Royal IHC has named and launched 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 Mrs Belle de Bruin, Managing Director of the Indofin Group. Earlier on the same day, the naming ceremony of its sister vessel Sapura Ônix also took place at the same location. It was carried out by Mrs Dahlia Abdul Aziz, spouse of Mr Alex Monsen, JV Board Member and VP of New Build/Senior Vice President of Seadrill.
Brazilian Deep-Sea
The Sapura Jade was ordered by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. It 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, like its sister vessels, the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázio and Sapura Ônix, will travel to Brazilian waters to develop deep-sea oilfields of up to 2500 metres water depth on behalf of Petrobras.
The 550 t 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 and 1500 t of product respectively. A vertical (tiltable) lay system with a 550 t 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.
Vessel Particulars
- Name Sapura Jade
- Type 550 t pipelaying vessel
- Owner Sapura Navegação Marítima
- Builder IHC Offshore & Marine BV
- Length overall 145.9 m
- Breadth moulded 29.9 m
- Depth main deck 13 m
- Draught (operational) 7.2 m
- Draught (max) 8.3 m
- Deadweight (operational) 10,727 t
- Deadweight (max) 31,402 t
- Accommodation 120 people
