Nexen contracts Ocean Tay for Golden Eagle support

Feb. 11, 2014
Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned a $9.8-million support vessel for a long-term charter with Nexen Petroleum UK.

Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UK – Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned a $9.8-million support vessel for a long-term charter with Nexen Petroleum UK.

Ocean Tay, a Class A emergency response and rescue vessel, will provide cover for Nexen’s Golden Eagle Area development under a two-year minimum charter.

The 63-m (207-ft) vessel underwent conversion at Wear Dock & Engineering in Sunderland, northeast England.

It can accommodate a crew of 20 people and has capacity to rescue more than 300.

02/11/2014