Tullow Oil on Thursday, announced that first oil has flowed from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana, to the FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills.

According to the company, three years after the Plan of Development was approved by the Ghanaian Government in May 2013, first oil has been reached on time and on budget.

It added that the TEN field’s startup process is now well advanced and oil production is expected to increase slowly towards the FPSO’s capacity of 80,000 bopd all through the rest of this year.

Tullow estimates that TEN’s average annualized production this year will be around 23,000 bopd gross.

The company owns an operating interest of 47% in the field alongside Anadarko Petroleum Corporation with 17%, Kosmos Energy also with 17%, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation with 15% and PetroSA owns the remaining 3.875% interests.

“I am delighted that the TEN fields have reached first oil. This is an important moment for Tullow as production begins from our second operated development in Ghana. I thank the Government of Ghana, the Petroleum Commission and our partners – GNPC, Anadarko, Kosmos and PetroSA – for their support and co-operation since we made the first discovery in 2009. I also congratulate the project team, our contractors and sub-contractors for delivering this project on time and on budget and with great skill and professionalism and commend them for their commitment to the participation of Ghanaian staff and companies in the project,” Aidan Heavey, Chief executive of Tullow Oil told Energy Voice.

Anita Fatunji