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OKTOBER 2014

Front picture courtesy by Ørjan Vaagen FrimannslundForsyningsskipet Viking Lady, tatt fra riggen Leiv Eiriksson i Barentshavet.

For oil extraction in the arctic

Start working offshore Beginnersguide part IV.

New builds and contracts

JOB MARKET

MARKET NEWS

CHALLENGESJan Holst

Ship of the monthHow to deal with difficult people at work

INTERVIEW

INTERESTHSE

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About usOffshoreCrew AS is a Recruitment Agency based in the South of Norway that aim to provide a faster recruiting service to all Maritime and Offshore companies within the Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy indus-try.

Our goal is to reduce the time that com-panies spend looking for a crew member and at the same time provide crew mem-bers with the possibility to look for a new job in a faster and easier way.

Our recruiting process and systemOffshoreCrew recruiting system allow companies to discover your full potential. Our unique system will help you reach your goal and showcase all your knowl-edge and experience.

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ContentsCHALLENGE S 4

INTEREST 15

For oil extraction in the arctic

Ship of the month

Jan Holst

How to deal with difficult people at work

Start working offshore part IV

New builds and contracts

INTERVIEW 8

HSE 18

JOB MARKET 10

MARKET NEWS 22

OffshoreCrew

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THE REAL ICE BUCKET CHALLENGEworking in the Arctic

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TEXT BY: Javier Zahn, Director OffshoreCrew AS

Much has been said about the Arcticexplorationandtheamountofoilthatliestherewaitingtobeextracted.Inthisarticle I will go through the differentregionsandestimationsofthereservesthatcanbefoundinthisremotearea.You may have seen this picture onourwebsite, it isapictureof theSiemOffshoreAnchorHandlerVessel(Aqua-marine)thatwasinvolvedintheGreen-landprojectin2012.MyColleguesandIwereinvolvedinthisprojectduringmytimeinSiem.Thevesselwashiredfor5monthsbyCairnEnergy.

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TheexplorationoftheArcticforpetro-leum is considered more technicallychallenging than any other environ-ment in the world. However, high oilpricesandmeltingoficeduetoglobalwarmingisallowingforexploration.Asaresult,theregionhasbeenreceivingalargeamountofinterestfromthepe-troleumindustryinthepast10years.In 2008 United States Geological Sur-vey estimates that areas north of theArcticCirclecontain90billionbarrelsofundiscovered, technically recoverableoil(and44billionbarrelsofnaturalgasliquids)in25geologicallydefinedareaswithprospectivepetroleumpotential.This represents 13% of the undiscov-eredoilintheworld.

Morethan70%ofthemeanundiscov-eredoilresourcesisestimatedtooccurinfiveprovinces:ArcticAlaska,Amera-siaBasin,EastGreenlandRiftBasins,EastBarents Basins and West Greenland–EastCanada.Itisfurtherestimatedthatapproximately 84% of the undiscov-eredoilandgasoccursoffshore.RUSSIA:In June 2007, a group of Russiangeologists returned from a six-weekvoyageonthenuclearicebreaker50LetPobedy. The expedition was calledArktika 2007. The Russian geologistshadtravelledtotheLomonosovridgewhichisanunderwatershelfinRussia’sremoteandinhospitableeasternArcticOcean.

Thegeologistsreturnedwiththe“sen-sational news” that the Lomonosovridge was linked to Russian Federa-tion territory, boosting Russia’s claimover the oil-and-gas rich triangle. The

scientists claimed that the territorycontained 10bn tons of gas and oildeposits.

Intheearly2012Russiastartedthefirstcommercial offshoreoil drilling in theArctic,onthePrirazlomnayaplatforminthePechoraSea.Theplatformwasthefirst Arctic-class, ice-resistant oil rig intheworld.GREENLAND:Greenlandisbelievedbysomegeolo-giststohavesomeoftheworld’slarg-

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est remaining oil resources. Prospect-ing is takingplaceunder the auspicesofNUNAOIL,apartnershipbetweentheGreenlandHomeRuleGovernmentandtheDanish state. In2001U.S.Geologi-calSurveyfoundthatthewatersoffthecoastofnortheasternGreenland(northand south of the arctic circle) could

containupto110billionbarrelsofoil.

Greenlandhasoffered8licenseblocksfor tenderalong itswestcoastbyBaf-fin Bay. Currently 7 of those blockshavebeenbidforbyacombinationofmultinational oil companies and theNational Oil Company NUNAOIL. Thecompaniesthathaveparticipatedsuc-cessfullyinthepreviouslicenseroundsandhaveformedapartnershipforthelicenseswithNUNAOILareDONGEner-gy,Chevron,ExxonMobil,HuskyEnergyandCairnEnergy. The licensing roundfortheavailableareaknownastheWestDiskoisofaninterestduetoitsrelativelybetter accessibility compared tootherArcticbasins,asthearearemainslargelyfreeofice.Inadditionthereisanumberofpromisinggeologicalleadsandpros-pectsfromthePaleoceneera.NORWAY:Rosneft and Statoil struck a Arctic ex-plorationdealinMay2012.Itisthethirddeal Rosneft has signed in the pastmonth, after Arctic exploration agree-mentswithItaly’sENIandUSgiantExx-onMobil.Asyoucansee,plentyhasbeendonewhen itcomestoexploration,butnotmuchinregardstoextraction.Theaver-agetimetoworkinthisareaisverylim-ited,nomorethan5monthsfromJulytoearlyNovember.Theextremecondi-tionsdon’tallowforproperworkduringthehardwintermonths, fromNovem-ber until late April. So the companiesoperatingintheareahavetobe200%more productivewhile they can, withalmostnomarginforerrorsordelays.

More than 70% of the mean undiscovered oil resources is estimated to occur in five provinces: Arctic Alaska, Amerasia Basin, East Greenland Rift Basins, East Barents Ba-sins and West Greenland–East Canada.

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INTERVIEW

1. What are your duties at work?Working as a Chief Engineer, I haveoverall responsibility for the vessel’stechnicaldepartment.Avesselwithoutanengineisnothing.In addition, safety is very important. Itcanbealotofpressureonfixingprob-

lemsveryquickly. That iswhy I like tosaythatit isbetterwithanhourfixingtheproblem,insteadofamonth.

2. How would you describe a day at work?Amixofvesseloperation,maintenance,administration, spare part order, workplanning,contactwithservice

Age: 40++

Position: Chief Engineer since 1979. Second generation Chief Engineer.

Interests: My job, decorative paint-ing, gardening, house renovation, my two dogs Dexter German Shep-ard, and junior New Foundland

Favourite television series: Burn notice.

A word you use a lot: : I like quotes, and try to live after them. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” “A day without learning is a lost day”

If you could bring one thing to a deserted island, what would it be? A toolbox for woodwork.

AgreatthankstoJanwhotookhistimetoparticipateinthisinter-view.

Jan Holst

TEXT BY: Lene Håland, Jr. Recruiter

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engineers, fault finding, vibration test,ME performance test, marking, sparepart inventory etcetera and if there istimecleaningandpainting.

3. How are the cooperation between the different professions on-board?The cooperation between technicaldepartment and deck, works goodmostofthetime.Ifnot,thevesselsafeoperation is still the most importantandoverridestheissues.It is very important for me to have agood dialogue with the Company’sTechnical Department, and vesselsSuperintendent. If Icallhim,heknowswhatIamtalkingabout.Wehavemoreorlessalwaysagreatcooperation.

4 Why did you choose to be a Chief Engineer?WhenIwas6yearsold,Itravelledwithmy father and mother on WalleniusLinesSSBoheme.Onthistrip,Iformedintoa seaman. From theageof13 to16, I worked for a company workingwith Evaporators and freshwater gen-erators.Workingwithserviceonsteam-ers in Stockholmharbour. Iworked inholidays, and in my free time. At theageof16,Iwenttomyfirstjobatsea,as a Deck boy and second trip as anEngineboy.

5. What are the future challenges for Chief Engineers?Keepupthegoodjob,andkeepupagood engine culturewith goodqual-ity ofmaintenance and repairing. It isimportant that we Chief Engineers,whohasalongworkingexperienceintheShippingIndustry,canpassonourexperiencetotheyoungergeneration.

6. What is it that makes you thrive so well in your job?I really like my job, and I have beenworkingasaChiefEngineersince1979.Mostly on Container vessels/RORO/Paperproductvessels/Bulkvessels/andsince 1997most on Seismic and PSV.It isalwaysachallengeoneachvesselto reach optimal safety and optimaloperation of all technical equipment.AndALWAYSleaveitbetterandclean-erasitwas.

7. What type of vessel do you work on now?Lately I have been working for SiemOffshore,andnowforEidesvik.Carl Eric, Recruiter at OffshoreCrew,deserve to have his name here. Wehavehadagreatcooperationthepast7years.Itisawinwinsituation.Ihavealsorecommended god workers, and theoutcomehasbeenverygood.

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QualificationsOne of the easiest way to work off-shorewith littlequalifications intermsof courses, certifications, school andcollegedegrees,not to talk aboutex-perience offshore, is to work as a ca-tering assistant. The requirements aresimple.Allyouneedisavalidmedicalcertificate for offshore, safety trainingOPITOorOLFapprovedandHUET forplatform jobs. For jobs on vessels the

requirementsareavalidseafarersmed-icalcertificate,theSTCWsafetytrainingand the “security awareness” course.The rest does look like a mix of nor-malhousework,cateringandtasksofaroommaid.

The work Cleaning the cabins andpublic areas,assisting the cook in their daily workand serving food are the main tasks.

TEXT BY: Carl Eric B. Vethal, Recruitment Manager

Start working offshore. Beginnersguide part IV.Easy and difficult: The catering assistant

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Cleaningdoesnotmeanjustcleaning,butallhastobe“shipshape”andBristolfashioned.Havinganeyeondetails isveryimportant,asdirtisveryannoyingtomanypeople and the crew shouldhave clean cabins and public areas.There is much psychology involved.People being herded in a steel con-structionfortwotosixweeksawayfromhome deserve a clean environment.Filthypublicandlivingareashaveadi-rectinfluenceonthecrewsmoodsandtheirattitude.

Cleaningthekitchenisanotherimpor-tant task. The kitchen is the workingplace for the ships or platforms cookand usually they want to have theirworking area tidy and no one shouldmess with their order in the kitchen.Being a catering assistant requires

therefore a great deal of submissionandsimplyserving.Somepersonalitieslackthesetraits.Gettingalongwiththecookisutterlyimportant,asfoodhastobe prepared after schedule anddinerhastobeservedontime.

Servingdiner is not supposed to takeplace like in American prisonmovies,where apathetic inmates or caterersthrowfoodattheplatesoftheprison-er,notcaringatall.Acertainattitudeisneededand it isallaboutservice.Thediners should be servedwith a smile.Theshiporrigistheworkershomeandwhen notworking they should feel alittlelikeathome,thoughitcannevercompetewiththerealhomesonland.

Altogether the right candidate musttakealotofheat,hastobeveryservice

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minded,doesneedastrongstomach,andshouldlikecleaning.Intheunwrit-ten hierarchies on board the cateringassistantisoftenseenasthelowestper-soninthesystem.Selfconfidenceandthe awareness that without cateringassistant effective working would notbepossibleoffshoreisneeded.Thoughtraditionallythisworkwasdonebyshipboys longtimeago, itwas theoneofthefirstplacesforwomentoenterthe«mansworld»ofshippingandoffshore.Asinallmendominatedareas,sexismcanbeaproblem.Theanswer tosex-ismisselfconfidenceandtodrawthelines.Sometimescourageisneededtoreportincidentsandwomeninterestedinworkinginoffshorecateringshouldkeep this inmind. The samegoes forracism. Though seafaring has beeninternational and people of all raceshave been sailing together for over500years,therearecasesofracismandagainstpeopleofdifferentnationality,colororreligionandthevictimsaretheassumedweakest.Reporting isusuallyagoodwaytohandlethisproblemaslike with sexism harassers usually arecowardsand submiteasily toauthori-tieslikethechiefofficerorcaptain.

Applying for work as a catering assistantThe equation is simple. Thework canbedonebyeverybody(intheory!),sal-aries are high especially for unskilledworkersandbeingoffshorecanbefun.Therefore thenumberof applicants ismuchlargerthanthenumberofvacan-cies.Soevenwithoutanyextraeduca-tion, thechancesgetmuchbetter for

jobseekerswithexperience in relatedfield.Havingworkedinahotel,incater-ingbeforeandhavinggoodreferenceshelps. It is even better to any profes-sional qualifications. Restaurant man-agers,qualifiedcateringassistant,hotelandleisureprofessionals,personswithcourses in facilitymanagement standin the first rows of the queue. Evenbetter is if you have experience fromcruise or yachts. Usually catering per-sonnel is hired by manning agenciesfor offshore companies. Finding outwhich theseagenciesareandhowtocontactthemisagoodstartingpoint.Catering assistantswhowant toworkon ships, canoften apply at the ship-pingcompanydirectly.Iwouldrecom-mendtocontactshippingcompaniesdirectlyandaskhowtheyhandlecater-ing,whereandhowtoapplyandtakeit from there on. Be aware that it cantake a long time before a job comesup.Experiencefrompreviousoffshoreworkisagreatadvantage.Anyexperi-encecounts.Ifyouhavenotbeenabletogetapermanentjob,tryshorttermvacancies. If youdon`tget a jobonaplatform try the offshore fleet. If youthisdoesn`tworkoutyoucouldtryfer-ries,butthequestionishowfarwillyougo.Beanywaypreparedtotravelwith-in24hours.Afteronetripoffshoreyourchancesaremuchbetter,butprepareyourself to take threeor fourof thesetrips before youget a permanent joboffer.Andbepreparedtobewaiting...If you are very sure that youwant toworkasacateringassistant,it isworthit. It is adifficultmarket. Sogood luckeveryone!Tobecontinued...

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INTERESTOur ship of the month!

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TEXT BY: Carl Eric B. Vethal, Recruitment Manager

Though everyone could think other-wise, I am not writing about someunknown Mexican beauty, but aboutUgland Offshore new supply ves-sel Juanitaandsheanominee for the“Shipof theYear”award2014.UglandOffshoreispartoftheUglandGroup,alarger shipowner inGrimstad, a smalltowninSouthernNorway.TheUglandGroup has been with the shippingworldfornearly85yearsnowandisafamilyownedcompany.

PSVJuanitaisaKlevenbuiltvesselhasaSALT100PSVdesign,andthefirstSALT100PSVshipdelivered.KlevenshipyardinUlsteinvik,NorthofBergen,Norway,has a longexperience inbuildingoff-shore vessels. The advantages of thetype100PSVshallbealowerfuelcon-sumptionandemissions,flexiblecargohandlingandhighercapacitiesforsafecarriage of noxious liquid chemicals.Besidesagreatdesign,Juantiaspropul-sionsystemmakesherveryspecial.Thepropulsionsystemisaresultofacoop-erationbetweenSaltShipDesignandScana Propulsion. Juanita is poweredby apair of contra-rotatingpropellerswith 2,300kW and 1,700kW. These are

controlledbytwomagnetmotors.Thepropellersrotateinthesameshaftline.Efficiencyisthekeyword.Contrarotat-ing propellers aremore capable thansimilarsinglepropellers.Motorsdirect-ly connected to the propellers havelesscomponentsandthisall results inanimprovedenergyconversion,whichisthegreatgainoftheSALT100.Fuelsavingupto25percentispossiblewiththissolution.

She is new, she is young and she has that certain Latin thing men love. She is sexy, her loveliness made her become nominated for a beauty price

and her name is “Juanita”.

MS“Juanita”hasbeenoperationalsinceApril.Accordingtothenews

crewandcaptainarehappywiththeirworkingplace.TheshipissecuredatwoyearscontractwithStatoil.AfewdaysagoJuanitawasspottedattheWesterncoastofNorway,NorthofBergen.

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MS Juanita - the technical specifications:

• Flag: Norway (NOR)

• Length overall: 88,90 m

• Width: 20,00 m

• Depth: 8,80 m

• Gross tonnage: 4839 t

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• NT: 1469

• Cargo deck area: 1035m2

• Deck load capacity: VCG 1m above deck 3000t

• Main propulsion: 3x Wartsila 9L20 4,995kW and 2 xWartsila 4L20 1,500kW

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• Speed: 15,0 kts

• Fuel consumption: 12,0 kts / 1500 dwt 7,1 t/24h

• Tunnel trusters, forward: 2 x 1200 kW

• Tunnel trusters, rear: 2 x 1400 kW

• Retractable azimuth thrusters, forward: 880 kW

• Main generator set: 6160 kW

• Accommodation: 24 persons

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How to deal with difficult people at work

HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

Difficult people do exist atwork. Howdifficultapersonisforyoutodealwithdepends on your self-esteem, yourself-confidence, and your professionalcourage.Wearealldifferentindifferentways.Wehave all our perception of how thingsshouldbe,howweshouldbehave,andwhatisrighttodo.It isimportanttorespectotherpeople.Everything is based on what we havebeen taught throughout our child-hooduntilnow.Differentbackgrounds,differentchildhoods,differentrules,dif-ferentvalues,anddifferentopinionshaveaffected us and it makes everyone’smodeloftheworlddifferent.Thatiswhyit is importanttorespectotherpeople.Youcandisagreewithaperson’smod-el of the world, but at the same timerespect it. Even though this may notalways be easy, as it can conflict withyourownvalues.

Whenitcomestorulesthathavebeensetatwork, forexample, thecompanysets their own values, and rules. If youcannot accept the company’s valuesandrules,thenitwillbedifficultforyoutowork there (youwill end up alwaysdisagreeing and using a lot of energydoingso).Itwillalsobedifficultforthecompany you areworking for to haveyouworkingthere.

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TEXT BY: Lene Håland, Jr. Recruiter

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How to deal with difficult people at work

HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

TechniquesIn order to handle difficult people atwork you canuse a visualization tech-nique , before the situation escalatesintoaconflict.Thistechniquecanbeusedinmanydif-ferent settings. Take for an example apersonwhoispowerfulandtakesalotofspace.Youaredreadingtoworkwiththis person, but you need to for yourjob.Thistechniqueisbestifyouareabletovisualize,andyouareabletoimaginepicturesinyourhead.What you should do: Visualise the dif-ficult person in a picture, shrink thepersonto intoasmallfigure,andthenput the persondown in the corner ofthepicture.Herethepersoncansitandbe lesspowerful anddoesnot take somuchspace.Itwillbelikeasmallcomic,and youwill feel better. It is only yourimagination, and creativity, that stopsthisvisualisation.Somepeopleactuallysaytheyfeelsorryforthepersonwhentheyvisualize themsittingthere in thecorner.Anotherthingyoucandoistovisualisethepersoninapictureandputaclownnoseontheperson.Thensendtheper-sonfarawayoutinthehorizon,sothatthepersonisdistantfromyou.Theper-soncanstaytherewithhisclownnose,and this will bemore comfortable foryou.Visualisingadifficultpersonlikethiswillgiveyoupower.Noonecancontrolthewayyouwanttovisualise,andthus

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youwillfeellessuncomfortable.

CategoriesDifficultpeoplecomeineveryconceiv-ablevariety,anditisnotalwayseasytofindthecouragetotalk tothepersonyoufinddifficult. Inthiscaseyoumaywant to find out the type of personandhowtodealwiththisperson.Dif-ferentpeopleneed different kindsofapproaches.

Difficult people fall into four categories -Thenoseyperson.-The people who will not talk whentheyareannoyed.-Peoplewhoarevagueandindecisive.-Manipulators.

The nosey personThisoneisself-explanatory.Thenoseyperson is someone who always asksquestionsthatareextremelypersonal.Ofcourseitdependsonhowcloseyouare to your colleagues, but the ques-tionsare like:Howmuchdoyouearn,howmuchdoyouweigh,howmuchdidthat jacketcost,whodidyouvoteforinelections,whydidyougotothedoctor’soffice?Howmuchareyou indebt? Sexual questions, money ques-tions, health questions and religiousquestionsmaystepwayover the line,especially if youhardly know theper-son.Whatyoushoulddo: Itcanbeabitofashockwhensomeoneasksyouthesetypequestions so you shouldbepre-paredforhowyouaregoingtoreact.First,setyourownboundariesofwhattypeofquestionsyouwouldliketoan-swer.Do not be aggressive. Telling them

tomind their ownbusiness (Thiswastheresponse Igot frommycolleaguewhen I tested this out) can go downprettybadlyatwork.Eventhoughthisisanormalreactiontoapersonalques-tion,apparentlyisnotthebestsolution.Asking the person why they want toknowcanhelp.Thatwayyoucande-cide if it is agoodenough reason foryoutotellthem.Ifyoudonotwanttoanswer the question just politely saythat answering that question wouldmake you feel uncomfortable. Tellthemthatitisnotaboutthem;ratheritisjustarulethatyouhave.Donotaskpersonalquestionsbackjusttogivethematasteoftheirownmedi-cine.Iknowitistempting,butyouarebetterthanthat!

The people who will not talk when they are annoyed. Althoughmany find this childish andunprofessional,people,surprisingly,stilldo this.Somepeople justcannotfindthewordstotellyouhowtheyarefeel-ing,oraretooemotionaltotalkaboutit.Otherpeopledoitjusttomakeyoufeelbad.Thiscanbeatrickysituationatwork,especiallyifyouareworkingonaprojecttogether.Whatshouldyoudo?First,trytobeun-derstanding. Show them that you arewillingtolistenwhentheyarereadytotalk.Ifthatdoesnotwork,tellthemthattheir silent treatment actually makesyoufeelabituncomfortable,andthatyouwouldliketosortitout.Trypersuad-ingthemtotalk.Donotbothergivingthem the silent treatment back. Eventhoughthismaybetempting,youwilljustendupplayingalong,longgameofwhowillspeakfirst.

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The indecisive personThese are the people who can neverchoosewhichpart of theproject theywant toworkwithandhaveproblemsdeciding.Itcanbeextremelyfrustrating,especiallywhenyouenduphavingtomakealltheirdecisionsforthem.Whentheyleavethedecisiontoyouandyourapproach fails, then theblame fallsonyou,whichisofcoursenotfair.Whatshouldyoudo:Dowhatyoucanto get the person tomake a decision.Presentthemwithascenario,forexam-ple “We coulddo it like this or this, orthis,whichwouldyouprefer?”Ifyouaskthem a direct question, then theywillhavetogiveyouadirectanswer.Iftheyreplywiththeclassic“I’llleaveittoyou”,then let them know that if they reallycannotdecide, thenyouwill taketheirresponsetomeantheyagreewithyou.Thatwaytheresponsibilityfallsonbothofyouifitgoeswrong!

The manipulatorWhen dealingwith themanipulator itisbest tobedirect. Thatway theywillrealiseyouarenotapushover.Manipu-latorsuseallkindsoftrickssuchassar-casm,falsepraise,andbeingindirectinordertogetyoutodowhattheywantyoutodo.Whatdoyoudo:Thekeyisto(calmly!)question what they say, for exampleasking,“Whosaysthat?”Inaddition,youcan acknowledge their point of view,but thentell themwhatyouthink.Letthepersonknow that “insteadofhint-ingaboutwhatyouwantmetodo,youcanjusttellmedirectly”

“Iamthankfulforallthosedifficultpeopleinmylife;theyhaveshownmeexactlywhoIdonotwanttobe.

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MARKET NEWS

DOF awarded new contract

Norskan Offshore Ltda., a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has been awarded a 4 years contract with Petrobras for the vessel Skandi Hav. The new contract is expected to commence in November after com-pletion of the current contract with Petrobras.

www.dof.no

TEXT BY: Javier Zahn, Director OffshoreCrew AS

SOLSTAD OFFSHORENew contract by a major subsea contractor for hire of 3 Platform Sup-ply Vessels for pipe transportation

The firm contract duration repre-sents a total of 730 vessel days plus mobilisation, demobilisation and options. The contract will be ex-ecuted by Normand Carrier, Nor-mand Flipper and Normand Corona.

Commencement will be in Novem-ber 2014.

The contractual value is confidential between the parties.

Solstad Offshore ASA is among the largest offshore-shipping compa-nies in Norway, providing advanced vessels and extensive maritime competence for operations related to the offshore petroleum industry. The company has about 1,800 em-ployees, and operates 47 vessels all over the world. In addition the com-pany has 1 large subsea vessel un-der construction.Solstad Offshore is headquartered in Skudeneshavn, Norway and has branch offices in Brazil, Singapore, the Philippines, the United King-dom and Australia.

www.solstad.no

SEVAN MARINE

Premier Oil Norway AS has awarded Sevan Marine a FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) contract for the hull and marine systems of a Sevan type cylindrical FPSO for operation on the Premier Oil operated Bream field in the Norwegian Central North Sea.

CEO Carl Lieungh comments: “We are both proud and pleased to receive this FEED contract, demonstrating Premier Oil’s contin-ued confidence in our technology.”

www.sevanmarine.com

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SUBSEA7

Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contract in the Ivory Coast Luxembourg – 2 October 2014 - Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC; the Company) has been awarded a contract in the Ivory Coast by CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL (CNR International) in support of its Baobab Field Phase III development.

The scope of work covers the instal-lation of spools and umbilicals. The effective date of the contract is 25 September 2014, with the main off-shore installation phase expected to be executed by the Subsea 7 ves-sel the Seven Pacific in the second quarter of 2015.

Onshore project management and engineering will be carried out from the Company’s Paris office.

www.subsea7.com

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WINTERSHALL AWARDS SUBSEA CONTRACTS FOR MARIA FIELD

Wintershall, Germany’s largest internationally active oil and gas producer announces the award of its first significant subsea contract for its Norwegian activities. Worth approximately NOK 1.8 billion (US$280 million), the contract for Wintershall’s Maria development goes to FMC Technologies’ Norwe-gian subsidiary FMC Kongsberg Sub-sea AS. It has been assigned after a thorough selection process and in alignment with the other license partners. The award positions Win-tershall as a growth operator in the subsea arena, and puts the company in a position to move forward with existing and new developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

“Maria is our first subsea develop-ment in Norway and we are conse-quently building our expertise in this field. Wintershall sees future poten-tial for more developments of this kind on the Norwegian Continen-tal Shelf and Norway is becoming a center of excellence for this kind of work,” says Bernd Schrimpf, Manag-ing Director of Wintershall Norge. “I am proud that this is our first major subsea contract. It shows how com-mitted Wintershall is to Norway and further establishes our position as one of the country’s leading oil and gas producers.

www.wintershall.no

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EMAS AMC

EMAS AMC finalises triple contract signings with Noble Energy for sub-sea tie-back projects in the US Gulf Of Mexico. Combined contracts val-ued in excess of US$300 million*

First Deepwater Pipelay project for flagship vessel Lewek Constellation

Total scope includes over 80 miles (130 km) of Pipe-in-Pipe (PiP) flow-lines and over 56 miles (100 km) of umbilicals in water depths up to 7,200 ft (2,200 m)

Offshore work will commence in 2015 using five EMAS AMC offshore construction vessels

EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of inte-grated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today an-nounced that it has finalised three contracts with Noble Energy worth a combined total of over US$300 million.

The scope of work includes engi-neering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea tie-backs for the Big Bend, Dantzler and Gun-flint (announcement dated April 11, 2014, “Ezra Scores Award From No-ble Energy For The Gunflint Project In The Gulf Of Mexico”) field devel-opments in the US Gulf of Mexico.

www.emas.com

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