In Nigeria, Building Capacity Through Local Content
Chevron supports the establishment of self-sustaining local companies that have the capacity to compete anywhere in the world.
In Nigeria, our Agbami Field project is actively working to develop local suppliers. The field is located in deep water, approximately 70 miles (113 kilometers) off the coast of Nigeria's central Niger Delta region. Operated by a Chevron affiliate, Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, the project will come onstream in 2008 with estimated peak production projected at 250,000 barrels of oil per day.
Input on the design and fabrication of offshore structures for the project has contributed to local content value exceeding 2.7 million workforce hours. Some 10,000 tons of major offshore components for the Agbami project will be fabricated in local yards.
Nigerdock Nigeria Plc and Daewoo Nigeria Limited helped complete in-country fabrication of key components of the project's floating production, storage and offloading vessel. The components were completed on schedule and without any lost-time injury. The sizeable workload also prompted Nigerdock, Daewoo and Grinaker- LTA Nigeria to expand and upgrade their facilities. These infrastructure improvements will continue to serve present and future business interests in Nigeria.
Justina Okoro (left) and Oluseun Olusola participate in topside-module inspection on the Chevron Agbami project. They are two of a number of employees from National Engineering and Technical Company Ltd., a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, who have received training on the project.