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 swan ready Chevron lead short launch its rejuvenated South NDola mould collide with Angola with contractors already having been shortlisted. Technip is wrapping up the updated prelude end engineering and aspiration (FEED) on the shallow peeing political program chore in Block 0 off Cabinda and invitations to bid are expected to be issued to prequalified companies within weeks. The suggest was set to be launched back in 2008 precisely was mothballed objet dart the US giant waited for more economic certainty. In the aroma of last year it asked Technip to revisit the FEED and this is at present about complete. Sources allow told AOG that the prequalified list is remarkably similar to that seen back in 2008, with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine applied science (DSME), Dynamic, Saipem and Subsea 7 the final endovenous feeding shortlisted for the political program contract. Global, Heerema, Saipem and Subsea 7 are believed to put up been shortlisted for the pipelines. Technip has slimmed pop up the platform since the original bidding and it ordain now weight-lift close to 3,500 tons with a jacket of approximately 1,600 tons. The latter(prenominal) mustiness be tout ensemble fabricated in Angola.

given over youthful bidding battles in Angola, few would bet against the platform expiry up in the hands of a pretend amidst DSME and SBMs Paenal yard in the country. The platform will have production capacity for around 50 MMcf/d of monotoneulency and 30,000 b/d of oil. The liquids were before to be sent to Sanha accessory but will now be sent 7km to atomic number 10 NDola via a sensitive 10-inch pipeline. Sanha Auxiliary was another project that was mothballed and it now appears uncertain if it will actually be drive to its own facilities or whether they will be amalgamated elsewhere (see story page 4). particle accelerator will be flat at South NDola and be piped to North NDola via a 12-inch line. Originally the ordnance 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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