石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯10月31日莫斯科消息称，俄罗斯国有油轮公司Sovcomflot周三在一份声明中表示，俄罗斯114010吨重的Lomonosov Prospect是世界上第二艘以液化天然气为燃料的Aframax油轮，它已经完成在北海航线上将石油产品从韩国运往北欧的商业航行，并还测试了该船在北极海域恶劣条件下的运行能力。 本月早些时候，世界上第一艘以液化天然气作燃料的Aframax游轮—加加林探险号（Gagarin Prospect）完成首次航行。它横跨波罗的海和北海，从普里莫尔斯克到达鹿特丹。 Sovcomflot说：“这艘Arc4号油轮从Chukotka的Cape Dezhnev到Novaya Zemlya群岛的Zhelaniya的高纬度航行耗时7.8天，在此期间油轮行驶了2194海里。” 该公司表示，Lomonosov Prospect几乎独立完成了整个北海航线的航行，在冰况条件下航行了大约950海里。公司称，Atomflot的核动力破冰设备仅护送油轮通过“东西伯利亚海洋中最具航行和水文挑战性的地区。” Sovcomflot表示，最新的航行证实了油轮在北极地区的破冰能力和效率。 Sovcomflot说，在航行期间，船员们“成功地测试了使用液化天然气的船舶发动机和燃油系统的运行情况，以及在冰情和零下温度条件下导航设备和机械的运行状况。” 该公司正在逐步将其传统油轮船队从传统的重质燃料油转向液化天然气，以遵守日益严格的硫和氮氧化物排放规定，其中包括国际海事组织将于2020年生效的全球0.5%硫上限。 Lomonosov Prospect是六艘Aframax油轮系列中的第二艘，这些游轮旨在以LNG作为主要燃料。该油轮于2018年10月交付给SCF，第一艘油轮加加林探险号于7月份交付。 与使用重质燃料油的油轮相比，以液化天然气为燃料的油轮排放的二氧化硫和颗粒物为零，氮氧化物排放减少76％，二氧化碳排放减少27％。加加林探险号于7月交付给Sovcomflot。 Aframax油轮通常用于短途国际航行，而LNG作为这些船舶的船用燃料的成功也为Suezmaxes和VLCCs等大型油轮在未来的长途航线上使用液化天然气提供了可能性。 曹海斌 摘译自 普氏能源资讯 原文如下： World’s second LNG-powered Aframax tanker travels across Russian Arctic waters Russia’s 114,010-dwt Lomonosov Prospect, the world’s second LNG -fueled Aframax oil tanker, has completed a commercial voyage across the Northern Sea Route to deliver oil products from South Korea to North Europe and test the vessel’s ability to operate in the harsh conditions of the Arctic waters, Russia ‘s state-owned tanker company Sovcomflot said in a statement Wednesday. This followed the maiden voyage by the Gagarin Prospect tanker, the world’s first LNG-fueled Aframax vessel, across the Baltic and North Seas from Primorsk to Rotterdam earlier this month. “The high-latitude voyage from Cape Dezhnev at Chukotka to Cape Zhelaniya of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago took the Arc4 vessel 7.8 days to complete, during which the tanker covered a distance of 2,194 nautical miles,” Sovcomflot said. Lomonosov Prospect traveled almost the entire length of the Northern Sea Route independently, having covered around 950 nautical miles in ice conditions, it said. Atomflot’s nuclear-powered icebreaker only escorted the tanker through “the most navigationally and hydrographically challenging area of the Ayon ice massif in the East Siberian Sea,” it said. The latest voyage confirmed the tanker’s icebreaking capabilities and efficiency in the Arctic conditions, said Sovcomflot. During the voyage, the crew “successfully tested the operation of the ship engines and controls of the fuel systems using LNG, as well as the operation of navigation equipment and machinery in ice conditions and sub-zero temperatures,” Sovcomflot said. The company is gradually switching its conventional tanker fleet from traditional heavy fuel oil to LNG to comply with tightening sulfur and nitrogen oxide emissions regulations, including the IMO’s global 0.5% sulfur cap, which takes effect in 2020. Lomonosov Prospect is the second in the series of six Aframax tankers designed to operate on LNG as the primary fuel. The tanker was delivered to SCF in October 2018, with the first tanker, Gagarin Prospect, in July. LNG-fueled tankers emit zero sulfur oxide and particulates, 76% less nitrogen oxide and 27% less carbon dioxide than vessels operating on heavy fuel oil . Gagarin Prospect was delivered to Sovcomflot in July. Aframax tankers are typically used for short-haul international voyages, and the success of LNG as a marine fuel for these vessels also throws open the possibility for much larger oil tankers like Suezmaxes and VLCCs to be fueled by LNG on long-haul routes in the future.
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