Technip, a deepwater installation specialist company, currently working for Jubilee Partners in the country’s oilfields has trained 15 Ghanaian engineers in Paris and Houston.
The six-month training focused on areas such as installation on site, design, software applications, installation engineering, fabrication, procurement, mobilisations and ensuring quality health and safety.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Country Manager of the company, Mr Stephan Sole, said the move was a demonstration of the company’s long-term commitment to offshore operations in the country.
He said, “Technip is not only here to stay but also making sure that Ghanaians are well trained to take over the offshore operations in the country’s oilfields in future”.
Mr Sole expressed satisfaction at the issue of local content, which he said was one of the areas the company had its focus on.
One of the trainees, Mr Godfred Otengo Brakatu, a mechanical engineer, said he had learned a lot from the training programme, adding “I am now involved in the design and fabrication of the Jumpers which is very technical and new to the country”.
Mr Otengo-Brakatu said operations in the oil industry was new to the country and commended the efforts of industry players, particularly Technip, to train local personnel.
As part of his training, Mr Otengo-Brakatu also visited various global oil and gas activities centres to re-enforce his global industry knowledge and is currently onboard the Deep Blue, offshore Jubilee Field.
The Deep Blue is one the most advanced pipe-lay and construction vessel of the subsea industry and the flag ship of the Technip fleet. The vessel combines the highest technology for reel-lay, J-lay and flexi-lay operations.
He will later join the fabrication yard in Sekondi Naval Base for the jumper fabrication in the country where he is expected to transfer the knowledge to his fellow compatriots.
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