Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria has awarded Cameron a contract to supply the subsea systems for the deepwater Erha North Phase 2 offshore Nigeria. The contract includes 32 subsea wellheads that will tieback to the existing Erha FPSO in addition to five subsea production trees, two water injection trees, three manifolds, production and topsides controls, and associated equipment. The project is scheduled to go onstream in 2015, at a production rate of 50,000 b/d of oil.
Erha and Erha North projects are in water depths of between 1,000 and 1,200m in the Gulf of Guinea, approximately 97km offshore. Operator ExxonMobil holds a 56.25% interest, while Shell holds the remaining 43.75%.