Bourbon to support Shell’s Namibia, Sao Tome drilling
France’s Bourbon will provide a logistics package to Shell for upcoming exploration wells offshore Namibia and Sao Tomé & Principe.
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Bourbon commits to cost cuts for Total in Angola
Bourbon has signed a three-year agreement with Total on cost cuts, through technological innovation, for operations offshore Angola.
Bourbon supporting families of abducted crew in Nigeria
French oil services company Bourbon continues to liase with the families of two crew members kidnapped from its Bourbon Liberty 251 supply vessel off the coast of Nigeria.
Bourbon Orca: Definitely ‘out of the box’
Ten years ago, Bourbon became the first offshore support vessel operator to take on a radical new design developed by Ulstein of Norway. The bull-nosed beast with its easy lined and fairly slim hull was known as the X-Bow design and the first of the class, Bourbon Orca, was delivered in 2006. Its front end was then and remains curiously reminiscent of ancient vessel types such as Roman merchant ships and the Italian trabaccolo, of which a few examples remain extant. In August 2006, Energy reported: “Norway has again demonstrated its ability to come up with a radical offshore support vessel design that could prove a major step forward, both operationally and in terms of safety.