MOSCOW (MRC) -- SIBUR Tobol is the second gas carrier to operate under a long-term charter agreement with Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest ship owner and tanker operator, reported SIBUR on its site.
The carrier was built by Korea-based Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. SIBUR Voronezh, the first gas carrier custom-built for SIBUR, arrived at Ust-Luga in September 2013.
The carrier has already completed six deliveries of LPG to European customers. SIBUR Tobol is moored for test loading at SIBUR's new terminal as part of its start-up and commissioning programme. Once loading in Ust-Luga seaport has been completed, the carrier will head for Sweden on an LPG delivery.
A naming ceremony for SIBUR Voronezh and SIBUR’s other new LPG carrier, SIBUR Tobol, took place on 4 July 2013. SIBUR Tobol is expected to arrive at Ust-Luga in November 2013.
Both gas carriers were designed to SIBUR's specific requirements using the latest shipbuilding technology and in partnership with experts from Sovcomflot Group.
SIBUR's Ust-Luga terminal is the largest in the CIS and the first in Northwest Russia to tranship LPG. The terminal is capable of handling up to 1.5 million tonnes of LPG and up to 2.5 million tonnes of light oils each year. The terminal’s distinguishing feature is its isothermal LPG storage tanks and its compatibility with almost all existing vessels, including refrigerated ships.
SIBUR is a uniquely positioned vertically integrated gas processing and petrochemicals company. SIBUR owns and operates Russia’s largest gas processing business in terms of associated petroleum gas processing volumes and is a leader in the Russian petrochemicals industry.
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