World’s largest tanker NS PioneerIt was officially put into service after the handover ceremony held in the Brazilian port city of Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
The dynamic positioning tanker is independently designed and built by China. 155,000 tons It is specially built for the transport of oil produced in the Búzios and Mero deep-water oil fields in Brazil, within the framework of the Sino-Brazilian partnership. When the ship is full of fuel, 279 meters long and 48 wideyou can go to 22,000 nautical miles It carries 155,000 tons of crude oil.
After months of travel, the tanker arrived at its anchorage in Brazil, which is expected to allow China. More freedom to load and unload crude oil in South America more economically.
“After NS Pioneer was delivered to Brazil, a oil carrying capacity of 16 to 20 million barrels per year“It’s worth between $1.4 and $1.6 billion,” said Chen Liguo, head of the Brazilian branch of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the largest oil and gas producer in the Chinese offshore.
“We’re already partners in some oil fields, so it’s a big increase in capacity [de transporte] “To deliver the production we expect from this very large field,” said Macio Kahn, executive director of the Búzios oil field, which is operated by Brazil’s national oil and gas company Petrobras.
Tanker refers to a vessel that specializes in transporting crude oil from offshore oil fields to terminals or other tankers. It usually has a large load capacity and is equipped with: complex charging systems Oil and dynamic positioning.