Elf taps Stolt Offshore for fabrication, pipelay for Amenam field

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