Italian energy company Eni's “John Agyekum Kufuor” floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, named after former president of Ghana, is en route from Singapore for arrival in Ghana by April.
The FPSO will operate in the Sankofa-Gye Nyame hydrocarbon field in the Tano Basin, in Ghana’s offshore, for the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project, according to the company's press release.
The vessel is named after Ghana’s former President Kufuor who ruled from 2001 to 2009.
In its press release, Eni shared that the FPSO has an oil treatment capacity of 58,000 barrels per day (bpd) and a gas treatment capacity of up to 210 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d).
Additional facilities include a water injection module of up to 55,000 bpd and gas injection facilities of up to 150 mmscf/d, according to the release.
Eni proclaimed that 18 subsea wells will be connected to the FPSO through a 63 kilometer-long pipeline to shore to provide domestic gas supplies to Ghana’s thermal power plants for more than 15 years, a significant contribution for the country’s energy needs and economic development.
Eni is the OCTP block’s operator with a 44.44 percent stake. The other partners are Swiss-based Vitol with 35.56 percent interest and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) with 20 percent.
The company has been present in Ghana since 2009, where it operates through its subsidiary Eni Ghana. In addition to the OCTP license, Eni operates the Cape Three Points Block 4 exploration license.
By Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu
Anadolu Agency
muhsin.tiryakioglu@aa.com.tr