Chevron Nigeria broadens work scope for Tubu, Madu fields

Nov. 1, 2006
Chevron Nigeria, operator of National Engineering & Technical Co. Ltd. has authorized two units of Foster Wheeler Ltd. to carry out further design engineering for the Tubu and Madu oil field developments in permit areas OML 52 and OML 85, respectively, off Nigeria.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 1 -- Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL), operator of National Engineering & Technical Co. Ltd. (NETCO)—a wholly owned subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC)—has authorized two units of Foster Wheeler Ltd. to carry out further design engineering for the Tubu and Madu oil field developments in permit areas OML 52 and OML 85, respectively, off Nigeria.

Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. and Foster Wheeler (Nigeria) Ltd., through a joint venture agreement with NETCO, will evaluate the economics of the planned development and investigate possible configurations for surface facilities.

These two separate work programs will be carried out under an existing 3-year service contract between Foster Wheeler and NETCO via CNL.

The values of the two awards, which were announced at yearend 2005, were not disclosed.

Foster Wheeler (Nigeria) Ltd. is already working on the front-end design for the nonassociated gas wellhead platforms and pipelines portion of CNL's Olokola Gas Supply Project in Nigeria, said Director Anita Omoile.