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The company is importing more than 2 million barrels of oil directly from Africa. Acelen also invests in sustainability with the VLCC supership, practicing zero carbon footprint in all stages of maritime logistics.
For this Tuesday, (20/12), the company Acelen continues investing in sustainability and expands its presence in the market national oil. The company hired a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) super vessel to import 2 million barrels of oil from Angola, in Africa. In addition, the company practiced a zero carbon footprint in all stages of maritime logistics in the operation, ensuring more sustainability for the oil sector.
Acelen invests in sustainability and achieves a zero carbon footprint in all stages of maritime logistics for oil imports with the VLCC supership
Acelen carried out a major contract for the national oil and gas market. This involves importing 2 million barrels of oil from Africa, using a VLCC supership contracted by the company.
In addition to the large number of imported barrels, the highlight of the operation was the sustainability adopted by Acelen.
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This is because the company achieved a zero carbon footprint in all stages of the operation's maritime logistics: loading the ship; in transport between Angola and Brazil; and in transferring to smaller vessels to the Madre de Deus Terminal, in the Bahian Recôncavo, to be processed at the Mataripe Refinery.
The carbon credits will be produced from a sustainable management initiative at the Sanitary Landfill in Salvador, using the gas emitted in the process of burning solid waste to generate energy.
Acelen then becomes the first Brazilian company to invest in carbon neutralization through this specific project.
The forecast for the company is that 3.639 tons of carbon generated in the importation of oil will be neutralized from credits from the Smartie Carbon platform, issued by the Battre Sustainable Valorization Unit, of the Solví Group, leader in Brazil in the generation of clean energy through the biogas.
Acelen's Commercial, Trading and Shipping vice-president, Cristiano da Costa, highlighted the importance of the carbon neutralizing initiative in the operation: “This hiring opens up new perspectives for Acelen, which has been acting following the tripod of excellence, efficiency and innovation , and reflects our commitment to socio-environmental responsibility, based on a local project that brings benefits to the region's population”.
Learn more about the VLCC supership contracted by the Company to import oil with a zero carbon footprint
The VLCC supership contracted by Acelen is, in total, 333 meters long, 316.000 dwt and an incredible transport capacity of up to 2 million barrels of oil, used completely in the company's import operation.
For large oil handling operations with the VLCC supership, the draft reaches a depth of 22 meters.
The operation with Acelen marked the first time that an oil vessel of this size arrived in the state of Bahia, in addition to reducing freight costs by more than 30%, since the quantity transported affects the price per unit/barrel.
The ship still consumes less fuel in operations, reducing the emission of gases into the atmosphere with just one crossing.
Acelen now intends to continue investing and working on sustainability linked to the logistics of its future operations.
