Ceona, a SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has expanded its West African reach after entering into a strategic partnership with Interoil Angola.
The partnership will see Interoil Angola, which is a key player in offshore support vessel management in West Africa, support Ceona’s plans to expand into Angola.
Ceona is already active in West Africa through its Ceona-Seaweld joint venture in Ghana as well as the company’s strategic partnership with Marine Platforms Ltd in Nigeria.
“Interoil Angola is a well-established company and an approved supplier by the major operators in the region,” said Bill Hickie, Ceona’s vice president of business development. “It is also one of the few Angolan organizations that has a license for vessel management. Partnering with them enables Ceona to officially enter the Angolan market, where our flagship Ceona Amazon vessel is highly suited for work offshore, and at the same time continue to grow our strong footprint across West Africa.”
Headquartered in Luanda and with a yard in Sonils, Interoil Angola’s core business is managing support vessels in-country. The company, which is registered with Sonangol, offers oil and gas services in strategic alliance with reliable and proven technical partners.
Ceona specializes in full-service engineering, pipelay and construction project management and execution. The company has already established an impressive track record which has seen it expand into West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil.
The Ceona Amazon is a purpose-built hybrid vessel that can execute complex logistical projects in remote, harsh and deepwater territories. Designed to deliver full flexible or full rigid pipelay, she can change between each mode and is weather resilient. With a deck area of 4600sq m and the ability to carry 9500-tonne of pipe on deck and in her two holds, the Amazon is custom designed for full deepwater field development needs. Her two 400-tonne cranes, which have been designed to operate in tandem to support work in water depths of up to 3000m (10,000ft), enable her to easily install large manifolds and heavy subsea structures. The Ceona Amazon also has a vertical-lay pipelay system featuring a top tension of 600-tonne, capable of laying rigid pipe to 3000m (10,000ft) water depth.
Image: Ceona Amazon/Ceona
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