New seismic vessel for Fugro

Fugro has christened its new 3-D seismic vessel Geo Barents. This newbuilding is a 3-D seismic acquisition vessel capable of deploying six 6 streamers of up to 9 km in length. The vessel has an overall length of 76.95m and was built at Solstrand shipyard in Tomrefjord, south-west Norway, for owners KS Geo Barents.

“This vessel is the most advanced that Solstrand has ever built,” said Arne K Tenn?y, Managing Director of Solstrand. “Geo Barents is not only the largest vessel built by our shipyard but also the first for the offshore industry. It was a demanding and interesting project.”

The vessel hull was that of a trawler built by Noryard AS at Braila in Romania. The steel hull was towed to Norway late spring 2006 and then extended, making it possible to increase the number of crew onboard from 30 to 49 people.