,%20equipment%20supplies%20inside%20the%20ISBL%20which%20will%20include%20all%20the%20marked%20products.strongMcDermott/strong%20has%20been%20working%20on%20the%20project%20since%202018%20alongside%20Azikel%20petroleum%20and%20it%20has%20completed%20the%20front-end%20engineering%20design.Azikel%20is%20expected%20to%20build%20the%20facility,%20with%20early%20construction%20site%20recovery%20and%20backfilling,%20the%20completion%20of%20roads,%20perimeter%20wall,%20drainage%20and%20security%20gates.%20It%20also%20includes%20the%20building%20of%20administrative,%20maintenance%20and%20terminal%20operator%20buildings%20and%20the%20erection%20of%20feedstock%20tanks.The%20construction%20of%20a%20200m%20pier%20with%20shoreline%20protection%20that%20will%20be%20used%20for%20the%20delivery%20of%20the%20refinery%20modules%20and%20other%20equipment%20is%20already%20in%20the%20pipeline.The%20President%20of%20Azikel%20Group,%20Dr%20Eruani%20Azibapu%20Godbless%20said%20the%20current%20stage%20of%20the%20project%20is%20a%20landmark%20achievement%20for%20Nigeria.%20He%20tagged%20the%20project%20as%20the%20first%20hydro%20skimming%20refinery%20to%20get%20to%20this%20level%20within%20the%20realm%20of%20the%20modular%20refineries.%20He%20said%20the%20contract%20was%20awarded%20to%20McDermott%20because%20of%20the%20country's%20competence%20and%20the%20professionalism%20it%20has%20shown%20over%20the%20years,%20and%20the%20project%20is%20expected%20to%20be%20completed%20within%20the%202021%20budget.Also%20speaking%20on%20the%20contract%20awarding,%20the%20Senior%20Vice%20President%20of%20McDermott%20in%20Europe,%20Middle%20East%20and%20Africa,%20Tareq%20Kawash%20said:%20em“McDermott%20has%20been%20an%20integral%20part%20of%20what%20is%20one%20of%20the%20few%20refineries%20to%20be%20built%20in%20Nigeria%20and%20we%20look%20forward%20to%20expanding%20our%20presence%20further%20by%20delivering%20the%20next%20phase%20of%20this%20important%20project.”/emem“Our%20decades%20of%20modularization%20experience%20makes%20us%20uniquely%20positioned%20to%20deliver%20this%20scope%20and%20the%20team%20has%20done%20a%20great%20job%20of%20developing%20a%20simple%20process%20design%20that%20meets%20all%20of%20Azikel’s%20product%20specification%20requirements.”/em){kind=link}
The engineering and procurement contract for the 12,000 barrels per day modular hydro skimming refinery in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, has been awarded to McDermott International Ltd by Azikel Petroleum Ltd.
The refinery is located in the Niger Delta region; the ‘oyel region’ of Nigeria. The contract will involve comprehensive engineering and design of the Inside Battery Limits (ISBL), equipment supplies inside the ISBL which will include all the marked products.
McDermott has been working on the project since 2018 alongside Azikel petroleum and it has completed the front-end engineering design.
Azikel is expected to build the facility, with early construction site recovery and backfilling, the completion of roads, perimeter wall, drainage and security gates. It also includes the building of administrative, maintenance and terminal operator buildings and the erection of feedstock tanks.
The construction of a 200m pier with shoreline protection that will be used for the delivery of the refinery modules and other equipment is already in the pipeline.
The President of Azikel Group, Dr Eruani Azibapu Godbless said the current stage of the project is a landmark achievement for Nigeria. He tagged the project as the first hydro skimming refinery to get to this level within the realm of the modular refineries. He said the contract was awarded to McDermott because of the country’s competence and the professionalism it has shown over the years, and the project is expected to be completed within the 2021 budget.
Also speaking on the contract awarding, the Senior Vice President of McDermott in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Tareq Kawash said: “McDermott has been an integral part of what is one of the few refineries to be built in Nigeria and we look forward to expanding our presence further by delivering the next phase of this important project.”
“Our decades of modularization experience makes us uniquely positioned to deliver this scope and the team has done a great job of developing a simple process design that meets all of Azikel’s product specification requirements.”