Work on the TEN project offshore Ghana is now 30% complete, according to operator Tullow Oil in a mid-year update.

With the project still on target to deliver first oil mid-2016, Tullow said once onstream the field’s FPSO will be ramped up to produce 80,000 b/d by 2017. Development drilling at the three fields, Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme, commenced earlier this year and eight of the first 10 development wells are due to be onstream at startup. “The overall cost of the development remains at around US $4.9 billion, excluding FPSO lease costs,” Tullow said.

“The project is progressing well with 30% now complete, all major contracts awarded, Tullow delivery teams in place and all work permits ready for installation works to begin in 2015. The conversion of the Centennial Jewel trading tanker into the TEN FPSO continues on schedule at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore.”

By the end of the year Tullow expects the project to be 50% complete.

  • Further ahead, Tullow has signalled plans for a final investment decision in 2015 in the West Cape Three Points license area offshore Ghana where it aims to tap the Teak, Mahogany-East, and Akasa fields, which are likely Jubilee tiebacks. First production from this cluster via possibly four to six wells is slated for some time between 2017 and 2021, Tullow indicated in its half-year update. “Development possibilities are under discussion with partners and Government,” it said. Appraisal activities will complete this year, with tie-back to Jubilee’s facilities “a likely plan”, it added.
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