The contract has been awarded by Elf Petroleum Nigeria, as the operator of the oil mining license 1381, of which the Usan field is a part.
It encompasses the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, pre-commissioning, assistance to commissioning and start-up of the subsea umbilicals, flowlines and risers connecting the 42 subsea wells to the floating, production, storage and offloading platform (FPSO).
The contract also consists of an oil loading terminal, with an offloading buoy and two offloading lines and part of the FPSO anchoring system.
Fabrication will reportedly be carried out locally in Nigeria, mainly at Saipem’s Rumuolumeni yard. The offshore installation will be carried out by Saipem’s FDS and 3000 specialized vessels, in water depths ranging from 730m to 850m, between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2011.
