+$4.5Million Investment in GE's Onne facility in River State
All-Nigerian Subsea Wellheads Fabrication Team of Leaders and Engineers
Assembly Operation Creating Business Development Opportunities for Local Suppliers



GE Oil and Gas Commence Fabrication of Subsea Wellheads in Nigeria


After nearly 4 years of planning, and over $4.5 million investment in facilities, recruitment and training, GE has announced that it now has the capability to fabricate subsea wellheads in Nigeria for its Oil and Gas customers. The announcement was made in Lagos by the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of GE Oil and Gas, Uzo Nwagwu.

This is a major milestone for GE Oil & Gas in efforts to substantially increase the local capabilities of its operations in Nigeria through ambitious technology programs and human capacity development. With this achievement, GE's customers operating in Nigeria no longer need to import these fabricated wellheads, thereby reducing costs and improving delivery time.

The developments at GE's Onne facility in River State align with the Nigerian Federal Government's local content law and desire for increased manufacturing capacity, skill acquisition and technology transfer. However, for GE, this milestone represents a lot more than complying with the laws on local content.

"GE Oil & Gas have a vision to 'Fuel the Future' by delivering cost-effective customer solutions on-time wherever they are needed across the globe," explained Uzo Nwagwu. "By investing now in the development of our people and facilities we are able to localize subsea wellhead assembly and partner with local suppliers to create a sustainable business for Nigeria." Nwagwu referred to the establishment of the Subsea wellhead fabrication capabilities in Onne as "a true win-win proposition for the indigenous industry and the Nigerian Content agenda."

The Onne facility in River State has been operating since 2002. This purpose-built facility is the first and only quayside facility of its calibre in Nigeria and employees over 200 people. It has an exceptional safety record, and is a cornerstone in GE's commitment to the country's Oil & Gas industry. With continually expanding capabilities, the site provides complete assembly, testing and life cycle service for subsea tree systems, subsea control modules, specialty connectors and pipe. It also includes a dedicated on-site training center and offers broad business development opportunities for local suppliers.

overhypedsteve:
Can anybody show me a picture of how this things look like and what a subsea wellhead is used for?

Cutehector4u:
A step in the wrong direction....nigerians dnt want to buy made in nigeria things lol

davitogreat:


subsea wellheads are devices that oil extractors put at the bottom of the sea to extract oil and gas.



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overhypedsteve:
wow you mean nigerians are the one now making that stuff? That's cool. Hmm the whole thing look big and smart, only smart people can make it and we in Nigeria we are very smart.

Daewoo Nigeria Limited (DNL) has completed the fabrication of the first Nigerian 2,700-tonne Central Processing Facility (CPF) Modules. The project, which forms part of the engineering procurement component of Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Otumara Associated Gas Solution (AGS) awarded in 2011, was recently unveiled in Warri, Delta State.

The project, which has been lauded by sectoral players, gives fillip to the Nigerian local content policy in the oil and gas sector.

Managing director of DNL, Mr. P.S. Lim, stated this much at the unveiling ceremony, when he said that the project was fully realised in Nigeria with productive cooperation from key contributors involving major and sub-contractors including NETCO, AMAZON, NIGERCHIN, DORMAN LONG, PI-MOFF partnering DNL to meet completion.

“The Otumara CPF Modules completion has contributed significantly in pushing Nigeria towards becoming the undisputed hub of oil and gas development in Africa,” said Lim.

“The joy for Daewoo is in being an agent for practically demonstrating the spirit of the Nigerian Content Act which translated into provision of several direct and indirect jobs, discouraging capital flight, and boosting local capacity in course of the project.”

For his part, managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and country chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mutiu Sunmonu, has said that the Otumara Associated Gas Solution Project would also generate six megawatts daily.

“Today, we are all witnesses to the completion of the fabrication and integration of Otumara AGS Central Processing Facilities (CPF); the part of the gas plant where a nominal 20 million standard cubic feet (20mmscf) of gas will be compressed and six megawatts (6MW) of electricity generated daily,” said Sunmonu, who was represented by the general manager, Toyin Olagunju, at the modules completion ceremony yesterday

“A few weeks from now, these CPF components made up of the gas compression, gas conditioning/processing and the power generation modules will be transported to the project site for installation on specially constructed pile beam foundations.”

Dr. David Ige, who represented the group managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum orporation (NNPC), said the project also secured 60,000 bpd of oil.

“It is a big boost towards ending gas flares in Nigeria. It demonstrates that day after day we are setting new standards and when we set our hearts to it, we can end gas flaring in Nigeria,” Ige said.
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Executive director, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engineer Ernest Nwapa, agreed that the project was a validation of the Nigerian Content Act.