Nigerian Content: Aveon Offshore Delivers Egina’s OLT Buoy
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has expressed satisfaction with Aveon Offshore Limited for the successful fabrication of an Offshore Loading Terminal (OLT) Buoy, the first ever to be made in Nigeria and the first to be delivered ahead of schedule and launched on a dedicated slid way.
The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote, said at the inauguration ceremony of the buoy at Aveon Fabrication Yard, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt that the company had recorded a new Nigerian Content feat with its performance.
He noted that the buoy would be used to offload crude oil from the Egina’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel.
He commended Aveon Offshore for another sterling execution of a project. “With an assemblage of over 1,300 tonnes of steel for this buoy, I am happy you did not cave in under the weight of the challenges but you have once again proved your mettle.”
He noted that many other Nigerian service companies performed creditably on different scopes of the Egina Deepwater project.
He added: “The strategy helped to ensure that Nigerians got maximum Nigerian content scope and compel the EPCI contractors to seek out local service companies with capacities to execute scopes, which were embarked for completion within the country.
“The Board is delighted at the completion of this package by a Nigerian service company; Aveon Offshore. It is another proof of the effectiveness of the strategy we adopted to develop local capacities and capabilities under the Egina project.
“What excites me is the success story of some of the things we pushed for. I agree that some bit of problems in certain areas where people have not seen the challenges as opportunity and they fall out.
“But I can tell you that on Egina project, all the trials we have done in terms of pushing the boundaries have been extremely successful.
“The completion of the OLT buoy is another feather to the cap of Aveon Offshore and I urge you to please keep the flag flying.”