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Sunday, December 6, 2015
Marathon Oil should see its Alba B3 compression platform arrive offshore Equatorial Guinea in the near future. With the Alba B3 compression platform leaving for its final destination in Equatorial Guinea, the project reaches a major milestone. The Alba project is managed by Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) as main contractor and the EPC scope was jointly executed with Iv-Oil & Gas.
In addition to the EPC, HFG was also awarded the contract for the installation, commissioning, and hook-up of the platform.
Construction of the Alba B3 platform for operator Marathon started in 2014 and was executed at multiple sites globally. Iv carried out the engineering work at its head office in Papendrecht as well as in Houston.
The 5,800-ton topside, built at HFG’s Zwijndrecht yard, will compress the gas from the existing Alba field to the processing facilities on Bioko Island. A 33-meter-long bridge to connect the Alba B3 platform to the existing Alba B2 platform, and the 73-meter-tall flare were built by the local subcontractor ECG in Malabo.
The barge carrying the Alba B3 topside, jacket and pile sleeves will meet Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf early next year at its final destination offshore the West African country.
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