Tullow开始加纳海上石油开采作业

Tullow Oil has commenced oil production from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana.

The fields, which secured development plan approval by the Ghana government in May 2013, are producing the oil to the $1bn floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Prof John Evans Atta Mills.

With an initial production capacity of around 23,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2016, the field is expected to reach 80,000 bpd along with associated gas.

Tullow operates the TEN fields with 47.175% stake while other partners include Anadarko Petroleum with 17% interest, Kosmos Energy 17%, Ghana National Petroleum 15% and Petro 3.875%.Tullow Oil CEO Aidan Heavey said: “This is an important moment for Tullow as production begins from our second operated development in Ghana.