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Expro to build onshore pre-treatment

facility for LNG onshore ROC

CONGO HOUSTON-BASED Expro Group Holdings delivery of fast-track modular production facili-
reported on January 25 that it had signed a long- ties in West Africa and other parts of the word. It
term production solutions contract with Eni did not list any examples.
Congo, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, in relation to Colin Mackenzie, Expro’s regional vice
the planned construction of a pre-treatment president for Europe and sub-Saharan Africa,
plant for LNG in the Republic of Congo (ROC). expressed satisfaction with the deal. “We are
In a statement, Expro explained that it had delighted to be able to extend our long-standing
agreed to design, construct, operate and main- partnership with Eni and our activity in West
tain the onshore pre-treatment facility (OPT) Africa through securing this highly prestigious
for Eni Congo in its capacity as operator of the contract,” he said. “Our expertise in designing,
Marine XII offshore block. It did not reveal the engineering, delivering, building, operating and
exact value of the deal but said it expected to earn maintaining modular production plants on a
more than $300mn over the 10-year term of the fast-track basis is a recognised market differen-
contract. tiator and will further strengthen our presence in
The company will lease the facility while act- the region. Expro’s experience and capabilities in
ing as its operator, Expro noted. empowering operators to quickly access reserves
The OPT will be built at a site near the Litch- can play a critical role in supporting Africa’s sig-
endjili gas plant, which supplies gas from Marine nificant and growing LNG industry, providing
XII to Central Électrique du Congo (CEC), a opportunities to support secure energy supplies.”
nearby thermal power plant (TPP) at Pointe- Eni has already announced plans to install
Noire, the statement said. The new unit will be two FLNG vessels at Marine XII within the
able to process around 80mn cubic feet (2.27mn framework of a plan to utilise and monetise the
cubic metres) per day of gas and will support block’s natural and associated gas reserves. These
both electricity and LNG production, Expro two units – the existing 600,000 tonne per year
noted. Tango FLNG and a newbuild 2.4mn tpy FLNG
“The facility is designed to allow incremental ordered from China’s Wison – will be able to turn
gas production for low-carbon electricity gen- out 3mn tpy of LNG.
eration,” it explained. “It will link to Eni Con- The Italian company is already extracting
go’s offshore floating LNG (FLNG) operations, gas from its offshore fields and piping it to shore
supporting both the local energy market and for use at two onshore TPPs – namely, CEC and
increased global demands for LNG to support Central Électrique du Djeno (CED), which col-
secure energy supplies.” lectively account for the majority of ROC’s elec-
Expro went on to say that it had been selected tricity production. It is now looking to expand
to carry out this project because it had a success- into the LNG export arena in order to increase its
ful track record in and technical expertise in the revenues and meet energy demand in Europe.™

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