Egina FPSO heading to Nigeria

Nov. 2, 2017
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. said the Egina floating production, storage, and offloading vessel has left the Geoje shipyard in South Korea on its way to Nigeria. Travel time to Nigeria is expected to be 3 months.

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. said the Egina floating production, storage, and offloading vessel has left the Geoje shipyard in South Korea on its way to Nigeria. Travel time to Nigeria is expected to be 3 months.

The $3-billion FPSO has 2.3 million bbl of storage capacity. It is 330 m long, 61 m wide, and 34 m high.

A portion of the topsides fabrication and integration is to be completed in Nigeria. Delivery to Egina field, which lies 200 km offshore Nigeria, is scheduled for second-half 2018 (OGJ Online, June 21, 2013).

Samsung was awarded the build order for the Egina FPSO in 2013. It formed a joint venture with a Nigerian company and established a production facility in Lagos to meet local content requirements. The joint venture, SHI-MCI, has constructed topside modules for Egina since June 2015.