OFFSHORE FLARE TIP REPLACEMENT - OFON2

On behalf of Total E&P Nigeria, the EPC contractor Ponticelli PROJECT

awarded Conbit the contract for the flare tip replacement on
OFON2. ENGINEERING

PROCUREMENT
The OFON field is located in block OML 102, approximately
45 kilometres off the southeast coast of Nigeria at a depth of INSTALLATION
approximately 40 metres.
The field, initially brought into production in 1997, is owned by the
Joint Venture NNPC/TEPNG and is operated by Total E&P Nigeria
Client
Limited (TEPNG).
Ponticelli Nigeria

Project Name
Offshore Flare Tip Replacement
– OFON2

Photo: Modulare lifting equipment lifting the flare tip of

OFON2
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THE SOLUTION
The flare platform is linked by a
bridge to the production platform.
The old and new platforms had to be
transported over the bridge. The
bridge could only be accessed during
the shutdown period, so the handling
over the bridge had to be minimised.

The lift configuration was assembled

on the flare tip access platform. The
lift winch is integrated in the lift
boom.

The lift frame was a single boom lift

Photo: View from the flare tip access Photo: Flare tip handling structure. The system was assembled
platform over the bridge from lightweight aluminium
components, which have been used
on many special lifting projects.

Photo: Installation of lifting configuration

Photo: Installation of
lifting configuration

“SAFETY AND MINIMIZING

SHUTDOWN ARE THE MAIN
FOCUS IN MANY OF OUR
PROJECTS”
Photo: Lifting new flare
tip int position