Russia: SCF Group and LUKOIL Sign Agreement on Deliveries of Lubricating Oil for Sovcomflot Vessels

On 16 June 2011 SCF Group and LUKOIL signed an agreement on the deliveries of lubricating oil for Sovcomflot vessels.

The document envisages the delivery of system oil, marine cylinder oil, trunk piston engine oil and about ten other types of oil to 80 SCF vessels. The Agreement was signed for a two years period, with an option for a year.

In 2008 Sovcomflot became the first company to test LUKOIL’s lubricants, using them in the systems of several SCF ships. After the tests, which lasted for more than a year, were successfully completed, the companies agreed to develop cooperation and to expand the volumes of LUKOIL Navigo oil deliveries to the SCF Group’s vessels.

The selection of LUKOIL’s lubricants was the result of a tender, held in accordance with the procedures adopted by Sovcomflot technical managers – SCF Unicom and OAO Novoship. There were six suppliers, participating in the tender, and LUKOIL became one of the winners. LUKOIL has got a network of branches around the world, and can deliver lubricants to all main ports, which SCF ships enter.

SCF Group of companies (SCF) – one of the world’s leading shipping companies, specializing in petroleum products and liquefied gas transportation. The fleet includes 156 vessels with a total deadweight of about 12 million tonnes. The company is registered in St. Petersburg with offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid and Singapore.

The Group offers a wide range of vessels and a powerful grouping of vessels, in the market segments most demanded by major Russian oil and gas companies. With its own technical development and unique approach to advanced technologies, Sovcomflot has the ability to meet the most demanding customer requirements, providing effective transportation for oil&gas companies.

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Source: scf-group, June 16, 2011.