By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 26 -- Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production awarded John Wood Group PLC subsidiary Deepwater Specialists Inc. (DSI), Houston, a $4 million contract to provide commissioning services for Shell's 300,000 dwt Bonga floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel off Nigeria.
DSI agreed to support London-based AMEC PLC in verifying construction readiness, precommissioning, and commissioning of all systems. This includes helping test the functionality and proving the integrity of all production, storage, and offloading systems.
AMEC is responsible for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the FPSO topsides under a £300 million contract awarded by Royal Dutch/Shell Group in early 2001 (OGJ Online, Mar. 15, 2001).
Previously, DSI commissioned Shell's Nakika and Brutus facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. The Bonga contract increases Wood Group's operational presence in West Africa.
