SET Announcements

Ref: COR:MS/EL08018e/ms

11 September 2008

Subject: Mermaid Secures Contract for Subsea Installation Job from CUEL In the Gulf of Thailand

To : The President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand

Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company Limited ("TTA") would like to confirm that Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. ("MOS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited ("Mermaid"), has secured a contract for subsea installation job from CUEL Limited ("CUEL") in the Gulf of Thailand. Details of which are as follows.

1. The Parties Involved

Client: CUEL Limited

Contractor: Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. Relationship between Client and

Contractor: None

2. Duration of the Contract
The contract is for supporting CUEL's 2009 subsea installation programme. It is a part of a major long term agreement with CUEL in the Gulf of Thailand for various clients of CUEL with options to extend year by year up to the end of 2013.

3. General Characteristics of the Transaction
MOS, one of the region's leading provider of sub-sea engineering services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has secured a contract with CUEL, one of the region's major EPCIC fabrication contractors, to provide saturation and air diving services supported by remotely operated vehicle (ROV) intervention, utilising the vessel 'Mermaid Commander' for CUEL's various clients in the Gulf of Thailand.

4. Total Value of Consideration
The contract for CUEL's 2009 subsea installation programme is valued at approximately USD 30 million. In the event that the contract is extended until the end of 2013, the contract's total estimated value would be USD150-200 million.

MOS had carried CUEL's subsea installation programme for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

 

Please be informed accordingly.

 

Yours faithfully,
Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company Limited

 

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(Miss Nuch Kalyawongsa)
Director, Group Finance/Accounting

 

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(Miss Mantanee Surakarnkul)
Company Secretary