{"id":334471,"date":"2017-07-06T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334471"},"modified":"2017-07-06T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:23:56","slug":"nana-addo-commissions-fpso-kufuor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/nana-addo-commissions-fpso-kufuor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo commissions FPSO Kufuor"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) John Agyekum Kufuor to formally kick-start the production of oil in commercial quantities from the Sankofa Gye-Nyame Fields.<\/p>\n
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The symbolic ceremony was done offshore by the President turning the production valve of the FPSO and opening a Subsea Well Choke.<\/p>\n
A durbar of chiefs, government officials, and other dignitaries followed the commissioning at the Takoradi Shore base in the Western Region.<\/p>\n
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The Ministry of Energy in a statement copied to the media said: \u201cEni is the operator of the OCTP block with a 44.44 percent stake, while Vitol holds 35.56 percent and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) 20 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe OCTP integrated oil and gas development is made up of the Sankofa Main, Sankofa East and Gye-Nyame fields, which are located about 60 kilometers off Ghana\u2019s Western Region coast.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement said the fields had cumulatively, recoverable reserves of about 1.07 TCF of gas, 173 million barrels of oil and about 30 million barrels of condensate.<\/p>\n
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It said the fields would produce altogether 45,000 BOPD of oil and 170MMSCFD through 18 wells, using the floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) John Agyekum Kufuor.<\/p>\n
It said a 63-kilometer submarine pipeline would transport gas to Sanzule’s Onshore Receiving Facilities (ORF), where it would be received and transmitted for power generation.<\/p>\n
The OCTP Project had achieved significant local content development and participation with the fabrication of module stools, risers, jumpers, among others, in Ghana, it said.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) John Agyekum Kufuor to formally kick-start the production of oil in commercial quantities from the Sankofa Gye-Nyame Fields. The symbolic ceremony was done offshore by the President turning the production valve of the FPSO and opening a Subsea Well Choke. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[8990,3,8991],"yoast_head":"\n