Nippon Steel Awarded Sisi Nubi Phase 1 Project by Total E&P Indonesie

PT Nippon Steel Construction Indonesia， a subsidiary of Nippon Steel Corporation， have been recently awarded by Total E & P Indonesie， a fully owned subsidiary of the Paris based Total Group， an EPC contract to construct three offshore platforms for Sisi and Nubi Gas Field located in East Kalimantan， Indonesia.

The scope of the contract covers engineering， procurement， fabrication and offshore installation for three offshore platforms totaling over 20，000 mt.　The engineering and procurement will be performed in Jakarta， the fabrication of the platforms will be done in Nippon Steel’s fabrication yard in Batam， Indonesia， and the offshore installation will be performed by Nippon Steel’s derrick and lay barge ”Kuroshio”. Pipeline laying will be conducted by another contractor. Platform deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter 2007.

The award of this contract is the 3rd major contract awarded by Total E & P Indonesie to the Nippon Steel subsidiary， following Peciko Phase 1 (1998) and Peciko Phase 2 (2001).

The Sisi and Nubi gas fields are located off the East Kalimantan coast in the Mahakam Contract Block operated by Total E&P Indonesie in partnership with Tokyo based INPEX Corporation under a production sharing contract with the Indonesian government. Gas from Sisi and Nubi along with Peciko and Tunu gas will be sent to the Bontang LNG Plant for liquefaction and exports to Japan， Korea and Taiwan.


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