The French oil major disclosed this in a statement issued
yesterday, adding that the Egina project has continued to win laurels since
commencement of operation in December 2018.
In a statement, the Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater,
TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited, Mr. Victor Bandele, said “Congrats to us all.
It’s indeed a good achievement to the company and our partners, and we must
find a way to communicate the great feat to our teams that were fully involved
in the project (Past/Present).”
Also, the President, EP, TotalEnergies, Mr. Nicolas Terraz,
said the award was a testament to the commitment, hard work and dedication of
the TotalEnergies EP Nigeria (TEPNG) and TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited
(TUPNI) teams.
The IPTC, however, explained that the award was given to a
project that adds value to the industry and has exemplified strong teamwork,
solid geoscience knowledge, reservoir and production engineering acumen,
determined and watchful construction, and outstanding facilities engineering
practices. It also noted that a successful project requires a pervasive culture
of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), and a positive impact on the
communities it affects.
It said three nominated projects made it to the final stage,
from a pool of nominations, with each finalist’s project making a presentation
at the conference before the winner was announced by the IPTC conference.
The General Manager, Preowei Development Packages, Mr. Paul
Timitula Brisibe, who made the company’s presentation at the event, noted that,
“Partnership and collaboration amongst all stakeholders; Technological
Expertise and Local commitment made Egina a Nigerian project with Global
footprint.”
The 200,000bpd field came on stream in December 2018 with
one of the largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels in
the world.
TotalEnergies is the operator of the field with partners
that include CNOOC, SAPETRO, Prime 130, and the Nigerian National Petroleum
Company Limited (NNPC).
It is still reckoned as the largest investment project to
date in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and is described by industry experts and
stakeholders as a polestar of Nigerian content as confirmed by the Nigerian
Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Egina’s trove of prizes for unprecedented feats includes the
2021 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) award in Houston, US, as well as the
Project of the Year awarded by the Oil and Gas Council in Paris, in June 2019.