Keppel Nantong Shipyard lays down keels of two supply vessels for Filanovsky field project in Caspian Sea (photo)

On October 4, 2014, Keppel Nantong Shipyard (China) laid down the keels of two supply vessels for Filanovsky field project in the Caspian Sea, says press center of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping which supervises the construction.

The vessels had been ordered by LUKOIL and will be operated by BUMIARMADA (Singapore) under long-term charter agreement. 

The new vessels are designed to supply resources to the Vladimir Filanovsky field development facilities in the northern part of the Caspian Sea and to ensure their safe operation. The project envisages equipping the vessels with systems to extinguish fires on fixed offshore platforms and at the transshipment terminal, as well as equipment to deal with oil spills.

Main particulars: maximum length – 80.00 m, width - 16.50 m, depth - 6.20 m, summer draft - 3.80 market, deadweight – 1,000 t, class notation - КМ✪Arc4 [1] AUT1 ICS FF3WS DYNPOS-2 Supply vessel. 

Technical survey during construction is being implemented by the RS Branch Office in Shanghai. Completion of construction is scheduled for September 2015. 

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) actively participates in the development of V. Filanovsky oil and gas condensate field - the largest field as regards to oil stock being discovered in recent 10 years.