Bourbon forced to reduce fleet operations

Three months after being acquired by five creditor banks, Bourbon is faced with a new market crisis. The fall in oil prices and Covid-19 pandemic are a double whammy for its vessel operations in West Africa.

08/04/2020 at 16h58, by Thibaud Teillard

Drilling and offshore exploration operations have been significantly slowed down by the health crisis. Investment decisions have been postponed due to the increasingly uncertain financial outlook and some existing contracts have been suspended.

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