Gazprom Neft Shelf extends its fleet for Prirazlomnoye field with tugboat Aleut (photo)
Gazprom Neft Shelf, Gazprom Neft subsidiary which develops Prirazlomnoye oilfield in the Pechora Sea, has extended its fleet with a new tug/supply vessel Aleut (flag of Russia, homeport – Kholmsk in the Sakhalin Region), says press center of Gazprom Neft.
The vessel has been built specially for the project on production of first Arctic oil and will execute the entire range of supply functions as well as technological/ecological standby functions.
The tugboat is designed for long-term operation in the Arctic under extremely low temperatures. The vessel’s Icebreaker Ice 10 of Det Norske Veritas corresponds to Icebreaker 6 of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The ship is equipped with a dynamic positioning system.
Key particulars of the 14 MW ship: deadweight – 2,600 t, length — 86.7 m, width — 19.5 m, draught— 7.25 m, crew - 16.
The Aleut is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for collecting oil and firefighting.
The Prirazlomnoye oilfield (with recoverable reserves estimated at more than 70 million tonnes) is located in the Pechora Sea, 60 kilometres from the shore. Field development has required the construction of a unique ice-resistant platform, designed and constructed in Russia. The platform is anchored to the seabed, and designed for use in the most extreme climatic conditions, as well as being able to withstand maximum ice-loads.
The Prirazlomnoye field is currently the only field on the Russian Arctic Shelf already under development.