Offshore of ExxonMobil’s Qua Iboe Terminal in Nigeria there are in excess of 50 platforms ranging from a central complex to gathering stations and satellite platforms. Seaweld-Viking was responsible for the day to day maintenance and repair of these installations. To effect this work we had a work vessel, the MSV Leinetor, permanently assigned to these duties. Our onboard workforce of 26 carried out the multi-disciplined activities necessary to keep the field running. This team also installed plant, equipment, pipework, structures etc. which had been built at Seaweld Engineering’s fabrication yard in Ibeno, nearby the Qua Iboe Terminal. The welders in this team were coded and frequently carried out modifications to various process pipework systems in the field.

A multi-disciplined team of Seaweld-Viking personnel was permanently based on Mobil’s Oso platform to assist with field development.

Offshore from Calabar, in Rivers State, Nigeria, lies the Addax field, comprising five platforms. Seaweld-Viking operated the PMV Sea Rex together with a multi-disciplined team carrying out construction related maintenance on these platforms. The work included pipework repairs and replacement, structural repairs and instrumentation breakdown maintenance. Seaweld-Viking has developed a computerised Planned Preventative Maintenance system. Work programs are automatically generated from the system covering timing and work scope of a range of equipment, piping and structures.

In Equatorial Guinea, Seaweld-Viking has been working offshore since mid 1999. The company has two contracts with Mobil Equatorial Guinea, Inc., (MEGI) for the supply of skilled labour and a general labour supply and management contract with over 300 nationals employed. Seaweld Engineering supplies the Offshore Base maintenance construction vessel to Marathon Oil Company for the Hook Up of the Alba complex.

The Offshore Base provides accommodation for 165 personnel with workshop facilities, warehousing and office accommodation. The barge also has 15 Tonne and 40 Tonne pedestal cranes suitable for handling fully laden shipping containers.

Under the Labour Contract, Seaweld Engineering has provided up to 90 construction personnel on rotation, who work to the company’s own Safety and Quality procedures. Seaweld-Viking is committed to the training of local personnel and three Seaweld-Viking Equatorial Guinean employees have recently achieved qualification as coded welders, the first in the country.
Production operation of producing platforms