LDD has successfully finished a very remote specialist foundation installation for the Etame Marin block field expansion project, offshore Gabon, West Africa, safely and on schedule.
VAALCO Gabon (Etame) is the operator of the Etame Marin block. EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, undertook the block expansion project on behalf of VAALCO Gabon (Etame) and its working interest partners. LDD was awarded the foundations contract covering drilling, grouting, lifting and handling in April 2014. LDD worked closely with EMAS AMC to install four 48” piles for each of the two jackets using the new LD2500 reverse circulation drill rig, built especially for the project. Each pile was 140m in length and penetrated approximately 42m below the mudline, working off EMAS’ new flagship vessel, the Lewek Constellation.
EMAS AMC’s other work includes engineering, procuring, installing and commissioning of rigid pipelines, along with transporting and installing flexible pipelines for Etame and Southeast Etame/North Tchibala, in water depths of 80m.
