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The First Of Four Ships Hired By Petrobras To Increase Oil Outflow Capacity Departed South Korea On This Day (4/6)

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published on 04/06/2020 at 11:53
Petrobras contrata novos navios para aumentar a capacidade de escoamento de petróleo
Petrobras contrata novos navios para aumentar a capacidade de escoamento de petróleo
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The New Oil Tankers Will Be Integrated Into Petrobras’ Current Fleet, Which Currently Includes 20 Vessels That Perform About 1,800 Offloadings Per Year

Petrobras announced this Thursday that the vessel Eagle Petrolina, the first of four contracted vessels, left South Korea on this day (6/4), where it conducted sea trials, to sail to Singapore, where it will be delivered to the state-run company. Petrobras Will Have to Rename the Lula Field

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The first of four contracted vessels to meet the long-term demand for offloading – oil flow from the platforms – will be received by Petrobras on 06/14/2020.

According to Petrobras, the vessel is expected to arrive in Brazil in early July to operate in the Santos Basin. The other vessels will be delivered in July, August, and October. Earlier this year, the state-owned company contracted three more tankers, with deliveries scheduled for 2022.

The new oil tankers will be integrated into the current fleet of the state company, which currently includes 20 vessels that perform about 1,800 offloadings per year.

“With the high productivity presented by the pre-salt fields, we are investing and preparing our logistical infrastructure for the increase in oil production in the coming years. It is essential for us to be competitive, and logistics play an essential role interlinking, efficiently, the various links in the production chain,” highlights André Chiarini, Logistics Director.

The current capacity for offloading from the platforms is 2,067 thousand bbl/day and will increase to 2,262 thousand barrels of oil per day in 2022.

About the Eagle Petrolina Vessel Built for Petrobras Chartering

The Eagle Petrolina was built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea, where its three sister ships are currently under construction and are expected to be delivered later this year.

With a storage capacity of 1 million barrels of oil, the Eagle Petrolina was custom-designed for Petrobras by AET. The vessel is of Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) type, with high-power thrusters and dynamic positioning system.

This mechanism allows the vessel to stabilize automatically so that it remains stationary while receiving the oil being offloaded from the platforms’ tanks, ensuring safety and increasing operational efficiency.

Flavia Marinho

Flavia Marinho é Engenheira pós-graduada, com vasta experiência na indústria de construção naval onshore e offshore. Nos últimos anos, tem se dedicado a escrever artigos para sites de notícias nas áreas militar, segurança, indústria, petróleo e gás, energia, construção naval, geopolítica, empregos e cursos. Entre em contato com flaviacamil@gmail.com ou WhatsApp +55 21 973996379 para correções, sugestão de pauta, divulgação de vagas de emprego ou proposta de publicidade em nosso portal.

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