Saipem has been awarded the contract for the Nigerian subsea development of the Egina field, in a 1700m water depth. It is worth approximately $3 billion. Fabrication will be performed almost entirely in Nigeria and most in the Saipem Rumoulumeni Yard in Port Harcourt.
Saipem signed an EPIC contract with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd for the subsea development of the Egina field, located in the Oil Mining Lease 130, about 100km south of Port Harcourt. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning of 52km of oil production and water injection flow lines, 12 flexible jumpers, 20km of gas export pipelines, 80km of umbilicals, and mooring and offloading systems. Marine activities will be performed throughout 2016, continuing to the second quarter of 2017.