(Ecofin Agency) - Ghana’s second floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, for the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) Project, off the west coast of Ghana, has been named in Singapore. Oilandgaspeople reports

Dr Nana Lordina Mahama (picture), the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana at a ceremony in Singapore on, officially named the vessel ‘FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills’, after the late president who oversaw first oil from Ghana’s Jubilee Field in 2010.

FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills is set to produce and store oil from Ghana’s TEN oilfields which lies around 60 kilometres from the coast of the Western Region.

Tullow Oil, the operator of TEN fields, stated that the vessel is getting to the end of its construction at Sembcorp Marine Shipyard in Singapore and is due to sail for Ghana around the end of 2015. It is anticipated to arrive in Ghanaian waters in February 2016 to be hooked-up to the subsea production equipment which is being installed on the seabed in the TEN fields; Tullow said adding that the FPSO will start producing oil in mid-2016.

FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was converted from an oil tanker into an FPSO over a period of two years. It is 340 metres long and will have the capacity to process up to 80,000 bo/d from the TEN fields.

According to the First Lady “It has been my great pleasure to officially name this magnificent FPSO today in honour of a true Ghanaian statesman, the late Professor Atta Mills. During my tour of the vessel, I saw for myself the impressive facilities onboard and it gives me great pride to know that this state-of-the-art FPSO will be producing oil for Ghana for many years to come.”

The development of the TEN fields is being led by Tullow Oil along with its partners the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kosmos Energy and Petro SA.

Furthermore, the construction of the FPSO has been led by floating production solution provider MODEC.