The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah is a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. It operates in the Jubilee oil fields off the coast of Ghana. She is named after the first president of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah.[2]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Owner | Tullow Oil |
| Port of registry |  Panama |
| Builder | Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 10 January 1991 |
| Acquired | 24 October 1991 |
| Identification |
|
| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | FPSO |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 358.6 m (1,177 ft) |
| Beam | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Height | 64.8 m (213 ft) |
| Draught | 19.6 m (64 ft) operating. |
| Installed power | 1,250 kW |
| Speed | 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) |
| Capacity |
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History
editVLCC tanker Tohdoh was built by Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in 1991. She was owned and operated by NYK Line.[3] In 2008, she was sold to MODEC for US$42.5 million.[4] MODEC renamed the ship Ohdoh and started her conversion into FPSO vessel.[2] Conversion was done by SembCorp Marine at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore.[1] On 1 May 2010, the vessel was renamed Kwame Nkrumah MV21, and on 15 May 2010 she started her trip for her base in the Western Coast of Ghana. She arrived in Ghana on 21 June 2010.[5] The vessel is estimated to cost US$875 million.
Other Ghana FPSOs
editTechnical description
editThe vessel has a width of 65 metres (213 ft) and is 330 metres (1,080 ft) in length. It is about the size of three standard football fields put together.[2][8]
Citations
edit- ^ a b "Milestone Conversion of FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21 – Ghana's First FPSO – by Jurong Shipyard" (PDF) (Press release). SembCorp Marine. 2010-05-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ a b c "Oil Vessel To Be Named "FPSO Kwame Nkrumah"". www.ghananewsnow.com. 2010-04-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "Auke Visser's International Super Tankers – Tohdoh". Auke Visser's Historical Tankers Site. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "S&P Monthly Report. March 2008" (PDF). N. Cotzias Shipping Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "FPSO Kwame Nkrumah arrives at the Jubilee Field". www.news.myjoyonline.com. 2010-06-21. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "FPSO Professor John Evans Atta Mills arrives in Ghana". ghana.gov.gh. 2017-05-29. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ "FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor arrives in country's waters". graphic.com.gh. 2017-05-29. Archived from the original on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ "FPSO Kwame Nkrumah Arrives In Ghana". Government of Ghana. 2010-06-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
References
edit- "ABS Record: FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21". American Bureau of Shipping. 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
