Polarcus Limited announced today that the Company is upgrading POLARCUS SAMUR from the current 6 streamer arrangement to an 8 streamer configuration.
The upgrade will enable the Company to take advantage of the evolving seismic market environment and provide the flexibility to tender the vessel on a larger number of contracts. This will have a positive effect on the vessel’s revenue generating capabilities that are projected to increase by an additional 25%. The Company’s design studies have determined that the upgrade can be undertaken with a vessel CAPEX increase of only 2.5%, or USD 3 million, and with no material change to the present guided delivery date of end Q4 2010.
After the upgrade, to be undertaken at the Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard, prior to delivery of the vessel, POLARCUS SAMUR will be capable of deploying up to 8 streamers each of 6,000m length, or 6 streamers each of 8,000m length, with lateral streamer separations of between 25 and 200 meters. The additional 14 kilometers of streamer required for the new configuration has been ordered under the Company’s existing vendor lease facility.
About Polarcus
Polarcus is a pure play marine geophysical company with a pioneering environmental agenda, specializing in high-end towed streamer data acquisition from Pole to Pole. Polarcus is launching a fleet of modern 3D seismic vessels using the innovative ULSTEIN X-BOW® design and incorporating advanced maritime technologies for improved operational efficiency with a reduced environmental footprint. Polarcus offers contract seismic surveys and multi client projects worldwide and has its principal office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Source: polarcus, September 21, 2010;