Fixed flame and gas detectors protect multi-billion dollar oil project
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Fixed flame and gas detectors protect multi-billion dollar oil project
19 April 2016: Over US$3-million-worth of MSA General Monitors (GM) fixed flame and gas detection products have been supplied to the Egina offshore oilfield, which forms part of the Total Upstream Nigeria project.
Discovered in 2003, the Egina field is located in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130, about 100 km off the Nigerian coast, south of Port Harcourt in the Rivers State. Situated at a water depth of up to 1 700 m, the Egina field is the second development of the OML 130 license. MSA Africa supplied the products to a major engineering, procurement, commissioning and installation (EPCI) contractor working in this lease area.
The scope of work for the US$3-billion project includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of 52 km of oil production and water injection flow lines, 12 flexible jumpers, 20 km of gas export pipelines, 80 km of umbilicals, and of the mooring and offloading systems. The EPCI work is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2017.
Given the large-scale nature of the project, a considerable amount of gas and flame detectors are required to ensure the safety of all onsite employees, and to prevent any damage to infrastructure. MSA Africa Director Colin Oliver believes that the company was selected for the project due to its strong regional presence, and its reputation for its high-quality and durable fixed gas detection range.
“MSA’s GM range of fixed gas equipment features highly reliable and robust industrial devices. MSA Africa already has an extremely strong presence in Nigeria, with more than 20 fully-trained staff members that are certified to carry out product training, as well as all repairs and maintenance on the equipment, as part of our value-added after-sales and technical support offering,” he explains.
Oliver adds that GM is a well-known and trusted brand in Nigeria, Angola, Gabon and Ghana. “GM is recognised as a global leader in high tech gas monitoring and flame detection instrumentation, and has been under the umbrella of MSA since 2010. This has enabled us to provide fully-comprehensive gas detection solutions to industries in these regions in the most competitive turnaround times.”
MSA Africa supplied approximately 1 000 fixed gas and flame detector products to the project during the course of 2015, with the final shipment arriving in December that year. “In order to make the shipping process more cost-effective, the units were shipped in large quantities. This did raise logistical issues, however, we still managed to meet the stipulated deadline,” adds Oliver.
Given the success of this project, Oliver is optimistic of the future outlook. “Oil, gas and petroleum exploration is becoming increasingly viable in Africa. MSA Africa is already a well-established and trusted brand in the region and, as more capital is invested in this industry, I am confident that we will remain top-of-mind for all safety-related solutions,” he concludes.
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