West Hub Block 15/06
Operator: ENI
Location: West Africa Block 15/06
Eni’s West Hub Development Project involves the initial development of the Sangos, Cinguvu and Mpungi fields, as well as subsequent development of the Mpungi North, Vandumbu and Ochigufu fields in later stages. Phase I of the West Hub project involves the drilling of 21 subsea wells, which include 12 production and nine injection wells that are tied back through subsea facilities to the host platform FPSO N’Goma (formerly known as FPSO Xikomba with a total storage capacity of around 1.5 million barrels, oil processing capacity of 100,000bpd, gas handling capacity of 115 million standard cubic feet a day and water injection capacity of 120,000bpd.). First Oil expected to Novembre 2014. Production: Aprox. 78,500 bod. Time frame of the Project: 20 yrs.
General Services provided: Audit services as a requirement for official issuance of Operating License, including the issuing of a report on Fabrication, Commissioning and Start-up activities of the West Hub Project located on Block 15/06 offshore Angola.
This report, covered on a sample basis, the main components of ENI’s 15/06 Project, namely:
• Assessing compliance between Company design and applicable industry standards;
• Quality Assurance Processes;
– Project Quality Plan
– Internal Audits, Project Audits and Regulatory Audits
– Non-Conformance Management
– Review of Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions
• Audits to main EPC contractors
involved in the Project;
– Subsea Production System (GE Oil & Gas)
– SURF Systems (Technip & Aker Solutions)
– Topsides fabrication (SBM & Paenal)
• Witness Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) of selected major equipment;
• 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 Commissioning & Start-Up activities;
– Topsides Commissioning
– Subsea Commissioning
– Hook-Up & Start-Up Operations
– Black Start Testing
– Offloading Operations
• Compliance review of HSE Requirements;
– HSE Plan
– SWP
– Risk Assessments
– JSAs
– SIMOPS
– Environmental Impact Assessment & Mitigation measures.
