CRX Project
Operator: Chevron
Location: West Africa Block 0
The Congo River Canyon Crossing Pipeline, which is designed to transport up to 250 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from Angola’s Blocks 0 and 14 to the Angola LNG plant in Soyo. The development plans include 87 miles (140 km) of pipeline routed under the Congo River subsea canyon. Drilling operations on the pipeline well intersection under the subsea canyon began in early 2015, with completion expected in mid/end-2015. Commissioning of the pipeline is expected in the first half of 2016.
General Services provided: Audit services as a requirement for official issuance of Operating License, including the issuing of reports over Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Start-Up activities of the Congo River Crossing (CRX) Project located in Angola.
This report, covers on a sample basis, the main components of the Project, namely:
• Assessing compliance between Company design and applicable industry standards;
• Quality Assurance Processes;
– Project Quality Plan
– Internal Audits, Project Audits and Regulatory Audits
• Quality Control Reports Review;
– Inspection & Test Plans
– Pressure Tests & Non-Destructive Testing
– Traceability reviews
– Welding Procedures and Specifications
– Welder Qualification Records
– Manufacturing Record Books review
• Witness Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning & Start-Up activities;
– South Pigging Platform Repairs & Structural Commissioning
– Bi-Directional PIG Commissioning
– Pipeline N2 Packing (from Angola LNG Plant)
– Pipeline Gas-in (From South Nemba Platform)
• Compliance review of HSE Requirements;
– HSE Plan
– SWP
– Risk Assessments
– JSAs
– SIMOPS
– Environmental Impact Study and mitigation measures applied.
