Cinta Natomas was built in 1972 with a storage barge form 143393 dwt and tethered to SBM at coordinates 6 42.45N 112 09.17E since 2006.
Cinta Natomas was built in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan. This unit is designed with 12 cargo tanks and one slop tank without any ballast tank. Three electric motors drive the cargo pump and stripping pump with two separators located on the main deck behind the accommodation area. The piping and strainer are located in the pumproom and can be accessed by stairs.
Inert gas is provided using a single inert gas generator installed in a separate room behind the auxiliary generator chamber. The source of electric power is obtained from 4 (four) sets of auxiliary generators with a capacity of 1723 kW each. The control room and workshop are located in the engine room. Fresh water in the vessel is produced by a Reverse Osmosis plant installed in the engine room.
Natomas’ Cinta is tethered to the location using 2 (two) mooring hawsers to SPM. One tugboat is always tied behind the FSO and will move to the rear of the tanker during shipping operations. Export tankers are tied with the tandem mooring method. 2 (two) offshore vessels are always on standby in the terminal location area to support the operation.
Shipping operations to export tankers are carried out an average of two times per week, Cargo Operators are assigned to CCR on an ongoing basis during production and shipping activities. Ullage in cargo tanks is checked every 2 (two) hours and O2 content in cargo tanks is checked every 12 hours. Water from the cargo tank will be stripping or transferring into the slop tank by gravity, which will be transferred based on the volume of water produced.
FSO Cinta Natomas operated and managed by PT. Duta Marine as Tuban Marine Terminal is one of the terminals with high shipping frequency in Indonesia. With an average of 73.3 times per year, or about 6.1 shipments per month with a nominal average per shipment of 250,000 bbls. The nominal amount and frequency of such shipments relates to the production of oil received from production facilities on land.
