Amersfoort, The Netherlands -
January 19, 2001
Yokogawa focuses further on Oil and Gas Industry in West Africa
According to recent studies presented at the Underwater Intervention 2001 Conference in Tampa, Florida, the star of the upturn in the offshore Oil and Gas industry is West Africa. According to Industry Specialists, the maturity of the offshore fields in northwest Europe and the sizable deepwater fields awaiting development in West Africa will cause a dramatic shift in capital expenditure of the oil companies. Investments of up to US$ 10 billion per annum are forecast which includes sub-sea installations, FPSO’s and offshore pipelines. The majority of the new installations are expected to end-up in and around oil and gas rich Nigeria.
Yokogawa has already provided Instruments, Control- and Safety systems to major oil companies in Nigeria, either via Engineering & Procurement Contractors or direct through it’s local agent for a number of years.
Last year Yokogawa changed its representation in Nigeria to SUN Machinery, With offices in Port Harcourt and Kaduna, SUN Machinery employs 7 experienced engineers and is capable of providing training, maintenance and support services.
To be able to support the installed systems on the long term, SUN Machinery has moved into new premises which also house a training system, spare parts and documentation libraries. SUN Machinery is well connected to the outside world via telephone and fax, satellite phone and email.
Much of the design and construction of the anticipated new installations are expected to be contracted globally. Yokogawa’s Head Quarters in Tokyo, Japan and European Operations in Amersfoort, The Netherlands have established a Global Support team which focuses on meeting the emerging business needs.
About Yokogawa Europe B.V.
The European headquarters were founded in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in 1982. Throughout Europe Yokogawa has its own sales, service and engineering operations. This dedicated network has been extended to Central and East Europe and Southern Africa to further enhance the coverage and support associated with serving the process control and automation market place. We develop and produce flowmeters at Rota Yokogawa in Germany, liquid analysers and industrial safety systems in the Netherlands. In addition to this dedicated network of Yokogawa subsidiaries is a select organisation of Test & Measurement (T&M) subsidiaries and distributors established in certain areas to support the specific customer needs of this continuously developing and specific market of T&M instrumentation.
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