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Monday, April 23, 2007
BJ Services Awarded Contract By Shell
Cementing Services Supplied Offshore
ABERDEEN, Scotland – 20 April 2007 — BJ Services Company today announced that its well services Europe and Africa region operations have been awarded a contract by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCO) to provide cementing services offshore Nigeria.
SNEPCO awarded the multi-million dollar contract to support operations on Bonga Main and Bonga SW Fields. BJ has commenced operations on Bonga Main working from the Transocean Sedco 709 semi-submersible drilling unit in depths of up to 6,500 feet. Services on Bonga SW are scheduled to begin in late 2007. Services from two additional rigs will also be carried out in late 2009 and early 2010.
The three-year contract is designed to provide SNEPCO with full cementing and pumping services. Currently, BJ is supporting this operation from the company’s base in
"We have been working on behalf of Shell companies in various capacities for nearly 12 years. During that time, BJ has taken definitive steps to create an extremely effective and efficient base of operations in
"Our dedicated team is intensively trained to uphold the highest safety standards, using the latest state-of-the-art technology and equipment to serve SNEPCO. These attributes, combined with the fact that we opted to use cementing additives and chemicals from a local supplier in
BJ Services Company (BJS-NYSE, CBOE) is a leading provider of pressure pumping and related oilfield services to the petroleum industry. The company operates in every major oil and gas producing region.
Umberto Micheli, Region Manager – Europe & Africa, BJ Services,
Tel: +44 (0)l224 401401, Email: [email protected]
Sharon Roe, Managing Director, Spinnaker Communications,
Tel: +44 (0)l334 473 754, Email: [email protected]
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