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Saipem has also run an extensive training A benchmark for future deep
program for local engineers to develop the water projects
multidisciplinary expertise required for the
development of deep water projects. It covered Egina is proving to be an important milestone for the
areas such as cathodic protection, geotechnical, subsea field development industry, in view of its
subsea structures, flowlines, risers and installation outstanding scale and by the technical challenges it
engineering, and was performed both abroad presents for both engineering and construction
(Saipem’s deepwater competence center in works. Saipem is drawing on its experience and
Paris) and in-country. technologies developed over the previous deep
Last but not least, Saipem has committed - as water projects, so that it can successfully address
part of Egina UFR project - to provide 52,000 the challenges at stake and set this project as a
manhours of training under the National Human new benchmark for future deepwater UFR
Capacity Development program (NHCD) for 20 developments.
Nigerian Nationals. Training of the first batch of 9 Most noticeably, this being the first major oil & gas
Nigerian Nationals is now well underway (15,000 project run under the Nigerian Content Act 2010,
manhours achieved to date), covering both Egina is going to set a first in its kind, turning into
theoretical knowledge and the development of reality the growth and valorization of the Nigerian oil
competency through project exposure and & gas industry fostered by the Nigerian authorities.
experience.

Armando Favi

Graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering at Back in Italy, he joined Snamprogetti Offshore Division
the University of Ancona, Italy, Armando has performed with technical and subsequently commercial
his professional carrier in various companies of the Eni assignments.
group. In Saipem since 2002, Armando has been appointed
His first assignment was with Norsk Agip in Norway Group Strategic Business Development Manager and
where he spent five years – first at Det Norske Veritas in later Vice President, Offshore Business and Technology
Bergen and then in Oslo – engaged with technology Development. He is currently Vice President, Business
development projects in the field of deep water Development, at Saipem Headquarters in San Donato
production systems and intervention methods and Milanese, Italy.
tools.

Guido D’Aloisio

Guido graduated with Honours in Mechanical General Manager of Saipem Misr, responsible of E&C
Engineering (University of Ancona) and had a Diploma Business Unit in Egypt; Project Director for large EPCI
Intercultural Management (University of Cambridge). Projects in Egypt: Burullus Phase IV, Sequoia and
He has more than 20 year experience in the oil & gas Burullus Phase 8B; Proposal Manager for EPCI
business (mainly in the offshore / deepwater design and Contracts in shallow and deep waters; Project Manager/
installation activities relevant to risers, pipeline, flowlines, Engineering Manager for EPCI contracts in deep waters;
flexibles), participating to main deepwater developments Proposal Manager/Project Engineering Manager for
in West Africa, like Kizomba and Akpo). Subsea Processing Projects; Project Manager/Project
He is currently Project Director Egina Project, Saipem Engineering Manager for Deepwater Pipeline Repair
Contracting Nigeria Ltd. Systems.
Previous experiences within Saipem Group: Deputy

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