The Floating, Storage Production, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel is soon to arrive in Nigeria. This follows the anticipation of first oil production from Aje field by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum and Panoro Energy.
The floating vessel is expected to arrive at Nigeria’s shore by the mid of next month, said Offshore Report.
Final works, according to Offshore, has been completed on the FPSO, which has departed Singapore. Following a brief stop in Cape Town, the vessel is expected to arrive in Nigeria in mid-March, it added.
“All main equipment for the development is in Nigeria. Anchor handling operations started offshore in January and will continue until mid-February. Later this month the construction vessel will install subsea equipment, including the manifold and flowlines. Once the FPSO has arrived it will be hooked-up to the mooring system and risers, to be followed by a short test of the production systems.
The Aje field was discovered in 1996 and is 24 kilometres offshore Nigeria located on oil mining lease (OML) 113 in water depths of about 1,476 ft. Pending ongoing exploration and appraisal work at oil prospecting lease (OPL) 310, the field is estimated to be one of the largest oil fields in Nigeria outside the Niger Delta basin.
