Daewoo Nigeria Limited (DNL) has completed the fabrication of the first Nigerian 2,700-tonne Central Processing Facility (CPF) Modules. The project, which forms part of the engineering procurement component of Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Otumara Associated Gas Solution (AGS) awarded in 2011, was recently unveiled in Warri, Delta State.
The project, which has been lauded by sectoral players, gives fillip to the Nigerian local content policy in the oil and gas sector.
Managing director of DNL, Mr. P.S. Lim, stated this much at the unveiling ceremony, when he said that the project was fully realised in Nigeria with productive cooperation from key contributors involving major and sub-contractors including NETCO, AMAZON, NIGERCHIN, DORMAN LONG, PI-MOFF partnering DNL to meet completion.
“The Otumara CPF Modules completion has contributed significantly in pushing Nigeria towards becoming the undisputed hub of oil and gas development in Africa,” said Lim.
“The joy for Daewoo is in being an agent for practically demonstrating the spirit of the Nigerian Content Act which translated into provision of several direct and indirect jobs, discouraging capital flight, and boosting local capacity in course of the project.”
For his part, managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and country chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mutiu Sunmonu, has said that the Otumara Associated Gas Solution Project would also generate six megawatts daily.
“Today, we are all witnesses to the completion of the fabrication and integration of Otumara AGS Central Processing Facilities (CPF); the part of the gas plant where a nominal 20 million standard cubic feet (20mmscf) of gas will be compressed and six megawatts (6MW) of electricity generated daily,” said Sunmonu, who was represented by the general manager, Toyin Olagunju, at the modules completion ceremony yesterday
“A few weeks from now, these CPF components made up of the gas compression, gas conditioning/processing and the power generation modules will be transported to the project site for installation on specially constructed pile beam foundations.”
Dr. David Ige, who represented the group managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum orporation (NNPC), said the project also secured 60,000 bpd of oil.
“It is a big boost towards ending gas flares in Nigeria. It demonstrates that day after day we are setting new standards and when we set our hearts to it, we can end gas flaring in Nigeria,” Ige said.
Executive director, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engineer Ernest Nwapa, agreed that the project was a validation of the Nigerian Content Act.
