We also undertook various offshore projects with other leading clients in Qatar which include Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, Ras Gas, Qatar Gas, Maersk Oil Qatar, Total E & P Qatar etc. The important one to mention is the successful performance of the 2010 session of the painting contract at offshore location for the Occidental Petroleum of Qatar. The painting contract will be resuming after the winter break for the 2011 session by March - April 2011. Apart from these, Offshore and marketing department was successful in achieving a breakthrough in kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the award of few contracts with Saudi Aramco for seismic activities and geophysical surveys in Saudi waters.
Added to the contract related achievements, HOSC's fleet expanded with the introduction of two (2) new built DP vessels, Halul 38 and Halul 41 which were taken delivery on 01st April 2010 and 04th December 2010 respectively.
Of the two, Halul 38, DP 1 Construction support vessel has commenced her 3 year charter with Qatar Petroleum for the Construction services. Moreover there are five more vessels in various categories such as anchor handlers,platform support etc presently under construction and expected to be introduced to our fleet in the next 18 months. The year 2010 also witnessed HOSC taking over the ownership of 2 Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels, Maqdeem II and Diyab on 29th August 2010 and 30th August 2010 respectively, from our parent company, Qatar Navigation. HOSC also made its presence felt in the Offshore Industry by its active participation in the 3 day exhibition - Offshore Middle East 2010 (Doha -Qatar) held from 12TH October 2010 to 14th October 2010 at Qatar International Exhibition Center. The exhibition was organized under the patronage of H.E Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister. Also, in keeping with its reputation as a leading company in the offshore
business in Middle East, HQSC won the Shipowner of the year award at the event ShipTek 2010 conducted by Marine Biz TV, Dubai, UAE in November 2010.
With the ongoing rapid and steady expansion of HOSC on all fronts, we hope to undertake more long term / short term offshore projects over the
years and gain major success.
