Underwater inspection provider Welaptega has delivered on contracts to support two energy supermajors in West Africa, after establishing a strategic partnership with engineering and training organisation STAT-Marine Nigeria Ltd.
The awards saw the Ashtead Technology-owned business inspect the mooring systems on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels for ExxonMobil and ENI in Nigerian waters. Welaptega undertook inspection services on ENI’s Abo FPSO, on the western edge of the Niger Delta, at water depths of 550-1,100m. It also inspected moorings on ExxonMobil’s Usan FPSO in the Gulf of Guinea at depths of up to 850m. Read more…