Ghana’s first FPSO delivered

Set to be an integral part of the Phase 1 development plan for Ghana’s Jubilee Field, FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21 will leave shortly for the Jubilee Field, one of West Africa’s largest oil fields recently discovered offshore the western coast of Ghana, under a long-term charter with Tullow Ghana. The FPSO is scheduled to deliver First Oil in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Designed to operate for 20 years without dry-docking, FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21 is equipped with the biggest turret ever constructed in the oil industry. The FPSO is capable of processing 120,000 barrels of oil per day and 160 MMscfd of production gas,with a storage capacity of 1,600,000 barrels of oil and a water injection rate of 230,000barrels of water per day.

The conversion of FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21 from the VLCC tanker Ohdoh (ex Tohdoh) encompassed detailed engineering, installation and integration of 17 modules, including a water treatment plant, crude separation plant, chemical injection plant, gas process and injection plant, the turret, electricity generation plant and a 120-room accommodation facility.