East Area Oil and Gas Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: Exxon
• Country: Nigeria
• Location:
• Production start:
• Partners:
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The development includes six fields, Iyak, Ubit, Oso, Usari, Idoho, and Mfem
• The East Area – Additional Oil Recovery Project added gas compression and injection to increase oil recovery and cut gas flaring

+++ Contractors

• **Samsung:** Production Platform Construction
• **Saipem:**
  • Production, wellhead and riser platforms & sealines (EPIC)
  • Transport & Installation of Topsides
  • Ubit Expansion Project - production and compression platforms, platforms and sealines
  • Ubit-I and Ubit-B Drilling Platforms and Sealines
  • Oso NGL Topsides Installation
  • Oso Field Condensate Development Facilities
  • Usari - Idoho Pipeline Replacement

++++ East Area development project

• **Tecon:** Detail structural design of three riser platforms
• **Technip - Coflexip:** engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, hook-up, commissioning, and start-up assistance for the gas compression platform and associated facilities
• **Saipem:** Engineering, procurement, construction and installation of three platforms

+++ History

• 2003 - Additional Oil Recovery Project launched

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Nessco Platform References
2. Tecon Platform References
3. Samsung Platform References
4. Saipem Africa Pipeline References
5. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References
6. International Protective Coatings Fixed Platform References
7. Technip -Coflexip awarded contract for the East area project in Nigeria
8. Saipem awarded construction contracts offshore Nigeria for USD 490 million