Mkpoikana Udoma
Port Harcourt — Maintenance work is ongoing on the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited’s 200,000 barrels per day capacity Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, the company has said.
Recall that the Dutch oil firm in September had announced a scheduled turnaround maintenance on Bonga FPSO to commence by the end of October 2022.
The company had also announced that the scheduled turnaround maintenance of the offshore Bonga asset would be carried out with safety as top priority.
Shell’s Media Relations Manager, Mrs. Abimbola Essien-Nelson, in a statement made available to SweetCrudeReports in Port Harcourt, confirmed that TAM of Bonga was going on as scheduled.
Although the company did not specify how long the scheduled maintenance would last, Essien-Nelson, however, said updates on the TAM completion and production restart will be communicated in due course.
“Yes, the Bonga TAM is going on as scheduled.
“Bonga is undergoing scheduled Turnaround Maintenance including safety critical equipment as well as some upgrades to manage obsolescence that would better position the facility for sustained and safe production,” Shell said.
SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Elohor Aiboni, recently at a session with the chief executive officers of contractor companies participating in the Bonga’s TAM, had assured that safety remains the company’s top priority.
“The Bonga TAM is important to revitalise this important critical national asset. But more important is carrying out the turnaround safely.
“That is what keeps me awake at night. It is our top priority as a company and we promote this by encouraging our staff and contractors to speak up and work only if it is safe,” Aiboni said.
Aiboni challenged the CEOs to embrace the culture of encouraging their staff to speak up and stop work if safety is being compromised.
“It is the only way your organisations can thrive as they work to ensure the safe delivery of services for Bonga’s rebirth,” the SNEPCo boss said.
