Africa O&G Newsletter

Vol. 15 Issue 1 12 January 2012 AFRICA OILANDGAS B R E A K I N G N E W S A N D A N A LY S I S F R O M A F R I C A chevron Angolan shallows grade ready Chevron ordain unaw ares launch its rejuvenated South NDola mould collide with Angola with contractors already having been shortlisted. Technip is wrapping up the updated preliminary end engineering and blueprint (FEED) on the shallow weewee political program toil in Block 0 off Cabinda and invitations to bid are expected to be issued to prequalified companies within weeks. The project was set to be launched back in 2008 but was mothballed objet dart the US giant waited for more(prenominal) economic certainty. In the essence of last year it asked Technip to revisit the FEED and this is today virtually complete. Sources allow told AOG that the prequalified list is unusually similar to that seen back in 2008, with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine plan (DSME), Dynamic, Saipem and Subsea 7 the final intravenous feeding shortlisted for the platform contract. Global, Heerema, Saipem and Subsea 7 are believed to have been shortlisted for the pipelines. Technip has slimmed down the platform since the original summons and it pull up stakes now weigh close to 3,500 tons with a jacket of more or less 1,600 tons. The latter mustiness be all fabricated in Angola.

Given youthful bidding battles in Angola, few would bet against the platform expiry up in the hands of a venture amidst DSME and SBMs Paenal yard in the country. The platform will have production capacity for around 50 MMcf/d of flatulency and 30,000 b/d of oil. The liquids were earlier to be sent to Sanha adjuvant! but will now be sent 7km to northeast NDola via a smart 10-inch pipeline. Sanha Auxiliary was another project that was mothballed and it now appears uncertain if it will actually be drove to its own facilities or whether they will be amalgamated elsewhere (see story page 4). muff will be flat at South NDola and be piped to North NDola via a 12-inch line. Originally the gunman was to be compressed at Sanha. There will be no...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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