Nigerdock Delivers Fabricated Structures for 200,000bpd Egina FPSO

Nigerdock has given a further boost to local content drive in Nigeria having successfully fabricated and loaded out structures to be integrated into the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for the 200,000 barrels per day Egina Deepwater field being developed by the French oil giant, Total.

These structures were fabricated in-country at Nigerdock fabrication yard located at Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ) Lagos, by the company’s professionallytrained Nigerian workforce. The structures, which include: the Riser Porch, Flare Tower, Helideck Structure, Protection Structure, Access Tower, Crew Boat Bathing Structure, Crane Pedestal, Telecom Mast, Living Quarter Blocks, Laydown Area Blocks, Muster Station, Work Boat Structure, and Vertical Caissons among others, with a combined weight of 7336 tonnes, were loaded out in phases at Nigerdock’s industry leading facility.

Speaking at the weekend during the load-out of the Protection Structures for the deepwater field, the Nigerdock Egina Project Manager, Mr. Adebola Adesoye disclosed that the company achieved a cumulative 3.8 million man-hours of zero Lost Time Injury (LTI). Adesoye further stated that the Phase 1 contract was awarded to Nigerdock in September 2014 while Phase 2 contract was awarded in December 2014, thus consolidating Nigerdock’s contributions to the Egina project.

“We feel proud that we have delivered on the projects,” he added. Nigerdock had fabricated and loaded out the 732-tonne Flare Tower Structure for the Egina FPSOwhich sailed away to Korea for initial integration of the fabricated structures onto the Egina FPSO.

Speaking at the loadout ceremony, Group Managing Director, Jagal Energy, Chris Bennett, commended the management and staff of Nigerdock for their contributions towards the accomplished Project. He said the timely delivery of the fabricated structures for Egina FPSO was another significant achievement and boost to the local content initiative in Nigeria.

“Nigerdock remains the foremost local content champion, committed to the vision of building the country’s local capacity and delivering value to the economy. Our capacity and capabilities have been reaffirmed through the success of Egina FPSO Project. It gives our clients and the government a measure of confidence, trust and reassurance that Nigerdock, can operate with global best practice. We continuously set the highest standards, which is why we have recorded a series of firsts in the industry. Remarkably, these Projects were executed in Nigeria without any LTI which compares with best in class in Europe and America,” he explained. The FPSO is being developed for deployment in the Egina oil field, located 150km off the coast of Nigeria.

The field is currently under development and production is scheduled to begin in 2018.