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“Our acquisition of OVH brings more NNPC attract the right investments which enable the
branded fuel stations under the NNPC Retail growth of our operations.”
Ltd umbrella, providing wider access for our Meanwhile, Huub Stokman, the CEO of
customers, an enriched supply chain and prod- OVH, commented: “This acquisition by NNPC
uct availability across our different locations,” comes at a critical time in the Nigerian energy
Kyari said. sector ... We have always focused on a val-
He added: “Our goal as NNPC Ltd is to ue-driven approach, prioritising the quality of
become a catalyst for massive improvement products and services offered to our custom-
within the downstream oil and gas industry; ers, at both retail and commercial levels. This
therefore, access to the extensive asset base of acquisition enables the combined strengths
OVH is our audacious step towards attaining of both entities, to innovate our offerings and
this goal. We are positive that this is the much- infrastructure, necessary to transform the
needed transformation required by the sector, downstream energy sector in Nigeria and West
as it provides us with an integrated platform to Africa.” ™

Baker Hughes signs service contract for

Coral Sul FLNG offshore Mozambique

AFRICA BAKER Hughes (US) has agreed to provide
maintenance and monitoring services for tur-
bomachinery operations on the Coral Sul float-
ing LNG (FLNG) vessel, which is being used to
execute the Coral South LNG project offshore
Mozambique.
In a statement dated September 30, Baker
Hughes said it had signed a service contract that
fixed various metrics, including the “reliability
of compressors and efficiency and low emis-
sions of gas turbines,” by which it would check
the performance of the FLNG’s rotating equip-
ment. The contract also calls for the US-based
oilfield services provider (OSP) to provide res-
ident engineers, supervisors, spare parts and
services to support maintenance operations, the
statement noted. The deal builds on Baker Hughes’ older contract for work on the FLNG (Photo: Eni)
Baker Hughes did not reveal the value of the
deal. However, it did say that the contract had provision of services related to the Coral Sul
a term of eight years and that implementation FLNG’s power and gas refrigeration process.
would begin in late 2022. This contract covers four turbo-generation
It went on to say that the company was units, as well as four turbo-compression trains
committed to making use of local resources with aeroderivative and centrifugal compressor
in Mozambique in order to help develop local technology, it said.
capacity and talent. However, it did not reveal Rod Christie, Baker Hughes’ executive vice
whether it had identified any specific local part- president for turbomachinery and process solu-
ners yet. tions, commented: “This agreement shows how
The statement also noted that the new ser- we embed our decades of LNG experience and
vice contract called for Baker Hughes to provide constant collaboration with our customers to
monitoring and diagnostics services. These will develop solutions to meet their specific needs
involve the OSP’s iCenter capabilities, which and outcomes. Demand for LNG is on the rise,
include Carbon Optimizer and a package of illustrating how natural gas is playing a founda-
other digital services that are based on System tional role in supporting the many types of tran-
1, a technology developed by Bently Nevada, it sitions along the paths to net-zero emissions.”
said. Eni (Italy) and its partners in the Coral South
The package comprises cyber asset manage- LNG consortium are using the Coral Sul FLNG
ment, data services and health and maintenance to liquefy gas in a section of a block known
monitoring, it explained. as Area 4, offshore Mozambique. The vessel
It further stated that the new contract built has a single production train and is currently
upon Baker Hughes’ existing contract for anchored in 2,000-metre-deep water.

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