BJ Process and Pipeline Services have contracted Airpac to provide equipment and personnel for the dewatering and drying of pipelines in the Bonga Field in Nigeria. The work will commence in early 2004.

Working as an integral part of the BJ Services project team, Airpac will supply booster compressors, associated ancillaries and operational staff onboard the Bonga FPSO for the dewatering of the gas export line running from the FPSO to the mainland. The Bonga Field development is estimated to cost some US$2.7 billion. The field which is located 120km south-west of the Niger Delta in water more than 1000m deep, is the first deepwater project for Shell Nigeria and Nigeria as a country. Gas from the Bonga will be piped to the LNG plant at Bonny.

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