NS Arpoador comes to Jurong Shipyard Aracruz

Qui, 19 de Fevereiro de 2015 09:24

From the arrival of the NS Arpoador in Jurong Shipyard Aracruz Pier (EJA), this morning, February 19, begins the process to its release with the Receita Federal do Brasil. After, begins the assembly of the crew accommodation mega blocks and the drilling rig. The equipment is already being assembled and has been built since last year by EJA operation team, while the hull had been built in the shipyards of Sembcorp Marine Group in Singapore.

To assemble the megablocks to the hull, a floating giant crane from EJA, with lifting capacity of up to 3,600 tons, will be used. The floating crane was manufactured in Japan, has a flag and Brazilian crew and is the largest in Latin America.

The construction work of the drilling rig and crew accommodation has been carried out by about 1000 EJA workers from different areas, such as welders, blasters, scaffold fitters, boilermakers, painters, technicians in shipbuilding, engineers, among others. The drillship Arpoador should be completed and delivered to the Sete Brasil later this year. It is expected that by April 2015 are directly hired about 400 workers at Jurong Shipyard Aracruz.

The NS Arpoador is the first of seven drill ships ordered by Sete Brasil to operate in ultra-deep waters of the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. In addition to the NS Arpoador, the Jurong Shipyard build in Aracruz other six probes ships: NS Guarapari, NS Camburi, NS Itaoca, NS Itaúnas, NS Siri e NS Sahy.

The vessel, with accommodation for a crew of up to 180 people, has extensive cargo capacity and useful space, advanced drilling equipment and a large central 'moon pool' (opening in the center of the ship similar to a pool where moving equipment drilling of oil wells). The drillship will be capable of operating at 10,000 feet deep (3,048 m) and drilling wells up to 40,000 feet (12.2 km) long.