Clarksons Platou Securities has initiated coverage of Oystein Stray Spetalen’s platform supply vessel (PSV) investment company SD Standard Drilling with a buy rating.

Turner Holm, director of equity and credit research, said he expected the company to make accretive ship buys in the near future, with its cash-heavy balance sheet and no debt.

“Standard Drilling represents an opportunistic play on all-time low asset values for offshore vessels,” he added.

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