Floating Filling Stations, Niger Delta, Nigeria

							Floating Filling
Stations,
Niger Delta, Nigeria




                                In May 2005, Julius Berger      coupled together to a mono-         A confirmation of enginee-
                                Nigeria PLC was awarded         lithic barge/ a big concrete        ring expertise is available to
                                the contract for the design,    pontoon with a final length of      our clients.
                                the turnkey construction and    45m, a width of 17m and 3m
                                                                                                    The construction of the FFS
                                the shipment of six Floating    in height. For the lifting of the
                                                                                                    is executed in Lagos, at the
                                Petrol Filling Stations from    elements, weighing approx.
                                                                                                    company´s “Palava” Yard.
                                Lagos to the Niger Delta by     500t each, a large gantry
                                the Nigerian National Petro-    crane was used.                     As part of the contract, the
                                leum Corporation (NNPC).                                            completed barges have to
                                                                The completed barge has a
                                                                                                    be towed to Niger Delta
                                With the Floating Fuel          total fuel storage capacity of
                                                                                                    locations such as Nembe
                                Stations (FFS), the NNPC        300,000 liters for different
                                                                                                    and Buguma, by means of
                                aims to specially serve the     products (PMS, AGO, DPK)
                                                                                                    tug boats. The work is
                                increasing fuel demands of      which are stored under deck
                                                                                                    executed by the Julius
                                residents in the rivers and     in eight custom-made steel
                                                                                                    Berger Nigeria PLC Marine
                                creeks of the Niger Delta.      fuel tanks. The tanks are
                                                                                                    Department.
                                                                linked to each other and as
                                A typical FFS consists of a
                                                                well     to    the     individual In July 2007, Julius Berger
                                concrete barge equipped
                                                                dispensing points by an Nigeria PLC received the
                                with storage tanks, and all
                                                                under deck pipeline system.        order to build Phase II of the
                                mechanical and electrical
                                                                                                   contract comprising six more
                                installations     that     are In order to serve as a filling
                                                                                                   Floating Filling Stations.
                                necessary to fuel small to station, the concrete barge is
                                medium sized boats. It is equipped                with      eight
                                designed      to    be    self- dispenser       pumps,        two
                                sufficient without any land generators, a fresh and
                                connection.                     sewage water system, 60m²
 Construction Period:                                           of office space, store,
                                The barge hull is made of
 03/2006 – 08/2007 (Phase I)                                    restroom facilities and a
                                concrete and especially
 07/2007 – current (Phase II)                                   swivel crane. All areas are
                                designed       to    withstand
                                                                covered by a steel canopy.
                                brackish to salty water
 Client:                        conditions. Compared to a In accordance with                inter-
 Nigerian National Petroleum    steel construction,        the national marine standards,
 Corporation (NNPC)             concrete barge hull is firefighting and live saving
                                maintenance free for its equipment               is    provided.
                                designed lifespan and is Moreover the design was
 Services:                      extremely stable during approved by the German
 Design and turnkey             operation.                      Lloyd based in Hamburg /
 construction of Filling                                        Germany, an organization to
                                The construction of the FFS
 Stations on concrete                                           certify newly built ships.
                                is done onshore by means
 barges for fuelling of         of three modules. The
 boats in the river areas       modules are individually
 of southern Nigeria            lifted into the water and