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Saipem obtains a new contract in Nigeria of the value of three billions of dollars
In program activity in the offshore Nigerian in depths of water that reach the 1,700 meters
June 25, 2013
Saipem has adjudicated the contract for the submarine development of the field of Egina in the offshore Nigerian, in depths of water that reach the 1,700 meters. The contract of type EPCI, the value of about three billions of dollars, has been undersigned with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd
The scope of the contract comprises engineering, supplying, the manufacturing, the installation and the mass in service of 52 kilometers of submarine conducts for the production of hydrocarbons and the water king-injection in the reservoir, 12 flexible structures of connection, 20 kilometers of conducts for the export of the gas, 80 kilometers of umbilical cables and the system of anchorage and loading.
The activities of manufacturing and construction will come almost entirely executed in Nigeria, the majority of which in the yard Saipem di Rumoulumeni to Port Harcourt. The next activities of installation to sea will be carried out during 2016 and will continue until according to trimester of 2017.
The Italian company has emphasized that "this important contract confirmation the role leader of Saipem in the activities "deep-toilets" and in particular in Nigeria, where Saipem is present from the late 1960s and has participated in all the main oil projects that are realized. Saipem is one of the little international contrattisti able to maximize the local content, assuring the sustainability of its acts and therefore respecting the rules given from the country".
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Saipem has adjudicated the contract for the submarine development of the field of Egina in the offshore Nigerian, in depths of water that reach the 1,700 meters. The contract of type EPCI, the value of about three billions of dollars, has been undersigned with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
