The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) has
pledged to focus on working with the government and the private companies in
Nigeria to create more jobs after the successful handling of the integration
work on the multi-dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading
(FPSO) vessel.
The company said in a statement that it was also
working toward the creation of an enabling environment for policies that will
ensure that Nigerians, who worked on the integration of the Egina FPSO at its
yard at the Lagos Free Trade Zone, remain employed and that thousands more are
employed in future projects.
The Managing Director of the company, Dr. Amy
Jadesimi, revealed this following the successful completion and departure of
the fully integrated Egina FPSO from the LADOL yard in Lagos.
According to him, “Boasting a purpose-built,
state-of-the-art logistics and engineering base, LADOL was selected by Total
and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as the local content partner
for Samsung Heavy Industries for the Egina FPSO project.
“Under the arrangement, LADOL was to
make available its facilities for the integration of the topsides of the FPSO
after its fabrication by Samsung at its yard in Geoje, South Korea. And with
the completion of the fabrication work, the vessel sailed away from that
country in October last year, arriving the LADOL yard at the Lagos Free Trade
Zone, owned by LADOL, amid splendour on January 24, 2018,”
An elated Jadesimi had said in a post on that
occasion that “the Egina FPSO has arrived, marking a historic milestone for our
facility and for industrialisation in Nigeria. The FPSO fabrication and
integration at LADOL is a major achievement for local content and a step
towards creating thousands of direct and indirect new jobs in the country.”
The Managing Directing of Nigerian Ports Authority
(NPA), Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman, joined onsite at the LADOL Free Zone to
celebrate the arrival of the vessel, observing that the successful berthing of
the vessel “is as a result of operational efficiency and very robust synergy
between the NPA and LADOL.”
Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo, during the occasion
of a presidential working visit to LADOL offshore facility to see the vessel,
appreciated the facilities and operations at LADOL. He stated that the
successful anchor of the Egina FPSO “is not just a celebration of local content
across board, but, also a resounding testimonial of the success of the ease of
doing business.
“Excellent work has been done here and this would
be sacrosanct to the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan of government in the
long run as would be evident in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
no distant time.”
Other stakeholders who appreciated the LADOL
facilities and operations during the visit, included Minister of State for
Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar; Deputy Managing
Director, Deepwater Total, Ahmadu-Kida Musa, who represented the Managing
Director Total Upstream, Mr. Nicholas Terraz, and Executive Secretary, Nigerian
Content Development and Management Board, Simbi Wabote.
“So, the task of integrating the
topsides of the FPSO began. And LADOL made a huge success of the opportunity.
In all, six modules fabricated in-country were integrated, with about 21400
pre-inauguration tasks performed.
“LADOL completed the work on time and on
budget, demonstrating to the world that the most complex and challenging
industrial projects in the world can be completed in Nigeria. The next step is
for LADOL to work towards ensuring that the 50,000 new jobs which can be
created due to the LADOL facilities are created,” the statement said.
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