Marathon Oil subsidiary Marathon Equatorial Guinea Production Ltd. (MEGPL) will soon receive delivery of the Alba B3 compression platform at the Abla gas and condensate field offshore Central Africa, as the platform left Heerema Fabrication Group’s (HFG) yard off Europe this week.
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Sail away of the Alba B3 topside and jacket from Heerema Vlissingen. Image from HFG. |
Alba is located approximately 32km offshore from the capital Malabo, located on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea.
The 5800-tonne topside, built at HFG’s Zwijndrecht yard, will compress the gas from the existing Alba field to the processing facilities on Bioko Island. The topside measures 40 x 40m and 35m in height.
The jacket was constructed in Vlissingen, weighing 2600-tonne and with a height of 91m. The 33m-long bridge to connect the Alba B3 platform to the existing Alba B2 platform, and the 73m-tall flare were built by the local subcontractor ECG in Malabo.
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.
The Alba project is managed by 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.
Construction of the Alba B3 platform began in March 2014, which was executed at multiple sites across the world. Iv carried out the engineering work at Iv’s head office in Papendrecht as well as in Houston, Texas.
MEGPL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil operates the Alba Field. Partners include Samedan of North Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Energy, and Compania Nacional de Petroleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol).
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