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Presentation

Identification
Legal form : Public limited
company with General Manager
Share/social capital :
200 000 000 FCFA
Shareholder : FOSELEV
INTERNATIONAL - Aix en
Provence, FRANCE
Founded in 2005

Created in 2005, FOSELEV GABON is a general contractor in Industry and

Construction services.
FOSELEV GABON currently employs over 230 employees in Port-Gentil and other
isolated sites in Gabon (Echira, Oba, Onal).
Supporting the promotion and development of professional technological
expertise as a strategical priority, we aim to offer a complete package of
services covering an expanding variety of fields.
Our services are organized around 5 key competency areas:

General Manager : M. CAGNOL

Bruno

Deputy General Manager :

M. JOSEPH Nicolas
Commercial register : POG /
2005 B 185
NSTAT : 084 600 M; NIF :
784600 R
Location
Matanda/Camp Boiro,
BP2071 Port-Gentil,
GABON
Surface area: 26,000 m with 500m office space and an 8,000-m
prefabrication workshop (covered
areas) along with a 5,500-m
private beach.

Metallurgy - Industrial Piping

Lifting - Handling
Logistics - Transport
Civil Engineering
Modular Construction

FOSELEV GABONs high competence in each of these areas allows us to provide

an all encompassing approach, meaning an all-inclusive package to all our
clients. Along with this array of services, we support clients in these markets by
providing powerful technical organization, reliable logistics, and knowledge of
the local industrial systems.
FOSELEV GABON is characterized by:
The spirit of service: listening, availability, reactivity
A comprehensive selection of options
A rigorous technical approach
Powerful material resources
Solid financial structuring, allowing for significant investments
and regular development
Unfaltering respect for QHSE regulation
A loyal, devoted and competent staff
Continuous improvement
Our experience in managing onshore/offshore business activities in the oil and
gas industry over the years with the unstinted support of our professionals helps
us ensure quality assurance and total customer satisfaction, through a tried and
tested set of services.
FOSELEV GABONs ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications (2014) moreover
assures our clients our organization possesses the necessary management tools
to compete locally and globally, provide the best customer satisfaction, and that
it places the physical and moral integrity of its employees and sub-contractors at
the core of its activities and economic strategies.

Table of contents
1. Operations (Services -Specific resources)

Turnover evolution
14

1.1 Metallurgy

12

1.2 Civil Engineering

10

1.3 Modular Construction

1.4 Logistics - Transport - Lifting

2. Quality, Health, Safety& Environment

12,448
10,5
7,549

8,445

4,246

2
0
2011

2012

2013
billion FCFA

2014

2015 (estim)

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Illustrations

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Metallurgy
Services
Our metallurgical division offers a full range of services, from the conception
to the completion of entire industrial installations (units, utility
networks, processes, racks, pipelines). Our metallurgy team combines
global-caliber expertise with deep local capabilities to provide tailored solutions
for projects of any size or complexity. You can take advantage of our experience
in the following areas:
Prefabrication, welding and assembly of industrial pipes/pipelines
Sheet metal and boiler works
New piping works
Revamping of installations
Maintenance service (one-off or as part of a contract)
Unit shutdown works
Operating at the heart of the Oil & Gas sector, we have precise knowledge
concerning the demands and constraints of this industry for which we carry
out all services linked to the transfer of fluids (aerial and underground
networks):
Engineering: details/isometrics studies and design briefs
Project management: preparation, methods, planning and scheduling
Supply management and material requisition: buying, compliance
testing and reception
Prefabrication of all metal piping (carbon steel, stainless steel, alloys)
Prefabrication of standard and special supports
Turnkey on-site assembly
Lifting and placement of equipment
Management of associated works: civil engineering, painting, heat
insulating, scaffolding, electricity, instrumentation.
Non destructive testing
Pressure testing
All our services are carried out in line with all existing norms and
codes (AWS D1.1, ASME IX, V, B31.3, API, and their decrees).
Our managers and technicians guarantee a quality service recognized by our
clients and confirmed by the most demanding certification and specific
agreements, for instance, ISO 9001, TOTAL General Specifications...

Specific resources
All our material resources (ranging from lifting apparatus to welding units) are
checked both internally and from an agreed external organization (such as
APAVE, BUREAU VERITAS) on a regular basis.
An internal team is specifically dedicated to the maintenance of our materials,
and make sure maintenance is carried out in a preventive and curative manner.
You will find below an exhaustive list of the material resources of our metallurgy
division:
20 autonomous welding units
(LINCOLN or MILLER 500/600A) with
certified skids
10 electric welding machines (400A)
(in our workshop)
8 TIG welding machines
3 drying furnaces
Portable drying ovens
1 Heat treatment machine (6
channels)
1 Band saw (height capacity 450
mm)
1 Hydraulic punching machine

Individual tool boxes (pipe fitters/

welders)
Bench with built-in lockable storage
(2 m3) and presses/vices (with
clamping jaws)
Baskets (with certified lifting
apparatus) (3-6 meters long)
Gas cylinder racks with certified
lifting apparatus
Motor pumps
Fireproof covers and cabins
Hoisting devices, slings/straps,
shackles, hand winches
Air-powered wrenches and 1.

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Civil Engineering

Illustrations

Services

The civil engineering division was created in order to further extend and
enhance our direct service network, and improve and add to our service
offering to meet our clients needs directly. We offer the following
customized services:

Earthworks
Excavations
Realization of reinforced concrete structures
Restoration of concrete structure and concrete anchoring

Specific resources
Please find below an exhaustive list of the machinery and equipment of
our civil engineering division:
2 Backhoe loaders
2 Crawler excavators
1 Loader
4 Dump trucks 14m3
1 Self-loading concrete mixer
6 Concrete mixers (800/1000L)
Motor pumps
2 Hand-operated compactors
3 Sand pumps TOYO
3 Storage containers with adequate equipments

Modular Construction
This division is specialized in the rental and sale of modular
constructions (pre-fabricated and complete sets of modules).
Our modular division is totally adaptable to your needs; from sanitary
facilities to cloakrooms, from offices to meeting rooms, we comply with
all the requirements of our customers activities.
Our parc is composed of :
20 storage containers (dry)
30 modules (onsite offices)
10 junior containers (6 pax)
6 senior containers (4 pax)
2 laundry containers
1 fridge containers
2 water purification units
6 electricity generating units (up to 150KVA)

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Logistics - Transport - Lifting

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Services
This department is responsible for smooth-running and efficient delivery,
storage and distribution operations. It manages operations such as the
implantation of specific and varied equipment (e.g: appliances, pumps,
reactors, columns).
Our highly qualified teams along with our all inclusive, efficient logistics
allow us to operate at the heart of multiple sectors, carrying out
complex lifting of equipment, boiler parts etc.
Our professionals take care of:

Oil & Gas logistics (land, fluvial and sea)

Land, fluvial and sea transport

Classic lifting (punctual operations, contract-related

services, turn-key handling operations)

Heavy lifting (mobile crane DEMAG 300T)

Erection of industrial units and metal works

Hand held carrying and shifting

Our teams of operators all have the CACES certification and are trained
on the latest security rules and procedures and how to use and operate
lifting machines.
Specific resources
All of our lifting apparatus are regularly internally checked, as well as a
periodically reviewed by an agreed external organization.
The divisions resources are composed of:
1 mobile crane 300T
1 mobile crane 100T
2 mobile cranes 80T
1 mobile crane 75T

2 low-bed carry-trucks (35T and

65T)
1 expandable low-bed trailer 17m
25T

2 mobile cranes 60T

1 covered trailer 25T

2 mobile cranes 35T

1 industrial loader 12T

5 semi-trailer trucks 6x6 420hp

1 forklift truck (vertical plane) 12T

2 semi-trailer trucks 6x4 380hp

5 forklift trucks (telescopic) 3.5 & 4T

1 semi-trailer truck 4x2 420hp with

2 forklift trucks (vertical plane) 2.T

hydraulic arm 35T/m

2 flatbed trucks with hydraulic arms
30T/m
35 flatbed trailers 12m 50T

Fluvial and sea transportation :

3 barges 500T
2 tugboats 250hp and 350hp
1 pirogue 2x100hp (16 pax)

2 flatbed trucks 4x4

6 Land Cruiser (13 seats)
9 Pick-ups DC (5 seats)

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Guiding principles

Persons physical and

moral integrity
The spirit of service
Business responsibility
Professionalism
Respect
Listening
Diversity
Progress

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QUALITY - HYGIENE - SAFETY - ENVIRONMENT

FOSELEV GABON, in line with its ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications (2014),
places the physical and moral integrity of its employees and sub-contractors - along
with customer satisfaction and high quality assurance and professionalism - at the
core of its activities and economic strategies.
All our operators are trained and frequently briefed on the risks that are inherent to
their work, as required by formal QHSE procedures.
Through the strict application of these measures, we aim to:

Reach zero accidents (with time lost or not)

Avoid all bodily harm to staff
Provide a quality service with a very high level of safety
Reduce any risk of damaged goods/property

Our quality commitment is centered on the following principles:

Guaranteeing the fulfillment of our clients needs

Anticipation and management of risk
Encouraging open exchanges with our clients
Listening to our employees (flourishing of our workforce)

The knowledge and experience of our staff, combined with the commitment and
expertise of our operators over a broad set of skills, has been clearly recognized
and demonstrated over the years by the attribution of numerous contracts to
FOSELEV GABON, and by the confidence that the major contractors in these sectors
place in us (e.g.: TOTAL, PERENCO, MAUREL & PROM, ADDAX PETROLEUM, EXPRO,
GABON OIL COMPANY).

Contact
M. Nicolas JOSEPH
(Deputy General Manager)
njoseph@foselevgabon.com
+241 07 34 02 39

Synergies at all levels