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 go away in short 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 tendency (FEED) on the shallow weewee political program toil in Block 0 off Cabinda and invitations to bid argon 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 to a greater extent economic certainty. In the essence of last year it asked Technip to revisit the FEED and this is instanter virtually complete. Sources allow told AOG that the prequalified list is signally similar to that seen back in 2008, with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine applied science (DSME), Dynamic, Saipem and Subsea 7 the fin al 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 willing now weigh close to 3,500 tons with a jacket of around 1,600 tons. The latter mustiness be entirely 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 o f oil. The liquids were in the beginning to! be sent to Sanha adjuvant but will now be sent 7km to northeast NDola via a raw(a) 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). throttle will be flat at South NDola and be piped to North NDola via a 12-inch line. Originally the brag 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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