Infrastructure - Yard

Our yard is located in Lobito’s bay which is 500 km south of Luanda, in the Benguela province. It is next to the Lobito Port, one of the most important ports of the West African coast, because of its extension and depth.

The yard is spread over an area of 80 hectares with 12,000 m² of workshops including 4 white workshops of 4,700 m² and two quays.

QUAY YARD 1
Available length: 180 m
Quayside level: LAT+2,9 m
Water depth: LAT-10 m
Max high-tide: LAT+2 m
Bollard capacity: 30 mT
Max loadout capacity:
5,500mT for skidded load out
(27m between skid ways)
2,500mT for load out with cranes.

QUAY YARD 2
Available length: 143 m
Quayside level: LAT+3,3 m
Water depth: LAT-10 m
Max high-tide: LAT+2 m
Bollard capacity: 30 mT
Max loadout capacity:
6,000mT for skidded load out
(21.3m between skid ways).

WHITE WORKSHOPS

  • 4-off White Workshops,
  • Overall area of 4,700 m²
  • Can accommodate up to 9 manifolds simultaneously
  • Equipped with lead wall, for parallel RT activities,
  • Expertise with Stainless Steel Duplex and Super Duplex welding
  • Capabilities to weld with orbital machines from 3/8″ to 1″.

BLACK WORKSHOPS & ASSEMBLY LINES

  • 2-off Black Workshops with an overall area of 2,450 m²
  • 1-off Bracing assembly line with a profile cutting (CNC) machine
  • Suction Anchors & Piles assembly, lines with dedicated rolling machines,
  • Dedicated assembly line for Jacket legs, and piles assembly
  • 3-off oxy-cutting (CNC) machines and 1-off beam cutting machine.

RISER TOWER LINE

  • 250 meter line made of 17-off gantry cranes having a SWL of 15mT each
  • Prefabrication lines on the side toproduce 48m spools
  • End of the main line has a smooth, transition to the sea for pulling with, tug boats the assembled riser towers.

PIPE IN PIPE & DOUBLE JOINTS LINE

  • 2-off workshops with an overall area, of 9,000 m² including 3,000 m² covered
  • Assembly lines fully equipped with transfer, cars and rollers to accommodate an efficient, production of double joints (24m long) and Pipe in pipe up to 24″ OD

FINAL ERECTION AREAS

  • 2-off areas of 70,000 m² each dedicated to assembly of massive/wide structures
  • Each area has a direct access to their dedicated quay by skidding or through crawler cranes
  • Ground bearing capacity above 50 mT/m² everywhere on the erection areas to ensure safe erection activities including crawling with heavy crawler cranes

MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP

  • Machine shop equipped with all the basic machines such as milling machine, lathes, etc
  • Dedicated workshop for electronic and electrical departments
  • In-house power plants with 5.5 kVA generators.

CIVIL WORKSHOPS

  • In-house concrete batching plant
  • All equipment required for land civil works (ground leveling & compaction, pile vibration)
  • Dredger with a dredging capability of 600 m³ per hour
  • Hyperbaric chamber with all necessary equipment for under water work.

STORAGE FACILITIES

  • 1,700 m² indoor storage area with in&out control access
  • Temperature controlled room of 54 m²
  • Dedicated storage area for stainless steels items
  • Up to 15,600 m² uncovered storage space.

FABRICATION CAPACITY

  • Capacity to erect the small bore piping on 7 Manifolds simultaneously.
  • Capacity to weld all type of stainless steel from 316L to Super Duplex.
  • Excellent experience and capacity in FAT with 3 manifolds tested simultaneously.
  • 3 Rolling machines that are dedicated for rolling suction anchors cans.

Suction Anchor

Jumpers and Spools fabricated

CLIENT SERVICES

We provide all the required client services such as:

  • Capacity to erect the small bore piping on 7 Manifolds simultaneously.
  • Capacity to weld all type of stainless steel from 316L to Super Duplex.
  • Excellent experience and capacity in FAT with 3 manifolds tested simultaneously.
  • 3 Rolling machines that are dedicated for rolling suction anchors cans.