Subsea structures en route to Erha North Phase 2 offshore Nigeria

Aveon Offshore Ltd. has completed fabrication, testing, load-out, and sail-away of five suction piles, production and water-injection manifolds, and a riser-base lift module with a choke-loop bridge for the Erha North Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria.

The Nigerian engineering and fabrication services firm says other works, such as the fabrication of the Christmas tree elements, are ongoing and delivery is on schedule.

The project was executed at Aveon’s 280,000-sq-m fabrication yard in Rumuolumeni near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. OneSubea Offshore Systems Nigeria Ltd. let the contract to Aveon in 2013.

ExxonMobil Corp. unit Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. operates the Erha North Phase 2 project. Production from Erha launched in 2006 (OGJ Online, May 2, 2006).