French
pipe producer Vallourec has announced that it is supplying Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), world leader in shipbuilding and offshore industry, with over 1,700 mt of
pipe for the world's largest floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Egina offshore oil field in Nigeria.
The company said that it is coordinating quality planning, production and delivery for over 250 different items from its mills in France, Germany and Brazil.
In association with local Nigerian company Bell Oil & Gas, Vallourec has already delivered for the Egina project the full package of 24,000 mt of premium subsea line
pipe, 16,000 mt of flow-lines used for production, water injection and gas export lines, and 8,000 mt for a riser
pipe-in-
pipe construction.