The first oil from the Tweneboa Enyera Ntomme (TEN) project began flowing at exactly 10:50 a.m. yesterday when President John Dramani Mahama ceremonially turned on the production valve to mark the commencement of first oil production.
With that, crude oil is currently flowing from the TEN fields to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel the FPSO Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
Arrival of President
The colourful ceremony offshore was preceded by the arrival of the President at exactly 10:30 a.m. He was welcomed onboard the FPSO Prof. Mills by the Chief Executive of Tullow Oil, the lead operator of the field.
The President and his entourage then went on a brief tour of the facility and later turned the production valve for the first oil, amidst a thunderous applause.
He then proceeded to the control room where he electronically used the remote vehicle to complete the process by opening the subsea well choke.
President Mahama also unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event in the Mess Room where he cut a cake to mark the day, which he described as significant.
After the tour of the facility, he commended the partners for the execution of the project on time and on budget over a period of three years after the government had approved the Plan of Development (POD) in May 2013.
The President was delighted by the deliberate effort on the part of the partners to ensure local content in the TEN project, compared to the Jubilee project which was fast-tracked.
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