GSP Offshore is among the 14 partners of the project coordinated by José Luis Domínguez, head of the Power Systems group at IREC, along with other companies and educational institutions.

The project will implement a 5 MW demonstrator in the Black Sea, paving the way for industrial mass production and the deployment of floating offshore wind farms. By coupling synergies with the oil & gas sectors, the BLOW project aims to accelerate the energy transition in the region and foster societal acceptance and cross-border policy development.

Offshore wind is a clean, cost-efficient, and scalable power source, and floating offshore wind energy is expected to play a key role in unlocking the vast potential of deep-sea areas. The project started in January 2023, has a budget above 21 M€ and will last for 5 years.

From now onwards, let the wind BLOW!!!!!

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The SASB gas field encompasses a total license area of 12,385ha, being one of the biggest natural gas production and development projects located in the Black Sea, offshore Turkey.

Scope of work comprises drilling of 5 wells from existing wellhead production platforms, using the GSP Uranus jack up rig.

GSP Uranus is a three-legged, self-evelating unit, cantilever type, Marathon Le Tourneau Class 116-C design drilling rig, maximum water depth up to 100 m and 7.600 m maximum drilling depth.

“We are pleased to partner with Canadian company Trillion Energy. We are confident that our expertise from previous succesfully completed projects in the Black Sea stands as a guarantee for the activities that will be performed under the SASB Project,” stated Gabriel Comanescu, President and CEO of GSP Group.

About GSP

The companies within the GSP group provide integrated services for the oil & gas industry, such as: drilling, offshore construction, shipping, engineering and aviation. The group operates an extensive fleet of mobile offshore shallow and deep water drilling units, construction and multi-role vessels, technical vessels and heavy lift crane barges.

200+ people will keep working on the hook-up and commissioning faze.

The Topside weighs more than 1350 tons and was lifted on the transport barge and on top of the Jacket by GSP Neptune, the largest sea crane in the Black Sea – 1800t capacity.

Assets used: GSP Bigfoot 1, GSP Bigfoot 2, GSP Neptun crane barge (1800T capacity), GSP Alcor

Topside fabricated at GSP Shipyard in Agigea, Constanța.

GSP is the EPCI builder of the Midia Gas Developement project, developed by Black Sea Oil and Gas company, member of The Carlyle Group.

17:55PM, 11.03.2021
GSP Falcon transportă echipajul salvat la Dana Pasageri Port Constanța.

• GSP Falcon a fost înștiințat la ora 17.25 de către RMCC Constanța de eliberare din acțiunea de Căutare și Salvare pe Mare – SAR.
• Acțiunea SAR va continua de către o nava a gărzii de coasta și de o fregată a marinei militare.
• GSP Falcon va transporta la Dana Pasageri, Portul Constanța, persoanele salvate. ETA 12.03.2021 ora 06.00.

15:27PM, 11.03.2021
GSP continuă operațiunea de căutare și salvare

• GSP Falcon continuă operațiunea de căutare a marinarului dispărut, precum și de recuperare a persoanei decedate, sub coordonarea MRCC Constanța
• Temperatura apei este de aproximativ 5-7 grade Celsius
• Nouă marinari ucraineni se află la bordul GSP Falcon, în stare bună de sănătate.

14:25PM, 11.03.2021
Pacienta a ajuns in siguranta la aeroportul Mihail Kogalniceanu

• La ora 14.06 elicopterul GSP a aterizat in siguranță pe Aeroportul Kogălniceanu
• Pacienta, in vârsta de 26 ani, este echilibrată hemodinamic și conștientă
• Aceasta a preluata de un elicopter SMURD pentru a fi transportata la SJU Constanta.

13:40PM, 11.03.2021
Update operațiune salvare GSP FALCON: Pacienta a fost preluata in siguranta la bordul elicopetrului GSP

• La ora 13.34 elicopterul GSP a decolat de la GSP Falcon cu destinația Aeroport Kogălniceanu
• Pacienta va fi preluata de un elicopter SMURD pentru a fi transportata la SJU Constanta.

12:30PM, 11.03.2021
GSP a inițiat operațiunea de evacuare medicală pentru un membru al echipajului, pe calea aerului, cu elicopterul.

• Singura femeie din echipajul ucrainian va fi evacuată cu elicopterul GSP, care a decolat la ora 12.35 din baza GSP Midia.
• Transportul se va efectua ca urmare a agravării starii de sănătate a acesteia.
• Elicopterul este pregatit pentru misiuni de tip MEDEVAC (Evacuare Medicala)
• La bordul aeronavei sunt doi piloti, 1 medic, 1 asistent medical si un tehnician.
• Operațiunea continuă pentru căutarea unui membru al echipajului ucrainean, încă negăsit.
• Vom reveni cu detalii.

10:30AM, 11.03.2021
Marinarii salvați vor fi transportați la dana de pasageri din Portul Constanța, la finalizarea operațiunilor de salvare

Nava Volgo Balt 179 este scufundată. Echipajul navei este format din 13 persoane, 12 bărbați și o femeie, toți cetățeni ucraineni.

Cele zece persoane salvate se află în spitalul navei GSP Falcon și primesc toate îngrijirile necesare. Un membru al echipajului nu a fost găsit până în acest moment. Operațiunea de salvare continuă. Vom reveni cu detalii.

9.25AM, 11.03.2021

La 04:40 dimineața GSP Falcon a recepționat un mesaj de urgență de la nava “Volgo Balt 179”. Operațiunea de Salvare a început fără întârziere, în condiții meteo deosebit de dificile 50 km/h și valuri de 4 metri.

Ultimul mesaj transmis de “Volgo Balt 179” a fost de abandon navă.

Până în acest moment au fost salvați 10 marinari. Aceștia se află în siguranță la bordul GSP Falcon.

Două persoane au decedat. În același timp se caută în apele mării încă o persoană.

Comandatul GSP Falcon, Victor Marina conduce operațiunile de salvare.

Poziția comunicată de Volgo Balt 179 la momentul SOS: 76 de mile în largul Mării Negre.

The Midia Gas Development project reaches a new milestone, with the first 127 T cellar deck being centered and welded into place, after a carefully coordinated lifting operation.

Please watch the video below, and see the two Liebherr cranes carefully lift, move, and position the deck in our Agigea base.

“Our teams successfully refloated the Queen Hind. Our data shows that this was a unique operation, at least for the Black Sea region. The ship is now firmly in place at dock. We gladly announce that thanks to a tireless, human and technical, effort normal operations can resume at Midia Harbor”, specified Gabriel Comănescu, president and CEO of Grup Servicii Petroliere.

GSP employees worked around the clock for the refloating operations. Our diver teams worked even in four shifts. „GSP spared no resources for this project. We are fully aware of the emergency factor in the operation. We worked fast and did a good job. We registered no safety incidents, or environmental riscs”, said the president and CEO of GSP, Gabriel Comănescu. GSP mobilized, for the Queen Hind refloat operation, the biggest sea crane in the Black Sea: GSP Neptun.

Our experts used barges to further stabilize the Queen Hind. “It was not an easy operation. There seldom are easy operations in our field of work. We managed to refloat a ship, comparable in length to a football field. GSP successfully finished, without incidents, in record time a complex refloat operation”, stated Gabriel Comănescu. GSP is starting phase two of the agreed plan with the beneficiary. The mission to free the Queen Hind of the biological load, in 100% safe conditions for the personnel as well as for the environment, will be developed in close collaboration with local and national authorities. A big thank you to all our employees and partners, for a job well done.

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As general contractor, GSP will integrate a series of services that includes onshore and offshore operations and maintenance as well as harbour operations, maritime transportation, aviation services and other support services.

„Throughout the last 15 years, GSP has been developing its expertise in providing integrated services for offshore oil & gas industry. We started in 2004, as a drilling contractor, and since then we have been continuously investing in expanding our range of services. Today, GSP has the capabilities to cover an extensive range of services, from drilling and greenfield developments to asset management of brownfields.

We are confident that we will successfully deliver a project of such complexity, as we rely on our specialists` professionalism as well as on our assets that comply with the most exigent international standards”, said Gabriel Comanescu, President of GSP.

The operations under the contract will be performed by GSP Offshore SRL and with support from GSP group companies – Grup Servicii Petroliere Logistic SRL (“GSP Logistics”, Grup Servicii Petroliere Shipyard SRL (“GSP Shipyard”), Grup Servicii Petroliere Catering SRL (“GSP Catering”), Vega Offshore SRL, acting as subcontractors.

The project is scheduled to commence in the second half of  2019, and has an estimated duration of 8 years.

About GSP:

The companies within the GSP group provide integrated services for the oil & gas industry, such as: drilling, offshore construction, shipping, aviation and engineering. The group operates an extensive fleet of mobile offshore drilling units, construction and multi-role vessels, technical vessels and heavy lift crane barges.

GSP Offshore has signed the contract for integrated drilling services with Lukoil Overseas Atash BV. The project will be developed in Trident field, in the Romanian Black Sea sector and marks a new milestone for GSP, as the company accesses the deep-water drilling market.

The Trident field concession rights are owned by the Romanian branch of the Dutch subsidiary of Lukoil (87.8%) and Romgaz, the Romanian state-owned producer (12.2%). The gas deposit in the Trident field is estimated to 30 billion cubic meters and could be the second largest in Romania’s exclusive economic area.

GSP acts as main contractor, being responsible for the entire management of the drilling campaign. The scope of work comprises drilling and well-related services, as well as logistics and aviation. The project involves the drilling of a new expiration well – Trinity-1X, for which Saipem`s Scarabeo 9 semisubmersible drilling rig will be mobilized. The Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) is an ultra-deep-water drilling unit, designed to operate in water depth up to 12,000 ft, and with a drilling depth capacity up to 50,000 ft below the rotary table, and has been chosen due to its ability to lower its tower in order to allow the crossing of the Bosphorus Strait.

The drilling activities under the project are expected to commence in 4Q 2019.

The project is part of an OMV Petrom investment aiming at increasing the production from the Lebada-East field by drilling two new wells at more than 2,000 m subsurface.

“Over the course of 15 years, we have completed various offshore drilling projects in the Black Sea. Each and every project is a new challenge and we trust that, through our expertise, we will contribute to the development of the regional  Oil & Gas production.” said Gabriel Comanescu, President of GSP Holding.

The drilling activities will be performed with GSP Uranus, a three legs, self-evelating unit, cantilever type, Marathon Le Tourneau Class 116-C design drilling rig, maximum water depth up to 100 m and 7.600 m maximum drilling depth. In 2013, the MODU has undergone an extensive modernization and reclassification process, an investment project worth over 44 mil. USD.