Gulf Marine Services PLC Three Long-Term Contract Awards in MENA (2930B)

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Gulf Marine Services PLC

19 September 2018

Gulf Marine Services PLC

('Gulf Marine Services', 'GMS', 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Three Long-Term Contract Awards in MENA

Gulf Marine Services (LSE: GMS), the leading provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, is pleased to announce it has been awarded three long-term contracts in the MENA region.

The new charters, which are subject to the completion of legal documentation and finalisation of the vessel delivery schedule, are for one Small Class and two Mid-Size Class SESVs and are currently expected to commence in Q4 2018/Q1 2019. The charter period for each of the three vessels is five years (including options) during which time they will be supporting well intervention and maintenance activities in the region.

Duncan Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of GMS, said:

"We are delighted to have been awarded new charters totalling 15 years (including options) by a national oil company in the MENA region. These contracts more than comfortably double the Group's secured backlog and are testament to our strong track record and excellent client relationships. We continue to be encouraged by levels of enquiries and tender activity as our clients focus on increasing their operations in a recovering market."

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John Brown

Company Secretary (responsible for arranging the release of this announcement)

Gulf Marine Services PLC

19 September 2018

Enquiries

For further information please contact:

 
 
  Gulf Marine Services 
  PLC                           Brunswick 
  Duncan Anderson               Patrick Handley - UK 
  John Brown                    Will Medvei - UK 
  Tel: [phone]         Tel: [phone] 
  Anne Toomey                   Jade Mamarbachi - UAE 
  Tel: [phone]      Tel: [phone] 
 

Notes to Editors:

Gulf Marine Services PLC, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in Abu Dhabi in 1977 and has become the world's leading provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs). The fleet serves the oil, gas and renewable energy industries from its offices in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. The Group's assets are capable of serving clients' requirements across the globe, including those in the Middle East, South East Asia, West Africa and Europe.

The GMS core fleet of 13 SESVs is amongst the youngest in the industry, with an average age of seven years. The vessels support GMS' clients in a broad range of offshore oil and gas platform refurbishment and maintenance activities, well intervention work and offshore wind turbine maintenance work (which are opex-led activities), as well as offshore oil and gas platform installation and decommissioning and offshore wind turbine installation (which are capex-led activities).

The SESVs are categorised by size - Small, Mid-Size and Large Class - with these capable of operating in water depths of 45m to 80m depending on leg length. The vessels are four-legged and are self-propelled, which means they do not require tugs or similar support vessels for moves between locations in the field; this makes them significantly more cost-effective and time-efficient than conventional offshore support vessels without self-propulsion. They have a large deck space, crane capacity and accommodation facilities (for up to 300 people) that can be adapted to the requirements of the Group's clients. In addition, an innovative well workover cantilever system commissioned on a Large Class SESV in 2017 allows GMS to increase the well intervention activities carried out from the vessel and to supplant higher cost non-propelled drilling rigs.

Gulf Marine Services PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 213800IGS2QE89SAJF77

www.gmsuae.com

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