View Full Version : Sakhalin Energy buy 3 AW189s
212man
21st Dec 2018, 14:00
https://helihub.com/2018/12/21/sakhalin-energy-signs-aw189-contract/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HelihubNews+%28HeliHub.com+%C2%BB+Daily +News+Update%29
malabo
21st Dec 2018, 15:15
Sakhalin Energy is Shell, so some leverage to move on from the Mil's. 189's have a production line in Russia, Leonardo partnered with Rosneft, so a semi-domestic helicopter. Isn't Rosneft also partnered with Exxon in Sakhalin-1? Russia is closed to ex-pat pilots, but any spending news is good news.
212man
21st Dec 2018, 15:53
Not quite Shell - they are a 27.5% JV partner - but they have adopted many Shell requirements and have a few staff seconded there. Yes XOM have a 189 but not sure if it’s on location yet.
noooby
21st Dec 2018, 17:02
Sakhalin Energy is Shell, so some leverage to move on from the Mil's. 189's have a production line in Russia, Leonardo partnered with Rosneft, so a semi-domestic helicopter. Isn't Rosneft also partnered with Exxon in Sakhalin-1? Russia is closed to ex-pat pilots, but any spending news is good news.
139's have a production line in Russia (serial numbers starting with 60XXX). Not 189' s (yet). So far Rosneft have AW189's produced in Italy (49031, 49032, 49037, 49038, 49042, 49043, 49044, 49046, 49047 and 49052). I haven't heard anything recently about what has happened to the 189 production line for Moscow. The 139 line doesn't seem to do a lot.