The FPSO ''Kwame Nkrumah'' is a
floating production storage and offloading
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil. An FPSO vessel is designed to receive h ...
(FPSO) vessel. It operates in the
Jubilee oil field
The Jubilee Oil Field is an oil field located off the coast of the Ghana's Western Region in the South Atlantic Ocean under the ownership of the Kosmos Energy, Occidental Petroleum and the Tullow Oil.
The Jubilee field is located 60 km o ...
s off the coast of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. She is named after the first president of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ...
.
History
VLCC
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tanker ''Tohdoh'' was built by
Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd. in 1991. She was owned and operated by
NYK Line
Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Shipping Line), also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company and is a member of the Mitsubishi ''keiretsu''. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a flee ...
.
In 2008, she was sold to
MODEC
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for US$42.5 million.
MODEC renamed the ship ''Ohdoh'' and started her conversion into FPSO vessel.
[ Conversion was done by ]SembCorp Marine
Sembcorp Marine Limited an Singaporean company. It is listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It was a subsidiary of Sembcorp until 2020, when the companies demerged following Sembcorp Marine's poor financial performance.
Sembcorp Marine's pr ...
at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore
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.[ 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.]
Other Ghana FPSOs
*FPSO John Evans Atta Mills The FPSO ''John Evans Atta Mills'' is a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. It operates in the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Oil Field off the western coast of Ghana. She is named after a former president of Ghana the late John Eva ...
FPSO John Agyekum Kufour The FPSO ''John Agyekum Kufuor'' is a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. It operates in the Sankofa offshore cape three point (OCTP - ENI) off the coast of Ghana. She is named after a former president of Ghana, John Agyekum K ...
Technical description
The vessel has a width of and is in length. It is about the size of three standard football fields put together.
References
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Petroleum industry in Ghana
Floating production storage and offloading vessels
1991 ships
Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding