Belokamenka
Encyclopedia
Belokamenka is a FSO (Floating Storage and Offloading) vessel, located in Kola Bay
near Murmansk
. It has been converted from a massive oil tanker
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, on a long term basis. It is operated by the Oil Terminal "Belokamenka" L.L.C.
Kola Bay
Kola Bay or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma and Kola Rivers discharge into the bay....
near Murmansk
Murmansk
Murmansk is a city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a seaport and is located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland...
. It has been converted from a massive oil tanker
Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries...
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History
Belokamenka was originally built by Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd., Chiba Works, on 1980. Its previous name was Berge Pioneer.Technical features
Belokamenka has length of 340 metres (1,115.5 ft) long and width of 65 metres (213.3 ft). It handles four million tonnes of crude oil per year, shipped in by small shuttle tankers from ArkhangelskArkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...
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Operator
Belokamenka is chartered by Rosnefteflot, a subsidiary of RosneftRosneft
Rosneft is an integrated oil company majority owned by the Government of Russia. Rosneft is headquartered in Moscow’s Balchug district near the Kremlin, across the Moskva river...
, on a long term basis. It is operated by the Oil Terminal "Belokamenka" L.L.C.