Sapura Jade. Picture provided by Royal IHC Royal IHC has named and launched the pipelaying vessel Sapura Jade in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.
The naming of the fully integrated vessel was performed by Belle de Bruin, Managing Director of the Indofin Group, says a press release from the company.The new-build is the fourth in a series of five fully integrated pipelaying vessels being built for Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill.
The ship is the fourth in a series of five fully integrated pipelaying vessels that will be completely designed, engineered and built by IHC.
After delivery, the Sapura Jade is, like her sister vessels – the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázioand Sapura Ônix– destined to travel to Brazilian waters to develop deep-sea oilfields of up to 2500m on behalf of Petrobras.
The 550t vessel – like the Sapura Ônix– will be equipped with a pipelaying spread designed and built by IHC, and two below-deck storage carousels, with capacities for 2500-tonne and 1500-tonne of product respectively.
A vertical (tiltable) lay system with a 550-tonne top tension capacity will be permanently installed for the deployment of a range of flexible products, and the tower orientation allows for maximum deck space. A custom-designed IHC control system integrates each aspect of the pipelaying spread to ensure excellent levels of performance, safety and reliability.
