(WO) – Aquaterra Power has completed the primary section of a fast-track offshore platform undertaking in Nigeria for Emadeb Power, an indigenous Nigerian oil and gasoline firm. Inside six months, Aquaterra designed and fabricated a subsea template so drilling can start whereas the remainder of the platform remains to be being constructed.
Aquaterra is delivering a conductor-supported platform that may host wellheads and ship manufacturing to a close-by cellular offshore manufacturing unit (MOPU) for processing earlier than export. Within the second section, the total platform construction can be put in over the finished wellheads, a step the businesses are focusing on for later in 2026. The complete improvement, from engineering and fabrication by way of drilling and platform set up, is predicted to take about 15 months.
To hurry up supply, the platform has a simplified topside. It additionally reuses parts of Aquaterra’s current Sea Swift platform designs, which shortened engineering lead occasions. The remainder of the platform construction is being fabricated at a yard in Nigeria.
“Putting in the subsea template first will permit drilling to start whereas the remaining platform construction continues by way of fabrication,” stated Edward Betts, chief of Aquaterra’s offshore developments enterprise unit.
“The undertaking marks an vital step as we proceed to develop our upstream portfolio and develop our place as a number one indigenous power firm,” stated Emadeb Group CEO Adebowale Olujimi.