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On July 7th 2009 at Vyborg Shipyard there was held launching ceremony of SB Pontoon of the first Russian SMODU project Moss CS 50 MkII
On July 7th 2009 at Vyborg Shipyard there was held launching ceremony of SB Pontoon of the first Russian SMODU project Moss CS 50 MkII for needs of ОАО «Gazprom» within the framework of the program of development of Shtokman Gas Condensate Field.
At the ceremony there were present: Governor of the Leningrad region V.P. Serdjukov, General Director of LLC Gazflot Y.V. Shamalov, Chief of Technical Directorate of ОАО «Gazprom» V.S.Vovk, Сhairman of the Board of Directors of Vyborg Shipyard JSC G.A. Poryadin, General Director of Vyborg Shipyard JSC V.G. Levchenko.
In their speeches the participants of the meeting pointed out the high importance of development of offshore oil & gas fields for Russia and necessity of building modern technical facilities for the Arctic region. All speakers expressed confidence that Vyborg Shipyard will be able to execute this pilot project with high quality and in the contract dates.
Among the honorary guests to congratulate Vyborg shipbuilders on the occasion the ceremony was attended by the President of the project design company Moss Maritime, Norway, Per Herbert Kristensen.
By orthodox tradition the priest of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral Maxim Pavlov went through the ceremony of christening of the Pontoon. Galina Shamalova was nominated Godmother of the SMODU. By the long-standing sea-borne tradition the Godmother crashed a bottle of champagne against the board of the SMODU to bless her for a long and happy life and gave her the name «Polar Star».
Production Director of Vyborg Shipyard V.I. Ruskin reported readiness of the Pontoon for launching. Command to start moving of the Pontoon to the floating-out chamber was given by General Director of Vyborg Shipyard V.G. Levchenko.
SMODUs construction is based on concept design MOSS CS-50 MK-II VI generation developed by the Norwegian engineering company Moss Maritime for northern seas. Units will be of the catamaran type with two pontoons and six stabilizing columns supporting the upper hull and topside.
The Units are designed to operate in arctic conditions in drifting ice thickness to 70 cm at temperatures down to — 30 degrees C in water depth to 500m, drilling depth 7 500 m. Rated life of the Units is 20 years with provision for further extension.