SITE: KAZAKHSTAN
Skema has been highly committed to developing the local content of its operations in Kazakhstan since the early stages of its presence in the country. Having already founded Skema LLP in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, a year earlier, in 2009, Skema and Isker Consortium established a 100% Local Joint Venture Company called Ozen Port Production Base LLP (OPPB LLP) with the intention of becoming one of the major EPC Contractors in the Oil & Gas Industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The OPPB LLP's operations can leverage major pre-fabrication facilities, including: the AZTU workshop, with a total area of 22,500 m2; and the Ozen Port Yard, located in Atyrau on the Ural River and covering a total surface area of 100,000 m2, which plays host to a workshop for sub-assembly, an indoor assembly area of 40,000 m2, a quay measuring 215 m in length (including the 110 m Ro-Ro quay), controlled-atmosphere storage warehouses and a series of offices that are fully equipped for use by managers and supervisors.

By making the most of the perfect mix of skilled local personnel and expatriates to ensure local development and top-quality solutions, OPPB LLP handles the design, engineering, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, installation, start-up and maintenance of modules, local equipment rooms, process and utilities buildings, temporary refuges, manifolds and piping fabrication for both offshore and onshore applications.

FIRST MILESTONE ACHIEVED BY OPPB LLP
Winning an EPC Contract for 13 Offshore Utilities Buildings for the Kashagan Experimental
Programme, Island D.

Client
Agip KCO



KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
• Maximum local content achievable for modules, temporary refuges, local equipment rooms,
process and utilities buildings
• First local Contractor to be awarded a multidisciplinary EPC Contract for offshore applications
(highest quality standard required in the Oil & Gas Industry)
• Project delivered on time and without any punch list
• The complete project cycle is managed by internal resources (from feasibility studies and
cost/performance optimization to the design of structures, electrical HVAC and safety systems,
procurement, construction, assembly pre-commissioning, start-up, commissioning, load out
activities and on site supervision/installation)
• Facilities located in a strategic position (Atyrau) and designed for all modular solutions


“Company congratulates Contractor with the big achievement of meeting the requested delivery date, and thanks for its good work and cooperation, and wishes to Contractor to maintain its place for the future achievements”.
Signed by AKCO Contract Holder