BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) has announced that it has completed pipeline pre-commissioning services for the final segments of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) system, on behalf of Willbros West Africa Inc, an Ascot Offshore Services Company.
One of the largest pipeline networks in the region, the WAGP system measures 678km or 421 miles and will gather natural gas from fields in the Escravos region of the Niger Delta, for delivery to customers in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
The pipeline system comprises the existing Escravos-Lagos pipeline, a new onshore pipeline in Nigeria, and a new offshore pipeline together with a recently built compressor station.
Willbros West Africa Inc. selected BJ PPS to prepare the new pipelines for commissioning and start-up, with BJ coordinating the delivery of all primary equipment to commence operations in just two weeks, based on the project’s narrow timeframe. The group undertook a wide range of preparatory and pre-commissioning work, displacing more than 100,000 tonnes of seawater and other services including pipeline flooding, hydrostatic pressure testing and filling with nitrogen to make inert.
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