{"id":320191,"date":"2017-05-17T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320191"},"modified":"2017-05-17T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:29:05","slug":"2017-production-not-affected-by-faulty-turret-bearing-tullow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/2017-production-not-affected-by-faulty-turret-bearing-tullow\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 production not affected by faulty turret bearing \u2013 Tullow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tullow Oil has told Citi Business News<\/strong> its production from the Jubilee Oilfields for this year, has not been affected by the challenges that have been associated<\/a><\/span><\/strong> with the turret bearing.<\/p>\n The oil company says its production target for 2017 will therefore not be affected as a result.<\/p>\n Tullow, in its 2016 financial report projected a drop of about 5,000 barrels<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in anticipated production from the Jubilee fields.<\/p>\n It cited the impact of the faulty turret bearing.<\/p>\n But speaking to Citi Business News<\/strong> at its investor forum, the Managing Director of Tullow Ghana, Charles Darku said output is being recorded as planned.<\/p>\n \u201cWe started works and then went ahead to design an anchorage system for the other end in the vessel and that favours rotation which allows us to produce at the same rate as we ought to,\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn Tuesday, we produced 100,000 barrels and so the production itself will not be impacted by the turret bearing issue other than days of outages. We will end the year with the 68,000 barrels per day,\u201d Mr. Daaku explained.<\/p>\n The turret which is a key component of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, developed some faults in 2016.<\/p>\n