Royal IHC has named and launched the pipelaying vessel Sapura Rubi 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 Ms. Glaucia Maciel, Human Resource Manager of Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A.
Sapura Rubi
The Sapura Rubi is the fifth and final 550 t pipelaying vessel that IHC is supplying to Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. All five vessels are being completely designed, engineered and built by IHC. Like its sister vessels, the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázio, Sapura Ônix and Sapura Jade, the Sapura Rubi is destined for Brazilian waters to develop deep-sea oilfields of up to 2500 metres on behalf of Petrobras.
Pipelaying Equipment
The vessel will be equipped with a pipelaying spread designed and built by IHC, and two below-deck storage carousels, with capacities for 2500 t 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. A custom-designed IHC control system integrates each aspect of the pipelaying spread to ensure excellent levels of performance, safety and reliability.
Vessel Particulars
- Name: Sapura Rubi
- Type: 550 t pipelaying vessel
- Customer: Sapura Navegação Marítima
- Builder: Royal IHC
- 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
