The New Reality

It was once said that ‘the biggest enemy of our time is inaction’. Not within Vryhof. We are planning lots of action and practice continuous improvement to become abetter company.

Commercially, our business sectors are in good shape. Drilling activity remains high, new build programs are good, the number of permanent floaters planned for the next 5 years remain high. Renewable offshore energy sources are now, more and more, becoming a viable alternative energy solution for the near future.

Geographically, to serve our clients better with the same high quality of service, ethics and engineering, we established Vryhof Anchors Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as a better basis for growth. Very soon we will be able to offer locally fabricated anchors

again, several alternatives are currently being considered. Until then, we will keep a healthy fleet of anchors available in Singapore for sale or rental, as we have for 20+ years.

Technically, our new cooperation with the Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems (COFS) of the University of Western Australia and our first joint R&D project, developing the DEPLA VLA technology to maturity reflects our broader efforts to innovate, besides the work in our own R&D department.

In this issue of Anchounter, you will read more about recent projects, organizational improvements, technical innovations and our ambitious growth plan with our new partner HitecVision: A Great New Reality.

Welcome to yet another Anchounter newsletter, in anticipation of OTC 2014. I am glad to say that the state of our company Vryhof Anchors is strong, stronger than it has ever been. The year 2013 was the most significant year for Vryhof, a year of excellent results and change. Change much needed to adapt to The New Reality. The New Reality where customer focus is the basis, innovation is vital, ethics is of the essence and global team loyalty and commitment is crucial to achieve results.

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When it is about hard ground Vryhof Stevshark is the solution

Japanese Sashimi and Floating Wind Turbines

Opening Singapore office

This edition

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a meet ing ground for anchor and moor ing news pub lished by Vryhof anchors

Booth 2233

Øyvind Wathne, CEO.

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Vryhof & HitecVision

We have received lots of positive encouraging feedback from the industry, and some questions have been asked and can be easily addressed as follows. Vryhof will further grow to be a stand-alone supplier of top of the line anchors and mooring equipment. The strategic plan is based on building on the Vryhof platform by broadening our scope of supply and services, both organically and through acquisitions.

Below we publish the press release that was issued in December, which is self- explanatory.

HitecVision teams up with Vryhof management

HitecVision is pleased to announce the Investment of 71.3% of Mooring Holding B.V (‘Vryhof Anchors’). Vryhof Anchors is the leading global provider of ultra high holding power drag anchors used in the offshore oil & gas industry. Management and key people will hold the residual shareholding in the company.

Vryhof Anchors was founded in the early seventies. Since its inception, the company has been a leading provider of high holding power drag anchors to the oil & gas industry. Their anchors are primarily used for station keeping of drilling rigs (semi-submersibles), FPSO’s and single point mooring (SPM) buoys. Vryhof Anchors also offer ancillary mooring products and engineering services.

Headquartered in The Netherlands, Vryhof has a global reach from sales offices in The Netherlands, Russia, France, the US, Brazil and Singapore.

The company has sold over 9 500 anchors to customers all over the world.

Pre HitecVision entry, Vryhof was entirely owned by the CEO Øyvind Wathne and Managing Director Henri Korsten.The plan is to execute a buy & build strategy together with organic and quasi-organic growth to consolidate a fragmented mooring product and foundation industry for floating offshore systems.

The game plan can be summarized through four strategic initiatives:

• Expand/Renew drag anchors portfolio and systems.

• Acquire/Develop anchor jewelry and other mooring components and sell those products under the Vryhof brand.

• Enter into the ‘top-end of the low-end’ segments (anchors to pipe-lay barges, dredging, jack-ups, construction barges etc.).

• Add engineering, design and project management capabilities with the aim to potentially become a full EPCI contractor, for permanent mooring systems.

One step ahead, our company slogan, usually covers what we try to say and be. In the case of Vryhof and HitecVision joining forces, ‘One leap ahead’ is probably much more appropriate. The transaction was concluded in December and currently we are well under way with executing our strategic buy and build plan, of which we will keep you informedonce the first steps of progress have been made.

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“We are very pleased to team up with a partner that has an impressive track record of inventing and commercializing products. The management team has created one of the strongest brands within the offshore mooring space. Vryhof is a niche supplier of a critical product to the oil and gas companies, which is a typical investment for HitecVision. We have followed the company for several years and believes that it has great future potential together with current management and HitecVision,” says Senior Partner Gunnar Halvorsen in HitecVision.

“We are excited to implement the game plan and take Vryhof to the next step together with HitecVision. The core of Vryhof’s business model is taking good care of all our customers, something that will continue to be utmost important for

Vryhof and the future development of the company going forward,” comments Øyvind Wathne, CEO of Vryhof Anchors.

About HitecVision

HitecVision is a leading investor in the international oil and gas industry with offices in Stavanger, Oslo and Houston. The investment focus is on middle market investments in oilfield services and technology companies, and exploration and production (E&P) companies across the oil and gas value chain. HitecVision manages four funds with more than $ 3 billion in assets under management.

www.hitecvision.com

About Vryhof Anchors

Vryhof Anchors is a management owned leading international provider of high holding power drag anchors and ancillary mooring products and services to the offshore oil & gas industry.

The company was founded in the seventies and has 33 full time employees. Vryhof Anchors has delivered 9500 anchors globally since its inception.

www.vryhof.com

From left to right:

Øyvind Wathne,

Kjell-Erik Endresen,

Henri Korsten,

Per Ravnestad and

Gunnar Halvorsen.

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Anchoring on hard soils and rocks is not easy. When it is about hard grounds, there are not many offshore foundation solutions out there that will work and that are cost effective. From the category of drag embedment anchors, the only working anchor solution is Vryhof Stevshark. Supported by onshore and offshore anchor tests and with long installation track record Vryhof Stevshark has proven its suitability in hard soils and soft rocks of the world.

There is no shortage of difficult subseabed conditions. Many parts of the worlds seas and oceans where there is energy (oil&gas, renewables) and/or marine construction related activities, then (sub) seabed is characterized by hard soils and/or rocks. These locations may span from cemented soils and calcarenites offshore Australia, to carbonates and limestones in the Arabian gulf to siltstones/mudstones in shallow water West Africa, to calcarenites and limestones in the Mediterranean to overconsolidated glacial sediments or tills in the North Sea, to consolidated clayey gravels and subsea permafrosts of Arctic seas, etc.

Many of the off-the-shelf drag embedment anchors will fail on these types of ground.Typical anchoring problems with ordinary anchors will be related to no or limited

anchor penetration, inadequate anchor holding, instability with the anchor thus anchor break outs, and the structural damages to the anchor due to hard ground.

A successful anchoring practice in such grounds requires not only the right anchor type but also the evaluation of ground conditions for the selection of right anchor size and configuration. If not all but most of our anchoring projects in hard grounds require careful engineering for that specific project. Thus, most of the hard ground anchoring projects result in a project specific special design anchor rather than an off-the-shelf standard anchor.

For hard grounds the Vryhof Stevshark type anchor is being used. The anchor is then sized and configured for the known or expected ground conditions by integrated modeling techniques from knowledge based analysis to rock mechanics models. The resulting special design anchors are heavier and stronger with sharp edges, serrations in the shank, environmentally friendly ballast material in the fluke, and special cutter points at the fluke tips.

Vryhof has designed and delivered over 1100 Stevshark anchors worldwide. These anchors have been used for mooring permanent units like FPSO, FSO, SPMs, and CALM buoys with design lives over 20 years. As well as many MODUs, barges, or rock cutter suction dredgers on hard grounds are using Vryhof Stevsharks; setting and recovering their anchors as they change locations.

“It is this frequent setting and recovery of anchors that provides us with a wealth of real scale performance data on Vryhof Stevshark anchors,” says Projects Director Senol Ozmutlu. Adding there is no other company or authority knowing the behavior of drag embedment anchors on hard grounds better than Vryhof. ”We are increasing our knowledge day by day through a continuous testing program leading to new generation of Stevshark anchors as well as by our participation to JIPs like Arctic Mooring JIP.”

More informationSenol Ozmutlu, Projects DirectorVryhof AnchorsP +31 10 266 8900E senol.ozmutlu@vryhof.com

When it is about hard ground Vryhof Stevshark is the solution

60 mT Stevshark Mk5 with 15 mT ballast

(largest anchor ever built) deployed in

hard grounds of Alaska.

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Vryhof France celebrated its one-year anniversary

Christophe comments on this: “Having an office in the heart of the French action made us realize that many new opportunities present themselves just for being on the ground in Paris. One example is that many experienced engineering companies and contractors operating in the offshore oil and gas sector have also opened their interest into Marine Renewable Energy. The close proximity of these companies and Vryhof Paris is resulting in early collaborations and bearing tangible results in both the oil and gas industry as well as in offshore renewable energies.”

It is confirmation of the Vryhof Anchors commitment to open the Paris office that the company can look back to a successful first year leading to an activity extension for existing and new developments:

During 2013 Vryhof has recognized the increasing importance of the Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) sector:

• With a real breakthrough of offshore Wind Energy Converters (WEC) leading to the first project tenders for two new pre-farm scale installations in Europe.

• New developments in Offshore Thermal Energy Converters (OTEC) with a new developer looking to Vryhof for engineering support services to assist with an OTEC feasibility study in the Dutch Antigua.

• The kick off for a Tidal scale demonstrator in The Netherlands with a large group of companies involved in the project development.

All these developments are supported by a strong internal MRE workgroup within the Vryhof Anchors organization benefiting from a close collaboration between R&D, Engineering, Production and Commercial departments. ‘One step ahead’ is the key word to strengthen Vryhof’s relationship with its MRE involved customers.

Another organic development of the Paris office is exploring activities in southern Europe with high growth potential recognized in Italy, Portugal and Spain:

• Christophe Limouzin being French, born in the southern region of France, it is a natural step forward for keeping a closer contact to neighboring countries from his Paris office.

Closer development in Africa with direct promotion of Vryhof through visits and discussion with Oil companies, Engineering offices and customers is also recognized as an important role to be handled out of the Vryhof France office due to the involvement of many influential French speaking companies.

So here is to another year of growth and continued success for Vryhof France!

“Avoir toujours une longueur d’avance, nous permet d’avoir un brillant avenir ensemble.”

More informationChristophe Limouzin, Business Development ManagerVryhof France P +32 476 41 20 19E christophe.limouzin@vryhof.com

Christophe Limouzin, Business Development Manager.

The Vryhof France office located in the heart of Paris celebrated it’s first anniversary in January of this year, in what has proved to be a very busy time for the new office. Headed up by Christophe Limouzin, Vryhof Business Development Manager (France), the Paris office has seen a continued increase in activity since its opening.

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Fukushima offshore wind consortium, consisting of Marubeni Corporation (Project integrator), the University of Tokyo (Technical advisor), Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United Corporation, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Shimizu Corporation and Mizuho information & Research, was formed to implement the Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration project (Fukushima FORWARD) funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. With a budget of around 189 million USD, the Fukushima Forward project involves the construction and installation of the worlds first 25MVA (66kV) floating substation (spar shape), and three floating wind turbines at around 125 m water depth about 20 km away from the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. The three floating wind turbines are planned as 2MW and 7MW semisubmersibles and a 7MW advanced spar all anchored to the seabed with chain and anchor mooring systems.

The sparse soil data and the difficult subseabed conditions with stiff clays and siltstones was a big concern to the consortium. After numerous meetings between the consortium and individual companies, the path forward for an anchoring solution was agreed. With Vryhof’s advice and assistance, the first full scale offshore anchor tests were performed at planned platform locations. The anchor tests were carried out successfully in November 2012.

Following these successful tests with the Stevshark anchor Vryhof has supplied the suitable anchors for the floating substation and 2MW floating wind turbine. Almost one year later both floating substation and floating wind turbine were moored with Vryhof and began operating in November 2013. This cluster is now delivering clean energy to the same grid once fed by Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

The next in line is the mooring of a 7MW floating wind turbine. We have already delivered the anchors of this floater to Japan and we are very excited to know that these will also be installed soon.

The results from the first 2MW floating wind turbine are very positive. It is the consortiums target to obtain results from two 7MW floaters during 2015 and 2016.

Given the time line of these projects, this is a remarkable achievement. And this shows the accumulated experience of Japanese firms in engineering and shipping industry. With the expected successful results from the Fukushima FORWARD project, the commitments were already made by Japanese firms to build 143 wind turbines in the area totaling an electricity production of 1GW by year 2020.

Japan’s long term targets are challenging yet very promising. The goal is to lift the current 1% renewable energy share to 20-30% of total energy by 2040. The signs of this are visible everywhere as we have also successfully delivered and installed anchors for the first hybrid vertical axis floating wind and tidal current power device SKWID. This 900KW unit developed by Modec and its moorings are already installed 25 km off the coast of Fukuoka prefecture on Kyushu island at a water depth around 53 m. Yet again very difficult ground conditions but not impossible for Vryhof.

As Japan is committed to floating renewable energy systems, we at Vryhof are committed to our clients. We will continue doing our best to support our Japanese partners in achieving these challenging targets.

More informationSenol Ozmutlu, Projects DirectorVryhof AnchorsP +31 10 266 8900E senol.ozmutlu@vryhof.com

Japanese Sashimi and Floating Wind Turbines

I love sashimi. Being one of the most famous dishes of Japanese cuisine this thinly sliced raw and fresh sea food is best if you have tried it in Japan. This may be a hard statement but the Fukushima disaster has shown us that the future of a clean and fresh supply of sashimi in Japan may very well depend on the expansion of clean energy resources. The floating wind turbines offer a great potential for clean energy supply in Japan.

One third of the Japan’s electricity supply relies on nuclear reactors. There are about 54 of them out there. Currently only 1% of the Japanese energy comes from renewable sources. Yet, on the other hand, the Japanese are one of the biggest seafood consumers in the world. About 12% of the worlds seafood is consumed by Japanese with an average consumption of 70 kg seafood per capita.

Following the magnitude of 9 Fukushima earthquake which has triggered a devastating tsunami in March 2011, among others, the electricity and the possible contamination in sea food stock were two of many important concerns. After the alarming issues are identified in several reactors, Japan has shut down all of its 54 reactors. The control of leakage and storage of the contaminated water is still an undergoing process with millions of dollars are already spent in this fight.

Yet, being a developed country, Japan is energy hungry. Since March 2011, the short term solutions from other resources mainly fossil fuels have shown to be very costly and increasing the carbon emissions drastically. As a result, the Japanese government has planned to put 14 of the nuclear power plants back into operation in 2014. But, the long term goal is to phase out the nuclear power over the next 30 years. There is strong public opposition against nuclear power in Japan and a strong commitment to renewable energy by Japanese governments.

It was during this electricity shortages that we have visited Japan in October 2012 to meet the Fukushima offshore wind consortium. The electricity shortage was visible at metro stations, public places, and in offices. Air conditioning systems were either shut down or reduced in use and the employees were allowed to dress more casual than usual.

Towing of 2MW floating wind turbine Fukushima Mirai

(picture source: http://www.fukushima-forward.jp).

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Vryhof expands anchors portfolio

From left to right:

Dr. Conleth O’Loughlin

- Associate Professor at University of

Western Australia (UWA)

Senol Ozmutlu

- Projects Director at Vryhof Anchors

Professor Christophe Gaudin

- Deputy Director and Centrifuge

Manager at UWA

Joris Roozen

- Business Development Manager

at Vryhof Anchors

In front row:

Tom Schnepple

- Project Manager

Commercialization at UWA

Last year Vryhof boosted its product portfolio by acquiring a novel anchor design from the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) at the University of Western Australia, the new Dynamically Embedded Plate Anchor (DEPLA).

The DEPLA was developed by Dr. Conleth O’Loughlin and Dr. Mark Richardson together with UWA and Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland. This research evolved from Dr. O’Loughlin’s research on dynamically installed anchors at COFS and was later funded by Enterprise Ireland through their Commercialization Fund Technology Development Program. The DEPLA has been extensively scale tested and it will be now Vryhof ’s task to engineer and test a full scale prototype.

“We are extremely happy with the addition! It will give us a reliable product for ultra-deep water uses that will help our clients reduced their overall mooring cost. The DEPLA combines the advantages of dynamically installed anchors and vertically loaded anchors and is fully patented,” says Leo Bello, Business Development Director of Vryhof Americas.

The anchor is a hybrid anchor system that combines sustaining significant vertical

load and requires no external energy source or mechanical operation required during installation. “Results indicate that the DEPLA exhibits similar behavior to other dynamically installed anchors during installation, but with much higher capacities and predictability than other dynamically installed anchors that resist load in friction,” explains Senol Ozmutlu, Projects Director of Vryhof Anchors.

Prototyping and testing of the DEPLA will be carried by Vryhof ’s R&D team focusing on: predicting the embedment depth resulting from dynamic installation, keying behavior, setup effects and the holding capacity for a given anchor geometry, anchor mass and drop height.

More informationLeo Bello, Business Development DirectorVryhof Americas P +1 (281) 531 0600 E leo.bello@vryhof.com

Between September 2013 and October 2013, in conjunction with Grandi Lavori Fincosit (GLF), Vryhof undertook stevtensioning operations within the Lido inlet to the Venice lagoon to install a series of mooring anchors. This work was part of the Venice Mose Project which is a series of major construction works between the barrier islands of the Venice lagoon at the Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia inlets. These are designed to protect Venice from unusually high tides which have flooded the UNESCO registered city. Started in 2003, the Venice Mose Project included the construction of an artificial island within the Lido inlet. This split the Lido inlet into two smaller channels; the southern of these is referred to as the San Nicolo and the anchors were installed across the width of this channel within a small designated area with protected beds to both the sea side and lagoon side. This restricted the maximum possible length of mooring chain connected to the anchors, but still allowed their installation by Stevtensioning.

The anchors are to be used to temporarily hold the gate and shoulder caissons of the storm barrier structure in place during their deployment to the inlet bed and consisted of 4 pairs of opposing anchors arranged in a linear configuration, each pair adjacent to its neighbour creating a rectangular pattern spanning the inlet. Although not atypical mooring spread in which the anchors are generally deployed in a radial pattern, the placement of opposing anchors perfectly suited the use of the Stevtensioner.

Water depth at location was only around 13 m and had obvious implications for the chosen installation method and equipment. The project was a typical in that the Stevtensioner was visible at the top of the heave and presented an occasion for the technician and the deck crew to physically see the Stevtensioner in action, something which usually occurs below the water surface. Steady progress was made throughout the duration of the project and the work even became an attraction to passers-by including the occupants of passing fishing boats, motorboats and the many cruise ships passing by the site. Another phase of installation is due to be undertaken within 2014 at the Malamocco inlet in the central portion of the Venice lagoon barrier islands. These anchors are to be installed in an identical manner and used in an identical fashion to those at the San Nicolo site.

During the Lido San Nicolo phase of this work, the supervising technician had the unusual pleasure of having Saturday and Sunday free and was able to explore picturesque Venice and the surrounding areas including such sites as the Murano islands and the glass factories, the San Marco plaza, St Mark’s and the Great Canal, the Bridge of Sighs and the Rialto as well as the many galleries and museums scattered around Venice. Under these circumstances, Vryhof is sure there will be a host of technicians competing to be sent on the forthcoming project to install the anchors at the Malamocco inlet!

More informationIan Johnson, Project EngineerVryhof Engineering LimitedP +44 162 461 4848E ian.johnson@vryhof.com

Use of Stevtensioner in Venice Mose Project

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Vryhof is pleased to be helping in the on-going battle to save one of Europe’s most historic and beautiful cities – Venice.

The Stevtensioner in action.

The work even became

an attraction to passers-by.

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Use of Stevtensioner in Venice Mose Project

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Almost a year ago Vryhof has established a dedicated department for projects and engineering. A department made up of engineers and operational staff each with over ten years of experience in their areas of expertise. “With an experienced team of engineers and offshore personnel we can be responsive to client queries in a very short time span,”explains Projects Director Senol Ozmutlu.

“Adding to our team is able to deliver quick solutions to mooring and anchor related subjects; whether it is about the evaluation of anchoring conditions, or design and fabrication of a custom mooring component, or testing of certain concepts or designs, or offshore installation support. Under a project management scheme we work in close collaboration with our clients to meet their requirements within the shortest delivery time possible.”

Try us on your next project!

More informationSenol Ozmutlu, Projects DirectorVryhof AnchorsP +31 10 266 8900E senol.ozmutlu@vryhof.com

SPT Offshore and Vryhof Anchors joined forces last year with an exclusive agency agreement. The cooperation started with SPT and Vryhof’s joint booth at the Deepwater Operations exhibition in Galveston, followed by both companies sponsoring the International Mooring Seminar in November last year. It is both companies intention to build on this commitment in the future.

AmbitionSPT Offshore is based in The Netherlands and led by Managing Director Mark Riemers.For many years SPT has focused primarily on nearshore construction projects supplying design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of suction piles to the energy and civil industry.

On some occasions these deliveries were applied for the deepwater mooring industry.With the oil and gas MODU and FPSO mooring industry moving into deeper and deeper water, it is Vryhof’s ambition to add suction piles to their portfolio.

It is SPT Offshore’s ambition to expand in the market of deepwater oil and gas moorings. A joint effort between SPT and Vryhof with suction piles and respectively drag embedment anchors therefore makes sense.

Since the cooperation started both companies have seen increased activity in bids for suction piles for deepwater mooring systems.

Therefore with the market shifting into deeper water, both companies complement each other.

More informationLeo Bello, Business Development DirectorVryhof AmericasP +1 (281) 531 0600E leo.bello@vryhof.com

Vryhof Engineering Team: At your service

Vryhof projects and engineering team

at work testing anchors onshore.

SPT Offshore and Vryhof join forces

Leo Bello, Business Development Director.

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Opening Singapore office

The circumstances and timing were all there; our agreement with our local agent had expired, the need for closer ties with clients and partners and the region is too important for Vryhof not to service directly. The continued activity growth within the Asia oil and gas sector and the growing Marine Renewables developments in Japan have strengthened the necessity for this decision.

The office in Singapore was established with one simple goal in mind; be closer to the client and the market. For too long we have felt removed from the essential direct feedback from clients and operators, in recognizing this and the importance of establishing direct links in this region we aim to provide a better and more focused service to the market as a whole. Be it anchoring technical evaluations to ensure the most efficient anchor is selected, better understanding of regional soils characteristics, awareness of operational & handling matters, custom anchor

improvements to meet the challenges of this region or an early entry into projects, experience has shown that this can be only achieved with closer direct links to the market.

“The core of our business is taking good care of our clients,” says Øyvind Wathne, CEO.

Focus in Asia has seen too much emphasis on cost. We want to steer away from that market and focus on quality, technical integrity, mooring competency and delivering the best solution for any given application at the right value.

Another challenge will be to create more awareness for our latest generation products, particularly the Stevpris Mk6 anchor. With 30% more holding capacity and improved deck handling, it’s a great improvement on the trusted and popular Stevpris Mk5. A huge success in Europe for the last 10 years, the Mk6 has seen slower demand in Asia. We feel that this may have to do with the lack of shared knowledge and product awareness which we aim to rectify.

Joris has previously worked in Valencia and San Francisco, so now it’s time to explore this side of the globe. If he does find time to relax, Joris enjoys anything in, on or around the water.

Joris will be joined by Lisette Hupez who will be managing the daily activities of the new Singapore office. After finishing University, Lisette held positions in a number of Blue Chip organisations, most recently with KLM. She has extensive experience in working with cultures from all over the world, has lived in Asia before and as her roots are partly Indonesian she is delighted to be returning ‘home’.

More informationJoris Roozen, Business Development ManagerVryhof Anchors Pte. Ltd.P + 65 6832 5609E joris.roozen@vryhof.com

Joris Roozen, Business

Development Manager

and Lisette Hupez,

Project Administrator.

After 5 years, Vryhof is delighted to announce the re-establishment of a Singapore office. This office will be dedicated to serving the needs of the Asia Pacific region. Headed up by our new Asia & Pacific (APAC) Business Development Manager, Joris Roozen, Vryhof Anchors Pte. Ltd. was established in February 2014.

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Since it was founded in 1972, Vryhof Anchors has successfully conducted business in many parts of the world. One area where Vryhof was not operating to it’s full potential was in India.

We have been monitoring closely the oil & gas industry development in India, and seen it become increasingly more active. In 2013 Vryhof established a cooperation with G&T Oilfield and Offshore Services Pvt. Ltd. in response to this increase in activity and the acknowledgement that a competent local presence on the ground was needed.G&T Oilfield and Offshore Services, located in New Delhi and Mumbai, represented exactly that, a competent and professional

local presence with strong experience of the oil and gas sector. We are delighted to have G&T onboard and to have them as a Vryhof agent for foundation solutions within the Indian territories.

More informationKalid Errabih, Sales EngineerVryhof AnchorsP +31 10 266 8900E khalid.errabih@vryhof.com

Or contact our newly appointed agent:G&T Oilfield and Offshore Services Pvt. Ltd.Mumbai officeP +91 22 2655 2741 / 2742www.gtrw.com

Vryhof’s Gateway to India

Orfina brings with her to Vryhof Anchors a wide range of experience in international logistics and sales support roles. She has always been in a business to business environment among different industry sectors covering offshore marine, financial services and food processing. This broad range of experience gives Orfina the ability to understand that each project has a specific process with finite deadlines and procedures which should be followed.

“Joining Vryhof was an obvious move for me,” Orfina comments. “I’ve always had a passion for engineering and worked mainly in industrial projects based environments.”

Programs on the Discovery Channel showcasing how heavy engineering projects are managed through to completion have always caught her attention and intrigued her.

“We are delighted to have Orfina join our team. She brings energy, a pro-active enthusiasm and a fresh approach to our sales department,” says Alan Gordon, Commercial Director.

Orfina, who is 32 years old, has a real passion for travelling. Especially the Caribbean where white sand, palm trees and friendly people provide her with the perfect relaxation mix. Apart from travelling, and whilst at home, she loves to indulge in her other passion for salsa dancing.

Her understanding of good client service and positive approach to her colleagues, in combination with a pro-active attitude makes her role as a Sales Coordinator a perfect match for Vryhof.

Orfina Mkrttsjan joins Commercial Team

And so begins a new adventure for our Sales Engineer,

Khalid Errabih, to further investigate this area.

Orfina Mkrttsjan, Sales Coordinator.

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Exhibitions

Come see us at:

OTC 2014 Houston 5 May - 8 May 2014 Booth 2233

ONS 2014 Stavanger 25 August - 28 August 2014 Booth J996-17

Over one hundred offshore industry professionals attended the latest international mooring seminar organised by Vryhof Anchors at the Omni Hotel in Houston on 13th November 2013. Entitled ‘Innovations in Mooring Technology’ it gave delegates an opportunity to not only hear about front line mooring developments but also to network and interact with peers and colleagues in an informal setting.

Co-hosted by Vryhof Americas, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore, Ramnäs Bruk, SAS Offshore and SPT Offshore, attendees heard papers from each of the sponsors as well as two excellent guest speakers from ABS and Chevron.

This was the latest in a series of seminars organised by Vryhof, the next one being scheduled for Singapore later this year, details for which will be available in due course.

International Mooring Seminar 2013 - Houston

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