J P Kenny & MCS Kenny Complete First Full Subsea FEED in Nigeria

Leading international subsea engineering companies, J P Kenny and MCS Kenny, part of Wood Group, alongside Nigerian engineering company Dover Engineering, are completing the first comprehensive Front End Engineering Design (FEED) undertaken locally in Nigeria for the Total Egina Field development in deepwater, offshore Nigeria.

Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd awarded the subsea FEED to Dover Engineering in July 2009, and Dover contracted J P Kenny and MCS Kenny to support the project delivery. The subsea scope of work included comprehensive design studies and engineering assessments, development of specifications, documentation and technology studies, relating to the design of the umbilicals, flowlines, risers and the subsea production systems for the Egina Development.

“To complete the full FEED for the Egina Field, including for the FPSO and the subsea systems, in-country is a major achievement for the Nigerian oil and gas industry”, said Dover’s Managing Director, Eloka Ejeh.

Samir Ounnas, Project Manager, J P Kenny, Lagos added, “A team of J P Kenny, MCS Kenny and local Dover engineers worked more than 60,000 manhours in-country on the project. In addition to this being the first FEED work undertaken in Nigeria, it is also the first major subsea project that J P Kenny has completed in-country and it has been a great success. We aim to undertake further major projects in-country in the future.”

The Egina Field – Discovered in 2003, it is situated offshore Nigeria within the Oil Mining Lease (OML) -130, 200km from Port Harcourt, in water depths up to 1750m. The Greater Egina development consists of the Egina Main, Egina South and Preowei Fields, with the current development only covering the Egina Main Field – Egina South and Preowei are intended to be future tie-backs. The Egina field is being developed by TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Ltd (TUPNI), with partners NNPC, CNOOC, Sapetro and Petrobras.

Wood Group Kenny is the world’s largest specialist subsea, pipeline and riser engineering and management contractor employing more than 1,600 worldwide, part of international energy services company, Wood Group. Wood Group Kenny comprises four companies –

* J P Kenny – one of the world’s leading independent subsea and pipeline organisations, operates from seven locations worldwide and provides its clients with solutions that range from the planning stage through to procurement, fabrication, construction management, commissioning and operations support services.

* MCS Kenny – an engineering and software services company working in the offshore oil and gas subsea sector. The company provides services ranging from feasibility and conceptual studies through to detailed design and verification in the areas of floating production systems, riser and flowline systems, drilling technology and mooring systems.

* MSi Kenny – a leading flow assurance and process optimisation company.

* WGIM – an independent engineering & management company, specialising in all-of-asset integrity assurance with extensive materials engineering resources, service life prediction and inspection management expertise in the oil & gas petrochemicals, power, mining & mineral processing.

Wood Group is an international energy services company with $5bn sales, employing more than 28,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses-Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support, and Gas Turbine Services-providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.

Dover Engineering is a wholly owned Nigerian offshore and onshore engineering company with offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

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Source: phx.corporate-ir,July 20, 2010;