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BIG DOUBLE HULL CRUDE CARRIER JOINS NORWAY'S FLEET OF TANKERS
… places it among the world's fastest tankers. NKK said the Berge Sigval is only the third double hull very large crude carrier in the world. It is the first of two such VLCCs ordered from NKK by Bergesen. The second double hull tanker is under …
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PDVSA unit signs crude carrier maintenance MOU with Argentine shipyard
Petróleos de Venezuela's subsidiary PDV Marina has inked a memorandum of understanding with Argentine shipyard Astilleros Río Santiago for the repairs to oil tankers in PDVSA's fleet.
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ConocoPhillips VLCC leaves Orkneys for Chile
Eric Watkins OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor LOS ANGELES, June 4 -- A very large crude carrier (VLCC), after spending 3 months as a floating storage unit, sailed from the Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands bound …
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First supertanker loaded from BTC pipeline
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Feb. 21 -- Statoil ASA is marketing the first oil to be exported by very large crude carrier from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Oil from the Caspian Sea is transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline …
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China seeks oil security through fleet expansion
China’s push for energy security has prompted a program for building 70 additional very large crude carrier (VLCC) tankers. The recent drop in oil price reduces the financial burden placed by oil imports on Chinese industry, but ensuring …
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THREE DOUBLE HULL CRUDE TANKERS JOIN WORLD FLEET
… worldwide fleet of double hull tankers continues to grow. Early this month Chevron Corp. christened a 132,000 dwt crude carrier , Neste ON, took delivery of a 95,000 dwt shuttle tanker, and the first double hull supertanker built in Japan …
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INDUSTRY BRIEFS
TANKERS MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. this month unveiled the world's first very large crude carrier fitted with fuel saving contrarotating propellers. The propellers, developed by Mitsubishi, are mounted on concentric shafts …
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MOBIL UNIT COMMISSIONS DOUBLE HULL VLCC
Mobil Corp.'s Eagle, a double hull, very large crude carrier (VLCC), has been commissioned at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Oppama shipyard in Japan. Mobil said the 280,000 dwt …
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Kansas refinery starts up coke gasification unit
Anne K. Rhodes Refining/Petrochemical Editor Double-hull VLCC joins fleet The double-hull, very large crude carrier (VLCC) Raven undergwent sea trials in advance of its delivery in June to Mobil Shipping & Transportation Co. The …
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INDUSTRY BRIEFS
Tankers Mobil Corp. commissioned its second double hull very large crude carrier at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Oppama, Japan, shipyard. The 280,000 dwt Raven, 317 m long and 58 m wide, can carry …
