en.Wedoany.com Reported - Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services provider Saipem has updated the current location of its multipurpose DP3 heavy-lift pipelay vessel JSD6000, which is preparing for a natural gas project in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea.

Saipem revealed that the JSD6000 multipurpose DP3 heavy-lift pipelay vessel is currently located at the Port of Genoa, where it is undergoing preparations for the Neptun Deep project in the Black Sea. The vessel is docked at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard, where technical, maintenance, and upgrade activities will be carried out on critical systems, particularly the pipelay equipment, to ensure full compliance with operational requirements.

Delivered in June 2024, the JSD6000 is described by the Italian company as one of the most advanced vessels of its class, equipped with S-Lay and J-Lay capabilities and capable of deepwater operations, featuring a 5,200-ton capacity fully revolving heavy-lift crane. The vessel is fitted with a J-Lay system with a laying capacity of 1,500 tons and a gripping capacity of 2,000 tons for laying four-joint and three-joint pipe sections, as well as an S-Lay system with a gripping capacity of 900 tons under accident conditions, equipped with a modular stinger operated by a patented handling system.

Once preparations are complete, the vessel will be deployed to the Neptun Deep natural gas development project in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania, playing a key role in subsea installation operations. The 215-meter-long vessel will install deepwater subsea infrastructure, connecting wellheads to the production platform. Romania-based OMV Petrom (a subsidiary of Austria's OMV) and its partner Romgaz are advancing the project, which is expected to require an investment of up to €4 billion, with the goal of achieving first gas production by 2027. The Neptun Deep project includes an offshore production platform, three subsea systems, ten production wells—covering four already drilled at Pelican South and six being drilled at Domino—and an onshore gas metering and control station in Tuzla.

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