The development of offshore facilities involves a variety of marine assets. Over the past few decades, there has been a drastic increase in the offshore E&P activities resulting in to increase in development and demand for offshore support vessels. These vessels are used for exploration, development, production and decommissioning phase of an offshore oil, and gas fields. Offshore support vessel (OSV) can be prepared according to the operators specifications. Offshore E&P operations are complex, failure of operations have drastic consequences on economy and environment. Different types of support vessels are required for different offshore environment. Therefore, development in technology has immensely supported the growth of offshore support vessel market.
Increase in oil demand is expected to increase the exploration and production, in turn fueling offshore support vessel market. However, fluctuating oil price, high initial investment, lack of skilled labor, and government regulations are the major restrains for the growth of offshore support vessel market.
Global Offshore Support Vessel Market Taxonomy
On the basis of water depth, the global offshore support vessel market is segmented as:
The Anchor Handling Towing and Supply Vessel segment is accounted to have highest demand in the offshore support vessel market. However, demand for Platform Supply Vessel is anticipated to increase over the forecast period.
The shallow water depth segment is accounted to have highest growth in offshore support vessel market, as the expenditure in shallow water is less. However, new projects are established in deep and ultra-deep waters over the last few decades emphasizing on the growth of offshore support vessel market.
Global Offshore Support Vessel Market Outlook
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