The arrival of Total's Egina FPSO in Nigeria was a boom

Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is set to record another milestone as the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived in Nigeria from South Korea for oil production from the $16 billion 200,000 barrels per day capacity Egina deepwater oilfield.

The FPSO, which was built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), sailed away from the quay side at Samsung Yard in Geoje, South Korea, on October 31, 2017, on its long anticipated journey to Nigeria, which was initially estimated to last for 90 days.


It was gathered that it arrived at the Samsung Yard (SHI-MCI FZE quayside) in Lagos on January 23rd.

Located in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130 offshore, the Egina oilfield, which will add 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil to Nigeria’s daily production when it comes on stream by the end of 2018, is being developed by Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNL) at the cost of $16 billion.

It was indescribable, Its presences dominate many skyscrapers and made every other object at Lagos wharf looked so little. Even the waves it created were felt in a far distance.

The Egina FPSO is the largest FPSO ever installed in Nigeria (330-metres long). It is currently berthed at the newly built 500-metre FPSO integration quayside at the SHI-MCI Yard, Ladol Island, Lagos where the integration of six locally fabricated modules will take place over the next few months. This is a first for Nigeria and in fact for Africa.

 According to TUPN management, the integration of the 6 locally fabricated topside modules at the SHI-MCI Yard before its final sail-away to the Egina field is a game changer as far as the execution of deep offshore oil & gas projects in the country is concerned. It is also a remarkable achievement in local content development in Nigeria.


 “Being the first project to be launched after the enactment of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act in 2010, EGINA is advancing Nigerian Content to record levels and has by far the highest quantum of local content completed for any oil & gas project in Nigeria, but also for Total’s projects worldwide.

Egina is the deepest offshore development carried out so far in Nigeria, with water depths over 1,500 meters. The EGINA FPSO has been designed for 25 years of operations and in addition to producing 200,000 barrels of oil per day (at plateau), the Egina operations will generate significant activities for local contractors, in various sectors and continue to provide avenues for the training and development of Nigerians in various domains.


 The Egina field was discovered by TUPNI in 2003 within the Oil Mining Licence 130 (OML130), some 200 kilometres south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The field is being developed by TUPNI in partnership with NNPC, CNOOC, SAPETRO and PETROBRAS.

The arrival of the Egina FPSO in Nigeria is a huge milestone towards the completion of the Egina Project and eventual recovery of first oil.