OREANDA-NEWS. August 16, 2011. China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC) signed a contract with SpecTec Asia Pacific East Ltd, SpecTec Group Hong Kong subsidiary.

The contract is relevant to the supply of AMOS Maintenance and Procurement modules for six Offshore Support Vessels, two pipelay vessels and one crane barge.

AMOS M&P will integrate management of maintenance work and costs, stock control and purchasing onboard the vessel.

One of the vessels included in the contract is COOEC first flagship deep-water pipe-laying vessel, the Haiyangshiyou 201, depicted below.

The vessel will be used on CNOOC’s deep-water pipelay service duties at Husky’s Liwan 13-1 Gas Field in the South China Sea. COOEC will be the operator of the \\$US439 million vessel, which has a lifting capacity of 4000 t and is capable of functioning in water depths of up to 3,000 m. The unit has the capacity to lay 5 km of subsea pipelines per day. The Haiyangshiyou 201 was built by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries, in Rugao city, Jiangsu province.

Hai Yang Shi You 201" has integrated a number of world-class manufacturing technologies, and its detail design and construction were independently carried out in China. It belongs to the Eleventh Five-Year National Science and Technology Program and National High-Tech R & D Program, or 863 Program.