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Contractor worker attempted suicide

A South African man attempted suicide on the "Kwama Nkrumah". The man said to be a contractor reportedly jumped from the vessel into the waters for no apparent reason on June 18, 2019, at 2.25 p.m. Full Emergency Response procedures were activated, and the contractor was rescued at 2:33 p.m. Divers with the assistance of some tugs managed to resuscitate the man. The individual received emergency treatment and was cared for by a medical team in Accra. There was no Injury following medical assessment. Jubilee operations were not impacted. All relevant authorities have been contacted.

FPSO shutdown not to exceed 12 weeks

Tullow Oil has announced that its planned shutdown of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah later this year, will not exceed the proposed twelve weeks. Tullow is expected to shut down its Jubilee fields operations later this year for the stabilisation, rotation and offloading system installation. It also comes on the back of the faulty turret bearing which has affected the production at the Jubilee oilfields. In its trading Statement and Operational Update for the first half of 2017, the oil company says it is confident measures put in place to solve the technical issues should be within the stipulated period. Meanwhile the Joint Venture Partners and the Government of Ghana have agreed on the need to stabilise the turret bearing and a shutdown of between five and eight weeks is planned for late 2017.

FPSO shut down after false fire alarm

Engineers working on the FPSO "Kwame Nkrumah" have returned the facility to full operations off Takoradi after a false fire alarm shut down the vessel in the evening of July 12, 2016. The fire alarm completely shut down the facility cutting gas supply to Aboadze. The development resulted in a shortfall in power generation causing long hours of outages across the country. The incident compelled managers of the facility to evacuate all the workers from the floating vessel. The fire alarm, however, turned out to be a false one. Full operations have resumed on the facility.