Just passed through CMS and saw something that looks like a rig.

not at cms, but at apapa dock, it is jack up rig on maintenance.

it looked like an oil rig to me. Just curious, what are they maintaining?

lol, yes, it is an oil drilling rig. They are at the dock to carry out PM preventive maintenance on the rig itself All heavy equipment do that on schedule. They used to go to Limbe in Cameron or Port Gentle in Garbon but Nigerian content is making sure they stay in Nigeria as much as possible now.

I saw the rig yesterday and thought the militants or Boko Haram guys were at work.

Here's a picture of the rig on the Lagos Marina as seen from the top of the bridge.

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Since the rig is here, they should check for oil na,

Funny, was in Limbe sometimes last year and the place looked predominantly like a farmer's zone to me. Didn't know they had the capacity to maintain such heavy equipment.

@psychu, if the one you saw is pictured up there, that is a semi submersible, used to drill in fairly deepwater environment (>500ft) jack up has three legs sticking up.

Yeah, What is in d picture is more like a semisubmersible rig. It's just like the deepwater horizon that was involved in the BP Macondo blowout. I wonder what it's doing there other than being in transit! I do not think that is the appropriate place for carrying out maintenance on such facility.

^^^ it may be on transit awaiting custom papers, TIP (temporary import permit. It can also be maintenance. Most maintenance other that dry dock can be done in Lagos.

@Remii i was wondering when u called it a jack-up oh lol. It's definitely a semi-sub

^^^ that semi must just get there few days ago. the last time I drove by, a jack up was there and it is still there at Ladol dockyard, I know that definitely.

@remii oh ok seen, these Ladol guys r trying sha

^^^ they are really trying, that is what Nigerdock should do. get refurbished and upgraded to be able to handlle those PMs in Nigeria. That will create a lot of business for artisans and material suppliers just as they have in places like Limbe, Port gentile, Shahaja and other places these MODUs go for repairs.

@remii is nigerdock a private owned company

Nigerdock is a PLC.

www.nigerdock.com

Its a jackup rig.