In truth, both Agbami and Akpo have already been hit by pre-project delays, largely brought about by legal problems, but with these issues apparently resolved efforts will now focus on attaining first oil and gas with as few difficulties as possible.
Keeping costs under control will be vital. Budgets have already had to be revised during the bidding phase due to rising steel prices and a shortage of dock slots for newbuild floating production, storage and offloading vessels.
Agbami's
