2 januari 2012

Wärtsilä to Design Pipe Laying Vessels

Wärtsilä is to supply the design and propulsors/positioning system for a series of two new flexible pipe laying vessels (PLVs) for advanced operations. The vessels are to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in the Republic of Korea.

The owner and operator is a joint venture of France-based energy industry company, Technip, and the Brazilian oil and gas industry company, Odebrecht Óleo & Gás (OOG). The vessels will work on a long-term charter in Brazilian waters for Petrobras.
 

Operating in Water Depths of over 2500 Metres

The new VS 4146 PLV design has been tailored to the stringent requirements of both the owners and Petrobras. The vessels, which have a high pipe lay tension capacity of 550 tonnes, are designed to achieve optimal fuel consumption in the design conditions, and to meet the need for efficient flexible pipe laying operations. They will be utilized mainly to install umbilical and flexible flow lines and risers to connect sub-sea wells to floating production units in waters more than 2500 metres deep.
 

Ship Particulars

• Type: VS 4146 PLV
  
• Length: 145.60 m
  
• Breadth moulded: 30 m
  
• Depth moulded: 12.7 m
  
• Pipe lay tension capacity: 550 tonnes

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