of transferring the basic 3D models to our detail
engineering teams, all the way through seeking and obtaining the
classification society approvals."
Mr. Dezen also points out the robustness of GustoMSCs design
provided EEP with more than usual flexibility to choose equipment
suppliers, which allowed construction to start ahead of schedule.
"Another factor was that the Qdrill is a compact design demanding
less steel to be processed, which positively impacts construction
methods, overall construction schedule and costs," said Dezen.
The Engineering Coordinator at Ecovix, Cassiano Marins de Souza,
emphasizes that the partnership with GustoMSC translated into a
high level of confidence for the company during project execution.
"GustoMSC has offered great technical support and guaranteed
a reliable basic design; its experience and track record, especially
with drillship designs, has been crucial", said Mr. Souza.
"One of the main reasons that allowed us to advance quickly was
the quality of GustoMSCs basic design work", he emphasizes.

Local Content

Ecovix

According to Cassiano Souza, GustoMSCs basic design allowed the

company to consider different manufacturers for the several main
systems onboard. "We had no difficulty to find equipment suppliers in
Brazil for many of the rigs components and systems, such as electrical
panels, motors, drivers, inverters, etc.", he adds.
Francisco Dezen also mentioned the electrical systems as one of the
areas where his company successfully managed to find local Brazilian
equipment providers. "Another example is the accommodation block
that will be manufactured entirely in Brazil", adds the EEP director.

Brazilian shipyards working in partnership with GustoMSC

Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguau - EEP

Cassiano de Souza, of Ecovix: GustoMSC design allowed flexibility to choose equipment

providers for the main systems and equipment. Picture Marcus Almeida/Somafoto.

Ecovix was created in March 2010 as a subsidiary of Engevix Engenharia S/A to construct eight FPSO hulls for Petrobras. To undertake this
contract and indeed other future orders the company acquired a new
shipyard recently built at the Rio Grande Port complex, in the state of
Rio Grande do Sul. In 2011, Ecovix closed an R$ 2.3 billion contract for
the construction of three GustoMSC Qdrill drillships: Cassino,
Curumim and Salinas.

BrasFELS
Francisco Dezen, of EEP: partnership with GustoMSC was of paramount importance for Sete
Brasils approval of the drillship project. Picture Marcus Almeida/Somafoto.

Based in Magarogipe, Bahia State, EEP's main activities will be related

to the construction and integration of offshore platforms, such as
floating production units, drilling rigs and specialized offshore vessels.
EEP is a new company with Odebrecht, UTC, OAS and Kawasaki Heavy
Industries as main shareholders. The shipyard is under construction
and will start operations mid-2014. When fully operational, it will have
the capacity to process 36,000 tons of steel per year. Total investment
is of the order of R$ 2.6 Billion.
The EEP shipyard will build six GustoMSC designed drillships: Ondina,
Pituba, Boipeba, Interlagos, Itapema and Comandatuba; capable of
drilling in water depths of 3,000 meters. These units will be delivered
by 2020. Total contract price is around R$ 4.8 Billion.

BrasFELS is the Brazilian subsidiary of Keppel FELS Singapore, which is

a traditional builder of offshore platforms and drilling rigs.
Keppel FELS has a long partnership with GustoMSC that foresees all
semi-submersible drill rigs built at the Singapore shipyard would be
either designed by GustoMSC or developed through a joint design
effort (which was the case of the DSS series starting with the DSS20
back in the mid-90s).
The design partnership with Keppel FELS was extended to the BrasFELS
shipyard and, consequent to the contract with Sete Brasil. GustoMSC
and Keppel FELS jointly developed the DSS38E, which is an enhanced
version of the DSS38 semi-submersible capable of drilling in water
depths of 3,000m. BrasFELS secured the contract with Sete Brasil to
build seven of these units for a contract budgeted at R$ 5.2 Billion.

EEP Shipyard
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The challenges for GustoMSC

Ever deeper,
Bahare Boersema

"Deeper water and colder water. That is where mobile offshore units designed by us will be
operating in the future. explains Nils van Nood, managing director of GustoMSC since 2012,
sketching the future of GustoMSC's place in the sector. "While we are currently enjoying the fruits
of our success, continuous development will always remain essential."

In November 2012, SBM Offshore divested GustoMSC to

management and ING owned private equity firm Parcom Capital.
Will this privatization affect the company's direction?
No. The most important difference is that we can now keep to
the course that we had already set out - more easily and with
more focus. Our activities were no longer fitting SBM Offshores
business model.
So designing mobile units for exploration, construction and
production in the offshore industry will remain the core
business?
Absolutely. That, plus the delivery of associated equipment like
jacking systems. The replacement of the aging international
offshore fleet will likely be an important driver in the market in
coming years. A large portion of this fleet was built in the 1980s
and is nearing the end of its design life. There is still oil and gas to
be exploited offshore, and new reserves of fossil fuels continue to
be found under the sea bed. Renewable energy sources and shale
gas will undoubtedly become more important, but as it seems
now, they will not likely be able to cause a significant reduction in
demand for offshore oil and gas. That means good opportunities
for us for new-build units in growth markets such as Brazil.
Besides that we see the shift towards China for the construction
of mobile offshore units. The large construction capacity and
excellent financing conditions in China are among the drivers for
the recent construction peak in our market.
How has the economic crisis affected GustoMSC's activities?
Not at all, to be honest. Our market is global and determined
only to a limited degree by Europe. Currently the market for our
products is excellent. GustoMSC is undergoing unprecedented
growth. To give you an idea: since the 1950s, we have supplied the
design for some 250 mobile offshore units.

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More than one fifth of these, approximately 60 units, are

presently contracted for construction. The foundation for our
current success was laid years ago when during times with low
activity the first standard designs were developed for, for example,
our successful series of CJ drilling jack-ups. Then we were
primarily an organization of dedicated and inventive consultants.
Now, in addition to that, we are also involved in production - both
of our designs and for the delivery of our associated equipment
and in supporting our customers operations. This requires a
different approach.
At the same time, we must not lose sight of the fact that, while
we are active with serving the market with designs and
equipment, we need to keep developing new products in order to
meet future demand. Next to the pressure of our flourishing daily
business, that is our greatest challenge.
What new demands does GustoMSC expect from the market?
"Recovering offshore oil and gas is becoming ever more difficult.
New fields are further offshore - in deeper water, in more extreme
weather conditions or in Arctic areas. This requires specially
designed and adapted equipment. Regulations are also changing,
and we need to allow for this. Our CJ80, for example, is the
answer to the demand for ever-larger drilling jack-ups that can
be deployed in waters of 175 m deep. This is a follow-up to the
success of our CJ70, which was prompted by the fact that, in
severe weather conditions, jack-ups can remain longer operational
than floating drilling units. In the area of drillships, we are
developing new classes of vessels to provide more autonomy and
to satisfy all future market and regulatory requirements. Drilling
in the Arctic calls for more than just equipment that functions
properly at extremely low temperatures. The polar regions are
ecologically vulnerable, so the units must also be completely safe
for the environment.

ever colder

The current jack-up water depth record in the North Sea is with the
West Elara (CJ70) of North Atlantic Drilling at Gullfaks at 135 m.

How do you explain GustoMSC's growth?

"Not many companies can do what we do with the same level
of experience and expertise. Many shipyards have significant
construction capacity and capability, but they do not have the
necessary design experience, which is where our mutual interests
meet. Design of mobile offshore units calls for highly specific,
relatively scarce knowledge and experience. The basic design
costs a fraction of a units total construction cost so barriers to
license our designs are relatively low, especially when compared to
the risk mitigated by applying our proven solutions.

Many owners and operators demand a proven design from a

supplier with a reliable reputation - such as GustoMSC - in order
to safeguard their considerable investment. The fact that our
designs often provide higher capabilities than others is thus an
additional benefit
I have every confidence for the future; it will be exciting and
challenging for both us and our customers.

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Qdrill and DSS38E

fit the Brazilian market
Two different Brazilian yards are building vessels to a design by
GustoMSC. The compact Qdrill they are building fits the
requirements of the Brazilian oil companies.

The compact Qdrill design of GustoMSC enabled two yards to win

building contracts. Nine Qdrill units will be built to GustoMSCs
basic design. Three units by Engevix Construes Ocenicas
(Ecovix) in the Rio Grande 2 shipyard in the South of Brazil, and
six at Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguau (EEP) in the state of Bahia.
The ships will be operated by the Brazil based drilling contractors
Etesco and Odebrecht Oil and Gas (OOG).

Brazilian requirements
The Qdrill design was seamlessly tailored to the technical and
functional requirements of the Petrobras pre-salt development
program in order to enable the yards to offer a competitive bid in
the tender.

Sjoerd Hendriks en Robbert Kant

This enables higher transit speeds and more economical transits.

The system also allows for in-situ maintenance up to full thruster
replacement without the need to go into drydock.

Integrated like her predecessors

The Qdrill builds on a long tradition of integrated design; hull
and equipment are highly efficiently integrated. It is yet the most
compact drillship design of GustoMSC.
Early to mid 2000 GustoMSC developed a new generation drillship
which, resulted in the P10,000 NG design. To this date 16 units of
this type are contracted. The P10,000 equals the same generation
competitive design in drilling capacities, but using a smaller
rig to achieve the same performance. Capital expenditures and
operational can thus be reduced.
For the PRD12,000 vessel size, associated costs and fuel
consumption have been further reduced by utilizing modern
and lighter drilling techniques. Replacing the Subsea BOP with a
Surface BOP, for instance, has reduced the drilling loads and tank
capacities required on the vessel.
Qdrill main characteristics

Compact
The Qdrill may be a compact design, but it maintains flexibility
by adding smart and robust solutions to maximize usable deck
areas, with fixed decks that can be used at all times. The vessels
prime space is dedicated to drilling, and all layout considerations
have the drilling function of the unit as the main priority. The
accommodation is separated from the main sources of noise and
vibration such as the engine room and mud pump room. Also the
layout is in such a manner that the rig floor and derrick are kept
free from smoke and soot particles.
As an option the design supports application of the GustoMSC
patented thruster retrieval system at all thruster locations.

GustoMSC Qdrill drillship for 3,000 meters water depth being built by EEP.

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Design
Length

Breadth

Depth

Draft
Displacement

Water depth
Drilling depth

VDL
Power
Thrusters

DSS38E

198.0 m
34.0 m
17.5 m

10 m
57,000 t
3,000 m

10,000 m

Approx. 17,000 t
44 MW
6x 4.5 MW

Keppel Offshore & Marine is currently building

six semi-submersible drilling rigs of the
DSS38E design for Sete Brasil.

When completed, the rigs will be chartered to Petrobras for 15 years

for drilling activities in the pre-salt areas located offshore the
south-east coast of Brazil. Three rigs will be operated by Queiroz
Galvo leo e Gs, two by Petroserv and one by Odebrecht leo e Gs.
The rigs are scheduled for delivery from 2015 to 2019.
The DSS38E drilling semi-submersible design is a new addition to the
successful DSSTM series, all of which have been jointly developed and
owned by Keppels Deepwater Technology Group and GustoMSC. The
DSS38E design was based on experience gained from earlier units of
the DSSTM series of design such as the DSS20 (Maersk Explorer),
DSS21 (Maersk D-rigs), DSS51 (Transocean Development Driller 3)
and the DSS38 (QGOG Gold Star and Alpha Star).

The DSS38E design is innovative and cost-effective, rated to drill to

depths of 10,000 metres below the rotary table in waters of up to
3,000 meters depth. Its operational displacement is approximately
45,000 tonnes. Each rig will have accommodation facilities to house a
crew of up to 160 men. The vessel is designed to stay in position with
the aid of eight Azimuthing thrusters and the configurations comply
with the American Bureau of Shippings Dynamic Positioned System
(DPS-3) requirements.
DSS38E main characteristics
Design

DSS38E

Displacement

45,000 t

Water depth

The DSS38E design is tailor made to comply with the latest stringent
requirements of Petrobras, and developed as an enhanced version of
the successful DSS38 design, two of which have been in operation
offshore Brazil for some years.

3,000 m

Drilling depth

10,000 m

Accommodation
Dynamic positioning
Thrusters

160 POB
DPS-3
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CAN and Keppel Offshore & Marine join forces again

DO 20Kpsi drillship
GustoMSC
KOMtech & GustoMSC

Keppel Offshore and Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech) and GustoMSC present a new joint
development design product: the CAN DO 20Kpsi drillship. This new generation drillship targets new
market requirements for 20k well control systems, dual BOP storage, high loading capability and
enhanced functional deck space on an efficient and safe platform.

Since 1984 the two companies have a trusted partnership on

design development of offshore rig designs. The collaboration
between them is built upon the successful DSS series of semisubmersibles, that have been developed by Keppel Offshore
& Marine (KOM) subsidiary Deepwater Technology Group and
GustoMSC. This partnership recently developed the DSS38E
design on which Keppel has successfully secured contracts for
building of six semi-submersibles for Petrobras which will be
delivered from 2015 through 2019. In 2009 and based on the
DSS joint development, the DrillDeep DS12,000 drillship series
was developed, engineered and model tested. It will be available in
single and double derrick configurations. The partnership between
Keppel and GustoMSC has resulted in superior quality of product
for customers as there is a seamless working relationship based on
alignment of core values of the two companies.
The CAN DO 20Kpsi drillship is based on the same principles as
the rigs in the long track record of GustoMSC in mobile offshore
units designs, and in particular drillships of which to date 43
units have been or are being built to GustoMSC design, varying
from the Pelican class to the P10,000. As a result the ships layout
is dedicated to the drilling operations from keel up, without
compromises. The design was jointly developed and customized by
GustoMSC and KOMTech R&D arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine to
meet the requirements of Oil Companies and Drilling Contractors
after obtaining their feedback on the requirements that fulfill

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the demands of exploration, development and completion drilling

functions of a modern day drillship that will continue to serve the
needs of the Industry in years to come.
The CAN DO 20Kpsi main step is taken in the well control systems,
the ship is ready to receive two 20,000 psi well control systems and
is able to store two full stack 8 Ram 20k BOPs. To be able to perform
the operations efficiently the rigs loading capability is over 36,000 t,
and the ballast capability and system is able to keep
the vessel at an even draft at all times in the operation cycle.
The functional, usable deck area has been maximized in order to
maintain flexibility in operations coupled with excellent coverage of
these areas. Flexibility is underlined by riser hold capacity well in
excess of 12,000, exceeding current market performance.
The vessel offers a fast mobilization time with a high transit speed,
outperforming the current fleet. To save time on site the design
is ready for thruster retrieval systems to be able to do onsite
maintenance to avoid dry docking. This system will also allow crew
to retract thrusters in sailing conditions, increasing speed and
reducing fuel costs. The power plant arrangement is designed in
full accordance with the latest environmental regulations, including
the application of SCR systems. The system layout is in accordance
with DP3 regulations, meeting and exceeding the safety standards
stipulated by regulatory bodies, classification societies and oil
companies. The funnel arrangement is split to create an open work
deck aft of the moon pool.

The 20k wells dictate the required drilling capabilities of the unit. The
casing required will be heavy driving up the hook load, setback
capacity and associated equipment. To cater for increased water depth
capability the structures have been designed to receive heavier riser
tensioners which are well integrated in the design. Mud pumps, mud
pits, two ROVs, cementing unit etc. are integrated in the mud module
which is placed above the main deck, creating a compact drilling plant
with short distances and associated communication lines. On top of
the mud module a flexible deck for third party activities has been
created, and directly below the deck the high capacity sack store is
located with direct access from the aft through a landing platform.
The vessel is designed to create a comfortable and pleasant living
environment for its 220 personnel on board that enhances the level of
functionality with clearly demarcated areas for living spaces,

recreational areas, public spaces and office spaces including third

party offices. Direct access from Office areas with clear view of
ongoing operations to the Working areas can be achieved through an
access deck located at drillfloor level.
The design has been fully model tested at MARIN in January this year
and class approval for basic design has been obtained. Detail
Engineering is almost complete and a full 3-D model for construction
purposes has been created.
The CAN DO 20Kpsi is another example of the two experienced
companies offering a reliable, advanced and cost effective work horse
for the offshore drilling industry.

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Home Sweet Home

Remco van der List and Gerrit Jan Schepman

GustoMSC is aiming to meet rising offshore industry demands for

modernized operating team accommodation, as oil and gas projects
become more complex and move into deeper waters and harsher
environments. New concepts are offering massive savings. And
comfortable and appealing staff accommodation means efficient
working crews. Its amazing what you can do to make guys happy.

With offshore oil and gas projects rapidly moving into deeper
waters, the need for top quality accommodation aboard semisubmersible rigs is becoming increasingly important.
The investments pay off in many ways, such as sidestepping hefty
expenses associated with flying technicians and crew members
out. For offshore accommodation, the intention is basically to
offer high quality hotel functions at the highest safety standards
to rig crews. Current offshore accommodation across the existing
fleet consists either of newbuilds or converted units, but most are
old, sometimes exceeding 30 years of age and are no longer in
line with todays rules and regulations.

Floatel Superior

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With contractors expanding their fleets to respond to new

production targets, they have started looking hard at their
accommodation units. After all, the success of a rig is to a great
extent a function of the well being of the crew.
The more comfortable the crew, the better a rig performs.
This is particularly the case in Brazil, whose government has
urged state-owned oil major Petrobras to double its sales volume,
specifying a target of 7 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe)
per day by 2020. This upsurge in commercial expansionism is
mirrored, albeit a tad less aggressively, by developments on the
Norwegian Continental Shelf, particularly since the discovery - in
Q4 2011 - of the Johan Sverdrup field, covering 180km2.
The Norwegian government has recently decided to maintain its
position as an important oil and gas supplier and consequently
the existing fields will be further developed using improved oil
recovery [IOR] methods - such as injecting high quantities of
CO2 into oil-producing sources to extract the maximum amount
possible, including hidden and hard-to-access reserves.
This all means ever heavier demands being made on the operating
crews. Thus the attention on accommodation.

AJ46-360-C

The 'Floating hotel' concept

All of the above is raising demand for decent accommodation,
complete with HVAC and facilities to accommodate and satisfy
the needs of hundreds of workers at a time for extended periods.
In response, GustoMSC has been researching various new
accommodation unit designs. The first newbuilds entering the
scene date in 2005.
During that year, GustoMSC and Keppel Offshore m arine
collaborated to develop the accommodation semi-submersible
unit, the GustoMSC DSS20-NS-DP3, which was specifically
developed to handle North Sea conditions. This concept was built
in 2009 by Keppel for operator Floatel International. Delivered in
2011 the unit was named Floatel Superior.
The DSS2O-NS-DP3 type features a 63.5m x 64.5m deck area,
has a draught of 18m and a displacement of 29,000 tonnes,
with space to accommodate 440. The accommodation unit also
features storage decks and spaces, deck cranes, a telescopic
access bridge for safe and easy transfer of both workers and
supplies between the unit and other offshore structures and a
DP3 dynamic positioning system. All layouts meet the stringent
NORSOK requirements. The Floatel Superior was one of the first
newbuild accommodation units but the market is changing fast. In
2012 Floatel ordered a sister vessel for delivery in 2015.
In addition to these units, GustoMSC has developed the
OCEAN500-DP3 accommodation semi-submersible unit. The
OCEAN500-DP3 offers a deck area of 66m x 67m, 20m draught,
displacement of 33,000 tonnes and capacity to accommodate 750.
In 2012 the first unit was ordered by Cotemar for construction
at Chinas COSCO group; this was followed by a sister vessel for
delivery in 2014.

Jack-up hotel
Similar to the floating accommodation units, many jack-up
accommodation units are based on a second life for drilling jackups. Typical jack-up accommodation units can be subdivided into
two groups; units for worldwide operation in depths to 375-400
ft and units for the harsh environments of such as the Norwegian
Continental Shelf.
The major advantages of jack-up units are the improved
operability and significantly competitive operating costs. Where
floating units are dependent on environmental conditions, leading
to a limited 10-15% uptime in North Sea winters, elevated jackups offer 100% uptime. Together with CBI-MMEER, GustoMSC
has developed the accommodation jack-up AJ46-360-C, based
on the proven concept of the CJ series. The AJ46-360-C has
been designed to operate in 375 ft water depth. The unit can

accommodate up to 360 POB in modern accommodation blocks,

with an extension to 450. To reduce the rigs footprint, the unit
is equipped with a cantilever with 55ft reach. A 200 ton pedestal
crane is mounted at the far end to serve the fixed platforms. The
first unit was ordered early 2013 and the second in mid-2013;
both are under construction at Dalian Shipbuilding and Offshore
Construction for delivery in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
For the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf the
accommodation jack-up can represent direct competition to
floaters. As seen in the drilling market, the large jack-up drilling
units, such as the CJ70-X150-B, are conquering water depths
to 150 m as the most efficient drilling units. It will not take long
before the same trend is seen in the accommodation market,
especially in new development areas as new fields are brought
into service.
At this moment GustoMSC is developing the AJ62-X135-450,
capable of operating in 135 m water depth on the Norwegian
Continental Shelf with 450 POB, all accommodated in high level
single person cabins. A trade-off for accommodation jack-ups
is the possibility to act as a platform for plug and abandon and
decommissioning of the many old fixed platforms in the North Sea.
With its imaginative and responsive semi-submersible and jack-up
accommodation designs, GustoMSC is paving the way for true atsea Home Sweet Homes: high quality five star hotel concepts for
the offshore industry, incorporating the highest safety standards,
and keeping crews happy and effective.

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The proof of the

pudding is in the eating
Thomas Lerchenmuller and Jan Mark Meeuwisse

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations tells us this

proverb dates back to the 14th century with the word
proof here meaning to test. The proverb applies
across many sectors of human activity including the
way in which a new generation of Jack-up vessel
designs entering the market is responding to user
needs. A modest success story.

wind generation must drop by 40% to compete with

traditional generation methods. Cost reductions can be
realized by increasing turbine output and this will be the
main focus, along with improving the transport and installation efficiency of the installation vessels and overall
logistics. The main challenges are the installation and
assembly of components (not as heavy compared to Oil &
Gas, but far more delicate) at great heights (100 to 120
m), in greater water depths (>30 m) and the sheer repetitive nature of the work. This is creating logistics challenges and is requiring a flexible, stable platform from which to
work. Big toys for big boys!
The number of new generation installation Jack-up vessels ordered in 2010 was enormous. Some have already
entered service. To date, sixteen new installation Jack-ups
have been put to work in this market, some more successfully than others. The majority are self-propelled Jack-ups,
and this shows that other experimental concepts may
not have passed the pudding test, or there was a lack of
confidence in the artists impressions. Analysts suggest
that the trend for Wind Turbine Installation (WTI) Jack-up
Vessels in Europe indicates that more than ten installation
Jack-ups are still required.

Offshore Wind is currently one of the fastest growing industries

in Europe and one of the most fascinating in the renewable green
energy sector. In the first six months of this year, 277 offshore
wind turbines - with the total capacity of over 1 GW - were grid
connected. Currently 18 wind farms are under construction, and
once completed these will have a total capacity of 5.1 GW.
According to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA),
a total of 40 GW offshore wind capacity (about 10,000 wind
turbines) is expected to be installed by 2020. This will equal 4.2%
of EU electricity consumption. A total of 150GW is expected to be
installed by 2030 (about 13.7 GW annual installations in 2030),
supplying nearly 14% of European electricity consumption.
The figures below show the annual offshore wind power installations.

So how is the pudding being eaten? Upon arrival in Europe,

sailing here on keel, A2SEAs SEA INSTALLER installed the
two Siemens 6MW test turbines successfully and on time
at DONG Energys Gunfleet Sands 3 demonstration site.
This was the first installation for the new vessel (GustoMSC NG-9000C design) and it is the first time ever that
Siemens 6MW turbines are being installed offshore.

Big toys for big boys

The offshore wind industry is still relatively new.
In an effort to balance costs and revenue and raise
energy output wind turbines will increasingly be sited even
further offshore. Generally speaking the costs of offshore

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140

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120

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100

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60

40

20

35

30
5

GW

GW

GW

GW

25
20
3

15

10

1
0

Annual
Cumulative

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2011
1.0
3.9

2012
1.4
5.3

2013
2.8
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2014
2.9
10.9

2015
3.1
14.0

2016
3.4
17.4

2017
4.1
21.6

2018
5.1
26.7

2019
6.4

33.1

2020
6.9
40.0

Annual
Cumulative

2021
7.8
47.7

2022
8.5
56.2

2023
9.1
65.5

2024
9.6
75.6

2025
10.5
86.5

2026
11.5
98.1

2027
12.4
110.4

2028
13.0
123.2

2029
13.2
136.4

2030
13.7
150.0

Annual offshore wind power

installations 2011-2020
and 2021-2030. Source:
Wind in our Sails, EWEA.

The vessel then installed 3.6MW turbines at Anholt and at

the time of writing this article the SEA INSTALLER had just
finished installing 30 foundations at the West of Duddon
Sands Offshore Wind Farm, also in record time. So the
proof has been successful, and this is one of the reasons
that the SEA INSTALLER won the Offshore Renewables
Award. This recognition from the Offshore Support
Journal goes to a company, project or product that has
made a significant contribution to the development of the
offshore renewables market.

Further proof?
Having started work in September 2012, the Seajacks
Zaratan installed the last of 80 mono-piles in April this
year. This NG-5500C carried out installation at the
Meerwind Offshore Park at a rapid pace, installing three
monopiles in just under a day and a half.
In relatively short succession, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier took delivery of the Brave Tern and Bold Tern, both
GustoMSC NG-9000C designs. The first job for the Brave
Tern was installing met-masts at Dogger Bank and wind
turbines on the BARD Offshore 1. The Bold Terns first job
was installing turbines at the German Riffgat Windfarm,
loading up to eight complete Siemens 3.6 MW turbine sets
per trip.
The record installation times achieved by these new WTIJack-up vessels is clear evidence that the new generation
GustoMSC designs are contributing to the reduction of
installation costs for Offshore Wind Farms. Besides the
well-balanced design, the overall CAPEX of the NG-9000C
series shows that size is not the only consideration; using
the right tool for the right job is just as important.
Other recent deliveries include the JB-118, a SEA-3250
design for Jack-Up Barge BV, and BAM / Clough Australia
have taken delivery from COSCO Shipyards of the IB-914,
a new SEA-1250 design.

A2SEA has ordered a second NG-9000C, called the SEA

CHALLENGER. Seajacks has ordered the worlds largest
and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel
called the Seajacks Scylla, a GustoMSC NG-14000X design.
In July 2012, Seajacks ordered the Seajacks Hydra. This
will be Seajacks third NG-2500X design. NPCC, a company
providing services to the Oil & Gas industry in the Persian
Gulf, ordered its second NG-2500X design. The GMS Enterprise was announced in July 2013, the third NG-2500X
unit for GMS. This marks the eighth NG-2500X to be built,
making this design one of the most successful GustoMSC
self-propelled Jack-up designs.

Still more Jack-ups required

With thousands of turbines installed in a short time frame,
good operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies need
to be in place. In 2010, REpower took the lead, introducing
their ROSS concept (Repower Offshore Service Strategy)
with three self-operating units. Based on an NG-5300
Jack-up vessel (like a mother ship), a platform supply
vessel and a crewboat, this provides a 24/7 Hub. In the
meantime, GustoMSC has been working on even more
concepts and many of which will be on show at the EWEA
Offshore 2013 exhibition in Frankfurt.

GustoMSC Jack-ups operational in the Offshore Wind industry in Europe.

Source: Marine Traffic (October 2013)

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GustoMSC Tri-Floater
design verified in wave basin
Fons Huijs

Floating offshore wind turbines could well open up deep water areas for offshore wind power
generation. GustoMSC has designed a semi-submersible wind turbine support structure:
the Tri-Floater with a design that has recently been further optimized and verified with advanced
simulations and model tests. They confirm some impressive claims.

Deep water wind turbines will be key to unlocking the massive

energy potential in Europe's offshore deep water where winds
blow hard and often, and bottom based structures are not
economically feasible. Worldwide, various demonstrator projects
with full scale offshore floating wind turbines are in operation or
under development. Currently Japan, Norway, Portugal and the US
state of Maine are home to such facilities. It is an area in which
GustoMSC designs will be playing a significant role in the future.

Stable without ballast system and crane vessels

The GustoMSC Tri-Floater is a three-column semi-submersible
(see photos) with an offshore wind turbine column at the
centre. The semi-sub structure can be tailored to fit any desired
turbine and optimized for local environmental conditions. The
design ensures the dynamic stability of the wind turbine. The
semi-submersible hull design is such that the natural periods of
motions are outside the range of the wave periods which means
gentle motions and only mild accelerations.
The Tri-Floater can be moored using a catenary mooring system
consisting of a chain or steel wire. The mooring system is
connected to the Tri-Floater high up the columns to minimize the
overturning moment induced by the wind load and effectively
reduce the mean inclination of the floater due to wind. This allows
for a design without an active ballast system for roll and pitch
compensation.

Artists impression of the GustoMSC Tri-Floater equipped with a 5MW wind turbine

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The 1:50 scale model of the GustoMSC Tri-Floater tested in gusted wind and
irregular waves by MARIN

The GustoMSC Tri-Floater simulated in heavy wind and wave conditions

Suitable for dry dock

Unlike a tension leg platform (TLP), the semi-submersible does not
rely solely on its mooring system for stability. The Tri-Floater
equipped with the wind turbine is stable and can be towed to
location on its own keel using tugs, where it is hooked up to a
pre-laid mooring system. This installation procedure eliminates the
need for expensive offshore crane vessels. Although the unit will be
designed for low maintenance, the unit can be towed to an inshore
location for inspection, repair or maintenance. When the Tri-Floater is de-ballasted, the draft is such that it can enter most ports or
dry docks; a major advantage against deep-draft spar type floating
wind turbines.

Because of the relevance of the control system, MARIN constructed a model scale wind turbine, including an active blade pitch
mechanism, which was coupled to the ECN control algorithm during
the model tests. This enabled GustoMSC to assess the performance
of the Tri-Floater including its control system which had never
previously been included in the testing of floating wind turbines.

World's first model testing including control system

In March 2013, an innovative model test campaign was performed
for the GustoMSC Tri-Floater equipped with a 5 MW wind turbine
at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) test
facility in Wageningen. These tests were the worlds first where the
wind loads and blade pitch control system were tested with a fully
operational scale model of wind turbine and floater. As the motions
of floating wind turbines are driven by the combined influence of
wind and waves, every effort was made to include both loads in a
correct manner. When performing model tests with a floating wind
turbine in a wave basin, the Reynolds number in the model test is
significantly lower than at full scale. This affects the drag and lift
coefficients of the wind turbine blades. The thrust achieved on the
model scale turbine is typically reduced to only a fraction of the
Froude scaled thrust, while the thrust has a strong influence on
the motions of the floating wind turbine. It was therefore considered essential to match the Froude scaled thrust as closely as
possible in the model tests. MARIN achieved this by applying a
different blade profile on the model scale turbine, which delivered
the required thrust at the low Reynolds number.

Tri-Floater withstands wind and waves

Preliminary results from the model tests showed that the Tri-Floater design performs well under the combined influence of significant wind and waves. In all tests, the inclination of the Tri-Floater
was less than 10 degrees and the nacelle accelerations were below
3 m/s2. An initial comparison with the calculations and simulations
performed by GustoMSC showed a good match with the model
tests results. In-depth comparisons are ongoing and are expected
to result in further validation and improvement of the calculation
and simulation tools.
GustoMSC has been working hard in this area for several years. Its
efforts are now beginning to bear fruit, to the benefit of electricity
users, green or otherwise, across the windy world.

The GustoMSC Tri-Floater advantages

- Proven semi-submersible technology
- Gentle motions and accelerations
- No need for active ballast system
- Slender and robust structure
- Assembly in port
- Installation with tugs, no crane vessels needed

5MW Tri-Floater concept design NREL 5 MW Reference Wind Turbine

Rated power

Control strategy critical

Prior to the model tests, simulations were performed with the
Ansys AQWA hydrodynamic software coupled to the aero-servoelastic software Phatas. Different turbine control systems were
used in the simulations. This variation demonstrated clearly that
the control strategy can have a strong influence on the motion
response of the floating wind turbine. For the Tri-Floater, the
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) developed a
dedicated controller, which reduces the floater motions at the
natural frequency of roll and pitch while keeping the power output
constant at its maximum level.

Rotor diameter
Hub height above SWL

5.0 MW
126 m
90 m

Radius to columndimensions
Tri-Floater main centre

Column diameter

36.0 m

Draft

13.2 m

Air gap to deck structure

12.0 m

Displacement

3,630 t

8.0 m

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Recent projects and deliveries

GustoMSC has been selected by a significant number of reputable contractors
worldwide. The long standing presence in the market for offshore units has boosted
the number of newbuild GustoMSC-designed units and associated equipment.
Sea Installer 2, for A2Sea
GustoMSC design: NG-9000C
Builder: COSCO Nantong
Delivery: 2014

Brave Tern

Sea Installer

Bold Tern

Seajacks Zaratan

Seafox 7

courtesy A2SEA A/S

JB-118

N O RT H S E A

GustoMSC Offices in the Netherlands

West Elara

Maersk Innovator

Maersk Resolute

Maersk Gallant

NORTH SEA
In operation

BRAZIL

West Linus, for Seadrill

GustoMSC design: CJ70
Builder: Jurong

Gold Star & Alpha Star

GustoMSC design: DSS38
Builder: Keppel FELS

Deepsea Metro II, for Metrostar/Odfjell

GustoMSC design: P10,000
Builder: HHI

9 Qdrill drillships, for Sete

Builder: EEP & Engevix

6 DSS38E, for Sete

Builder: Brafels

Operating since 2009

Operating since 2011

Delivery: 2016 - 2019

Delivery: 2015 - 2019

Delivery: 2013

Floatel Endurance, for Floatel

GustoMSC design: DSS2O-DP3-NS
Builder: KeppelFELS
Delivery: 2014

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GMS Enterprise, for GMS

GustoMSC design: NG2500X
Builder: Sainty Marine Corp

T.B.N. 1 & 2, for Cotemar

GustoMSC design: OCEAN500
Builder: COSCO (Nantong)

E-drill-3, for Energy Drilling

GustoMSC design: OCEAN400-TD
Builder: COSCO (Guangdong)

Crossway Eagle & Dolphin, for CBI-MMEER

GustoMSC design: AJ46
Builder: Dalian Shipyard

Delivery: 2014

Delivery: 2014-2015

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2015

CHINA

4 units for Noble

Bolette Dolphin, for Fred. Olsen Energy

13 P10,000 drillships for

Fred. Olsen Energy
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries

Statoil CAT-J 1 & 2

GustoMSC design: CJ70
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries

Seajacks Scylla
GustoMSC design: NG-14000X
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries

Delivery: 2013-2015

Delivery: 2016-2017

Delivery: 2015

4 units for Diamond Offshore

4 units for Rowan

SEP-550, for NPCC

GustoMSC design: NG-2500X
Builder: NPCC

Seajacks Hydra, for Seajacks

GustoMSC design: NG-2500X
Builder: Lamprell Energy

Delivery: 2014

Delivery: 2014

KO R E A

MI D D L E EA ST

CHINA

SIN GA P O R E

TBN 1,2,3 & 4, for TS Drilling

GustoMSC design: CJ50
Builder: Shanhaiguan Shipyard

COSLGift & COSLHunter

GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

T.B.N. 1 & 2, for K-Groupe

GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

2 units
GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2014

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2015

T.B.N. 1 & 2
GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: DDW-PaxOcean

CATJ, for Noble

GustoMSC design: CJ70
Builder: Jurong

T.B.N. 1 & 2, for Tianjin Haiheng Offshore

GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

T.B.N. 1 & 2, for Bestford Capital

GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

T.B.N., for BK Marine

GustoMSC design: CJ46
Builder: CMHI

T.B.N. 3 & 4, for Tianjin Offshore

GustoMSC design: CJ50
Builder: CMHI

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2016

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2015

Delivery: 2014-2015

T.B.N. 1 ,2 &.3, for Maersk Drilling

GustoMSC design: CJ70
Builder: Keppel FELS

Drilling semi, for Caspian Drilling

GustoMSC design: DSS38M
Builder: Keppel FELS

Delivery: 2013 -2015

Delivery: 2016

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GustoMSC is a renowned design and engineering company with a 150+ year

history. The company specializes in the design of mobile units for the offshore

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oil and gas market as well as for the offshore construction market,

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including the installation of wind turbines. These units include jack-ups,

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