Aveon Offshore grabs $50m Ofon deal

Building business: Aveon Offshore secures fabrication contract at Ofon 2

Nigeria’s Aveon Offshore has scooped a $50 million contract for the fabrication of components on Total’s LQ platform at Ofon 2 off eastern Nigeria.

The oil and gas service provider announced on Monday that it will fabricate and load out more than 3000 tonnes of shallow water structures under the deal, including the OFQ jacket, piles, utility deck and helideck.

Aveon Offshore says the works to be carried out at its fabrication yard near Port Harcourt will generate more than 600,000 man hours by the time the structures are loaded out and sailed away for offshore installation in March 2013.

As Upstream reported earlier this month, Ofon 2 is now due to come online in 2014,…

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