Jubilee News


Arnlea inks Tullow Ghana contracts

Oct 24, 2016

Arnlea Systems has been awarded a contract by Tullow Oil to roll out its hazardous area inspection system, Intrinsix Ex, across the company’s Ghanaian operations in the Jubilee and TEN fields. Under the contract Arnlea will roll out the…

Sea Trucks bags Tullow Ghana CSV work

Oct 14, 2016

Tullow Ghana awarded Sea Trucks a contract for the provision of a construction support vessel (CSV) providing accommodation and heavy lift services to the turret moored FPSO Kwame Nkrumahe, in the Jubilee area, 60km offshore Ghana. The…

Tullow confirms Jubilee insurance cover

Sep 23, 2016

Tullow Oil says its hull and machinery insurance cover has been confirmed for the floating production, storage and offloading unit Kwame Nkrumah by its reinsurers, following the failure of the turret bearing earlier this year. Tullow first experienced issues at the FPSO…

Europa secures Irish offshore extensions

Aug 02, 2016

Offshore Ireland focused Europa Oil & Gas has had its Phase 1 Frontier Exploration Licences (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 in the South Porcupine Basin extended by one year to 4 July 2017. The extension will allow Europa to mature existing prospects…

TEN nears first oil

Jul 27, 2016

Independent explorer Tullow Oil has returned to a profit and is looking forward to first production on its TEN project offshore Ghana next month, on schedule, and focusing its exploration efforts on South America. TEN, a floating production…

Petro-states in the making

Jul 01, 2016

Unlocking Senegal and Mauritania’s major finds will be a huge hurdle, with a lack of infrastructure in both countries. But, it’s also an opportunity for supply chain companies, says the EIC’s Chad Barnes. A worker onboard the Ocean Rig Athena…

TEN due online in 3-6 weeks

Jun 30, 2016

Tullow Oil's TEN floating production project offshore Ghana is on schedule for first oil within the next three to six weeks, the firm announced this morning.  Tullow says the project, which is also within budget, is over 96% complete…

Tullow to resume at Jubilee, after production falls

Apr 28, 2016

Tullow Oil’s production levels fell some in Q1, following issues at its Jubliee field, offshore Ghana, which the company said is due to resume operations in the next few days. Image of the FPSO Prof…

DeepOcean lands Tullow Ghana contract

Apr 14, 2016

DeepOcean and Tullow have entered a three-year contract for vessel operations, offshore Ghana. DeepOcean’s Ghana arm will provide a light construction vessel (LCV) to Tulllow Ghana in the agreement, which comes with options for two further years…

Tullow delays Jubilee restart

Apr 08, 2016

Tullow Oil is pushing back the start up of production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana by an additional two weeks, after finding more damage to the Kwame Nkrumah floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah…

Tullow to start Jubliee production this week

Apr 05, 2016

Tullow Oil is set to start up production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana later this week, after declaring force majeure on two cargoes last month. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah, from Tullow. In a statement from the company…

Tullow in Jubilee force majeure

Mar 15, 2016

Tullow Oil has declared force majeure on two cargoes from its Jubilee development, offshore Ghana, after issues with a turret bearing on the Kwame Nkrumah floating storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, according to news reports. The Kwame Nkrumah…

Turret bearing concern on Jubilee FPSO

Feb 18, 2016

Tullow Oil is reducing how much its Jubilee floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel can rotate after discovering an issue with the vessel's turret bearing.  The Kwame Nkrumah FPSO vessel, which started production from the field…

Tullow's TEN to see first oil in Q3

Feb 10, 2016

Tullow Oil’s TEN project is more than 85% complete and is set for production start-up between July and August 2016, which will help the company drive further reductions in operating costs and capital expenditure. Image from Tullow…

Jumbo transports piles destined for Prelude

Dec 15, 2015

Image from Jumbo. Jumbo's J-class vessels Jumbo Jubilee and Fairpartner were scheduled to transport 16 piles to Shell's Prelude field, site of the world's first FLNG vessel, off the coast of northwest Australia…

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