Elf taps Stolt Offshore for fabrication, pipelay for Amenam field

April 7, 2004
Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., operator of Amenam field 19 miles off Nigeria, selected Stolt Offshore SA, London, for a $150 million fabrication and pipelay contract in the field's Phase II development.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 7 -- Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., operator of Amenam field 19 miles off Nigeria, selected Stolt Offshore SA, London, for a $150 million fabrication and pipelay contract in the field's Phase II development (OGJ Online, Mar. 7, 2003).

Stolt Offshore will perform engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and commissioning of a 640 tonne water injection platform, with 550 tonne topsides to be fabricated at its Globestar fabrication yard at Warri.

Stolt Offshore in 2005 also will install a 60 km, 24-in. natural gas export line and 2 km of 18-in. pipeline to link the new water injection platform to a process platform in the field