The Alba B3 compression platform has set sail destined for the Alba gas and condensate field offshore Equatorial Guinea, according to a news release.

The field is operated by MEGPL, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO). Working interest partners are Samedan of North Africa, a subsidiary of Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) and Compania Nacional de Petroleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol).

The Alba project is managed by the Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) as main contractor and the EPC scope was jointly executed with Iv-Oil & Gas (Iv). In addition to the EPC, HFG was also awarded the contract for the installation, commissioning and hook-up, the release said.

Construction of the platform began in March 2014 with Iv carrying out the engineering work at its head office in Papendrecht and in Houston. The 5,800-tonne topside, built at HFG’s Zwijndrecht yard, will compress gas from the Alba Field to the processing facilities on Bioko Island. The topside measures 40 x 40 meters and 35 meters in height, the release said.

The jacket was constructed in Vlissingen, weighing 2,600 tonnes with a height of 91 meters. The 33-meter-long bridge to connect the Alba B3 platform to the existing Alba B2 platform, and the 73-meter-tall flare were built by the local subcontractor ECG in Malabo, the release said.

The barge carrying the Alba B3 topside, jacket and pile sleeves will meet Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf early next year at its final offshore destination in the Gulf of Guinea.