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Marine vessels used to support oil and gas exploration and development are classified into three categories: offshore supply vessels; production, maintenance, and construction support vessels; and construction vessels. Offshore supply vessels include crewboats, platform supply vessels, and anchor-handling towing supply vessels. Construction vessels include liftboats, derrick barges, and pipelay barges. Production maintenance and construction support vessels provide well intervention and light construction capability. We begin with a general description of vessel specifications, describe vessel construction and operating costs in general terms, and highlight the primary characteristics of each vessel class.
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Kaiser, M.J. (2015). Service and Construction Vessels. In: Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17013-8_3
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