TransAtlantic signs contract for AHT/Icebreaker Balder Viking

TransAtlantic has signed a contract with the English company Capricorn Energy Ltd, for the AHTS/Icebreaker Balder Viking. Capricorn is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC based in Edinburgh.

The AHTS/Icebreaker Balder Viking will assist oil drilling west of Greenland, starting in end of April 2011. The operation extends over a four month period.

The assignment is for "supply services" for the drilling operation and will probably also include towing of but not icebreaking as the operation will take place in open water.
Source: TransAtlantic