AHTS Kigoriak gets OSR equipment (photo)
Lamor manufactured onboard equipment for oil spill response (OSR) operation has been installed on AHTS Kigoriak at the port of Murmansk, Gazprom Neft Shelf said.
A team of specialists of Gazprom Neft Shelf LLC, FEMCO Management and Lamor Corp. supervised the equipment installation and signed an acceptance certificate.
The oil spill equipment includes Heavy Duty Booms (HDB), Lamor large skimmer, diesel-powered unit for hot water washing, two 10cbm floating tanks (LFT C10) and sorbents.
AHTS Kigoriak (class LR/RMRS). Ship owner - FEMCO Management. Year Built – 1979, Saint John Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd., Canada. The vessel is powered by 12,353kW main engines, displacement - 6,921 tons. Currently is chartered to Sevmash for emergency response duty.
Gazprom Neft Shelf LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gazprom OJSC, was set up to develop offshore oil and gas fields. Gazprom Neft Shelf LLC holds a license for development of the Prirazlomnoye oil field, discovered in 1989 on the shelf of the Pechora Sea. Its recoverable reserves total more than 70 mln. t. The planned oil production level is about 6 mln. t.