His Excellency Dr. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, commissioned the NNPC/MPN Satellite Field Development Project Platforms, ABANG & ITUT, fabricated by Nigerdock at Snake Island Integrated Free Zone. The President also used the occasion to lay the foundation stone for Skillbase, the Lagos Deep Water Shore Base.
The Abang and Itut platforms are the first fully integrated decks to be fabricated, pre-commissioned, and tested entirely in Nigeria. They are part of 3 well-head platforms in the Satellite Fields Development Project – Phase I for NNPC and Mobil Producing Nigeria which seek to recover hydrocarbons from viable undeveloped fields.