EGINA FPSO

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Oil spill off Port Harcourt

An oil spill that occurred from the FPSO 'Egina' on Nov 15, 2023, was under control, and clean-up measures were being undertaken 130 kilometres south of Port Harcourt. It was believed some 3,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea. The clean up operation by the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) was ongoing. The spill, while not a minor one, has not reached the coastline, due to the effectiveness of the spills contingency plan they deployed. The NOSDRA immediately deployed high-level personnel as well as activating the National Oil Spills Contingency Plan to contain the spill. Other oil companies have assisted in the effort of containing and cleaning the oil spill. Aircraft have been deployed and at least five vessels have taken part in the oil abatement process, using 15,000 litres of liquids to clean the affected area. The 'Egina' is Located approximately 20 kilometers away from the Akpo field and lies within the oil mining lease block (OML) 130 and covers an area of around 500 square miles.

Egina FPSO leaves Samsung Heavy Industries`s Geoje Shipyard

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.("SHI") successfully completed Geoje-shipyard portion of the world's largest sized Egina FPSO. The gigantic floater left for Nigeria on 31th October 2017, the company said in its press release. SHI has now fulfilled successful delivery or sail-away of three massive offshore projects as scheduled. Earlier this year Ichthys CPF, world's largest floating gas processing facility, was delivered in April. Prelude FLNG, world's largest FLNG, had left Goeje in June. SHI won the order to build Egina FPSO in 2013. The FPSO is to be installed in Egina offshore field, located 200km from Nigerian shores. The mega facility is 330m in length, 61m in breadth, and 34m high. It boasts 2.3 million barrels of storage capacity with topsides weighing 60,000 tons.