THE country’s multi-million dollar gas production project has received a big boost with the award of a contract to pipe the natural gas to the shore.
The award went to Techip, the company which is currently working on the ongoing subsea structures for the jubilee project. The contract for the piping of the natural gas will cover the engineering, welding and installation of a 14 kilometer-long rigid steel flow lines.
The flow lines will be laid from the riser station at the Jubilee Fields with water depth of more than 900 meters deep.
According to the officer in charge of the gas commercialisation project at Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, (GNPC), Mr Victor Sunu-Attah, this will be followed with the extension of another 36km 12inches pipe from a 70 meters depth to the shore.
Mr Sunu-Attah maintained that even though the contract was awarded in the last half of the year it was still within schedule and explained that the project would commence by the end of December this year.
Mr Sunu-Attah said that after the completion of the piping project another 120km of 20-inch pipeline from Jomoro District to Aboadze as well as 38km of 12-inch pipeline from the plant to Effasu would be laid.
He said the commercialisation of the gas would accelerate economic development and support strategic activities within the petroleum processing industry in West Africa saying “The project would also restart the country’s strategic role as preferred exporter of power in the region”.
The Country Manager of Technip, Mr Stephan Sole said the project would also include the pipeline end termination (PLET), subsea structure to connect rigid flow line and flexible riser as well as the flow line that would constitute the deep water section of the pipeline.
He said Technip was occupying a leading position in the subsea-sector in the country would work within the time schedule.
The project, he said, would be carried out by one of its new pipe laying vessels Apache II with strict adherence to is safety and quality standards and this would be executed by the Technip group’s operating center in Paris, France and the flow line would be welded at Technip’s spool base in Mobile, Alabama.
He said the company was a world leader in the fields of project management, engineering and construction for the oil and gas industry, offering a comprehensive portfolio of innovative solutions and technologies.
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