FMC Technologies has sealed two significant deals offshore West Africa, with one worth approximately US $393 million.

The first saw the US contractor clinch an order from Italy’s Eni to supply subsea production systems for the operator’s deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development offshore Angola. The order was estimated to have a value of $393 million in revenue. Eni is the operator of Block 15/06, while Sonangol EP is the concessionaire. The other partners of the joint venture are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, SSI Fifteen Ltd. and Falcon Oil Holding Angola.

DI hears that Saipem is in line to win the rest of the East Hub subsea spoils.

In October Keppel Offshore & Marine won the prize to deliver a converted FPSO for the East Hub project, via floating production specialist Bumi Armada, which itself was awarded the $3 billion charter, operation and maintenance contract for the FPSO in August (see DI, 27 August 2014, page 7).

The East Hub project is located 350 km offshore and will see the FPSO produce up to 80,000 b/d of oil initially from the deepwater Cabaca Norte and Cabaca South East discoveries. Up to 23 development wells are expected to be drilled in water depths of approximately 500 m (1,640 ft). The FPSO is due for delivery by the end of 2016.

• FMC also received an order from Chevron subsidiary Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd. to provide subsea equipment for operations on the deepwater Agbami field offshore Nigeria. No value was given for the order. The field is located 113 km offshore in a water depth of approximately 1,463 m (4,800 ft). Partners in the producing field include Famfa Oil Ltd., Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd., Petrobras, Statoil, and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

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