New operating procedures include the FPSO being put on “heading control,” which requires the use of tugs to minimize vessel rotation and revised offtake procedures, including the use of a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker and a storage tanker, partner Kosmos Energy Ltd. said in its May 9 earnings report.
A project team has been established to review the root cause analysis and determine the optimum permanent solution of the turret issue. A decision is expected in the next few months.
Gross sales volumes from Jubilee during the first quarter averaged 80,000 b/d of oil while gas exports averaged 72 MMcfd.
Gross production volumes from Jubilee averaged 106,000 bo/d during fourth-quarter 2015 and 102,500 bo/d for the full year. Gas exports during the quarter averaged 92 MMcfd, exiting the quarter at more than 110 MMcfd.
