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Petroleum Calculation Series: Definition

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Ambient Temperature: The temperature of the surrounding medium such as the atmosphere.

API: American Petroleum Institute.
API Gravity (Relative Density): A means used by the petroleum industry to express the density of petroleum liquids. API gravity is measured by a hydrometer instrument having a scale graduated in degrees API.  The relation between API gravity and relative density (formerly called specific gravity) is: API Gravity at 60 Deg. F. = (141.5 : Relative Density 60F/60F) – 131.5

ASTM: American Society for Testing Materials. Grade and quality specifications for petroleum products are determined by ASTM test methods.

Barrel: The standard unit of liquid volume in the petroleum industry. It is equal to 42 U.S. gallons.

BS & W: Bottom sediment and water.

Bunkers: Fuel for a vessel. The type will vary depending upon the propulsion mode of the vessel. Steamships will use a heavy fuel oil, diesels use a range of fuels from heavy to light, and gas turbines generally use kerosene

Cargo Pump: Pump used on tankers for discharging cargo and loading or discharging ballast. Located, at the bottom of the pump room, these pumps are usually of the common duplex type, or turbine type of which the centrifugal is the most common.

Clingage: The residue that adheres to the inside surface of a container, such as a ship’s tank or shore tank, after it has been emptied.

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Draft Survey Software

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I have tried to complete the sevensurveyor project and developed one simple software for draft survey calculation named 7S DraftSurvey.

This software is made for automatic draft survey calculation such as; quartermean draft, trim, fore and aft draft corrections, Displacement, TPC, LCF, MTC, 1st & 2nd trim corrections, density correction, and deductibles. The software could be used to determine the total cargo loading/unloading on the shipboard.

It is very simple and helpful to cut down the time for draft survey calculation. What you have to do is just inserting some data in the initial draft survey and get easy calculating for any intermediate and final draft survey with insert the reading draft, density, and sum of deductibles only. This software designed to handle the ship with reading draft marks up to 27.00 Meters.

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Software for Marine Cargo Surveyor

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Just go to this link for downloading: http://sevensurveyor.com/software/. The list of software will be growing, I will load additional software when available.

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PS: If you need the complete calculation software you could search on the web, it is available to buy online. For the ASTM Table complete version, you could check at this link http://www.astm.org/BOOKSTORE/ADJUNCT/ADJD125010.htm

Bunker Survey Calculation

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The bunker calculation is simple and needs the following:
– Tank Sounding data and Tank Capacity Table. The Corrected Sounding means below is the sounding after correcting with vessel’s trim and list.
– Temperature of Oil on Tanks,
– Oil Density @15*C,
– Table ASTM 54B (VCF) and Table ASTM 56 (WCF).

Now we could go with sample of 1 tank to test the calculation.

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How to Conduct Bunker Survey

What is Bunker Survey? The survey is carried out to measure and ascertain the quantity of Bunker on board at the specific time. This survey is produced the report that states the amount of bunker, usually Fuel Oil (FO) and Diesel Oil (DO), and sometimes Lubricating Oil (LO) is included.

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Draft Survey: Specimen of Calculation

As I have promised you, I write down this post to explain specimen of Calculation in Draft Survey. Please also refer to the previous post Draft Survey : Procedures and Calculation.

Ok, now we could directly go to the point. The vessel has alongside at the wharf in port to discharge the grain cargo. The Ship’s Particulars shown :

Name of Vessel : MV. OCEAN BALL, – Port of Registry (POR) : Panama, – Lenght Over All (LOA) : 182.00 M, – Lenght Between Perpendiculars (LBP) : 179.00 M, – Breath (B) : 32.20 M, – Depth (D) : 17.15 M, – Gross Tonnage (GT) : 28,342 MT, – Net Tonnage (NT) : 17,664 MT, – Summer Draft (SD) : 12.163 M, – Summer Deadweight (DWT) : 52,998 MT, – Light Ship (LS) : 7,780 MT, Constant (CS) : 320 MT, – Fore Distance to Perpendicular (Fd) : 1.70 M, – After Distance to Perpendicular (Ad) : 9.45 M.  See Picture :

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The Surveyor came onboard and made Draft Survey to determine the quantity of cargo on arrival. During inspection, she’s draft marks and others data finds as the followings :
– Fore Draft Port (FP) : 10.79 M / Fore Draft Starboard (FS) : 10.81 M.
– Mid Draft Port (MP) : 10.90 M / Mid Draft Starboard (MS) : 11.03 M.
– Aft Draft Port (AP) : 11.16 M / Aft Draft Starboard (AF) : 11.19 M.
– Density of Sea Water Sample (Den) : 1.021.
– Ballast Water (BW) : 265.00 Cubic Meter at Density 1.025, – Fresh Water (FW) : 183.00 MT.
– Fuel Oil (FO) :  612.00 MT, – Diesel Oil (DO) : 161.00 MT, – Lub Oil (LO) : 29.00 MT.
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