Vyborg Shipyard OJSC participates in the competition on construction of a port icebreaker and tugboat for Yamal LNG project, IAA PortNews journalist cites Aleksandr Solovyov, the company’s Director General, as saying at the ceremony marking the beginning of hull building for the lead 17.4-MWt icebreaker of Project 21900М ordered by FSUE Rosmorport.
According to him, Vyborg Shipyard is the only representative of United Shipbuilding Corporation to participate in the competition the result of which is to be announced before the year end. The order is estimated at $150-170 mln. Now, with the launch of the new self-submerge barge the company can build such vessels.
Vyborg Shipyard OJSC is one of the largest shipbuilding companies of the North-Western Region of Russia with over 60-years’ experience in shipbuilding. Vyborg Shipyard is a member of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Today the Shipyard specializes in building drilling rigs for offshore deposits development, vessels of small and medium tonnage as well as ship repair.
Yamal LNG project envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per annum based on the feedstock resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field. According to the PRMS reserve standards, the proven and probable reserves of the South-Tambeyskoye field as of 31 December 2012 were appraised at 907 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The Project also requires the construction of transport infrastructure including a sea-port and an airport located at Sabetta (north-east of the Yamal Peninsula). Yamal LNG is currently owned by NOVATEK (80%) and TOTAL (20%).