Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Free Zone Gets $10mn Tenaris Upgrade

FTZ News: Tenaris Global Services has invested about $10mn in upgrading its insulation plant in Onne, Nigeria, as the company marks 25 years in the country and completes pipe-coating work for the Bonga North deepwater project.

The plant, run by Tenaris subsidiary Pipe Coaters Nigeria, is described by the company as the only facility of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa capable of five-layer thermal insulation. The upgraded site was commissioned at the Oil and Gas Free Zone in Onne.

Work on Bonga North included three-layer polypropylene anti-corrosion coating and five-layer polypropylene insulation./.