TEN project 90% complete, production expected in Q3

The Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) project is 90 percent complete and is on course to begin oil production in the third quarter of this year.

“The TEN Project is making excellent progress and remains within budget and on schedule with first oil expected between July and August 2016,” Tullow Oil, lead operator of the field, said in a statement. “The project is now over 90 per cent complete and during the first quarter of 2016 a number of significant milestones have been achieved.”

Ghana's second floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel built for oil production in the TEN field arrived in Ghana on March 3, 2016.

The vessel is expected to start producing oil from the TEN fields by July/August 2016, according to Tullow.

“The FPSO mooring operations are complete, according to Tullow. “the vessel is now being connected to the subsea infrastructure via the risers and umbilicals and the commissioning of these systems is under way.”

Six of the eleven pre-drilled wells are now completed, with the seventh completion under way. The overall subsea installation campaign, comprising approximately 35,000 tonnes of equipment, has also reached over 90 per cent completion.

The vessel has an oil storage capacity of 1.7 million barrels and a gas capacity and water injection capacity of 170million standard cubic feet daily and 120,000 barrels water daily respectively. The new floating vessel, will be for the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) project.