By VINCENT WEE
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KEPPEL Corporation's shipbuilding unit, Keppel Singmarine, yesterday delivered a multi-purpose duty rescue vessel to Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft (Lukoil) - the fifth it has delivered to the services and marketing unit of major Russian oil company Lukoil Oil Company since 2003.
The 60-tonne bollard pull vessel, Kogalym, was jointly designed by Keppel's ship design and development arm Marine Technology Development (MTD), and its consultants, Robert Allan. The ice-class vessel will be deployed in the Caspian Sea region to perform supply duty and rescue operations in temperatures as low as minus 20° Celsius and ice thickness of up to 70cm.
Lukoil has been working with the yard to build vessels that meet the stringent requirements to operate in its fields, where conditions are extremely harsh.
Over the last four years, Lukoil has entrusted Keppel Singmarine with several specialised shipbuilding projects such as Asia's first icebreakers, two ice-class anchor handling tug/supply vessels and a floating storage and offloading vessel, which is being completed by sister yard Caspian Shipyard Company in the Caspian Sea.
'Through the successful delivery of Kogalym and several other important projects, we have developed a good understanding of Lukoil's operating requirements, be it in the Caspian Sea or Arctic regions,' said Keppel Singmarine executive director Hoe Eng Hock.
'In the process, we have also honed our expertise in designing, engineering and constructing advanced ice-capable vessels.'
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