Angola LNG partners let pipeline contract to Acergy

Sep 23, 2009 02:00 AM

Total E&P Angola and BP Angola (Block 18) let a contract to Acergy for the installation of more than 70 km of pipeline from Angola's Block 2 to the onshore pipeline for the 5.2 mm tpy Angola LNG liquefaction facility near the town of Soyo in Zaire province.
Acergy is to install the 24-inch pipeline, associated jumper, pipeline end termination, and tie-ins to an onshore pipeline in 40 m of water by second quarter 2010 using its Polaris, Hawk, and Legend vessels.

The $ 110 mm contract relates to the Block 17/18 GEP Phase 2 Project.
Angola LNG will utilize 1 bn cfpd of associated gas from offshore Blocks 17 and 32 (operated by Total E&P Angola), from Blocks 0, 14, and 31, in which Total E&P Angola has interests, from Blocks 15 and 18, as well as gas from non-associated gas fields dedicated to the project.

The plant will also process and treat as much as 125 mm cfpd of gas for the domestic market-all of which is scheduled to start in early 2012.
Shareholders in Angola LNG are Total with a 13.6 % share, Sonagas with 36.4 %, Chevron with 36.4 %, and BP with 13.6 %.