Murmansk branch of LUKOIL-Bunker LLC completed on August 9 bunkering diesel fuel to the "Prirazlomnaya" offshore drilling platform at the dock of the 35th Shipyard in the port of Murmansk, the company said.
The LUKOIL-Bunker team of specialists tackled the complicated task: to lift the fuel to the height of 50 meters. The firm also supplied fuel to the tugboats that will be involved in transportation of the platform to the Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Pechora Sea.
Ice-resistant fixed offshore drilling rig "Prirazlomnaya" is a giant structure, which weighs about 117000 tons. The platform was transported from Severodvinsk to Murmansk in the fall 2010 for completion of the ballasting and outfitting at the 35th Shipyard – a Murmansk branch of the Center for ship repair “Zvezdochka.”
The Prirazlomnoye field was discovered in 1989. It is located on the Pechora Sea shelf 60 kilometers off the shore (Varandey settlement). Prirazlomnoye field has reserves of 610 million barrels The estimated maximum annual oil production volume is expected to be 6.6 million tons.
LUKOIL-Bunker is a subsidiary of Russian oil giant LUKOIL. The Company’s major activities – supply of marine fuel at sea and river ports of Russia and Bulgaria, MFO wholesale supply. LUKOIL-Bunker is rated among the top largest suppliers of bunker oil products at Russian ports.