Owner
Current Location
Field Owner
Process Operator
Marine Operator
Annual throughput
Deadweight
Storage Capacity
Mooring System
Production Capacity
Offloading |
100 % Tinworth Pte LtdFred.Olsen Production ASA
- 50 % Fred. Olsen Production ASA
- 50 % Prosafe Production (Singapore)
Etame Field – Gabon
Vaalco Gabon (Etame) Inc.
Fred. Olsen Marine Services AS
Fred. Olsen Marine Services AS
6 million barrels
141’330 tonnes
1,08 million barrels
Spread Mooring
Oil 30’000 BOPD
Total Liquid 30’000 BLPD
Gas Handling 10 MMSCFPD
Tandem (bow to bow) offtake system |
IMO No.: 7380629, Year of Build: 1975, Yard: Nippon Kokan K.K.
Flag: Singapore, Classification: DnV History
The suezmax tanker was built in 1975 at Nippon Kokan Yard in Japan and in 1997, a joint venture between Fred. Olsen Production and Prosafe Production (Singapore), was awarded a contract with Ranger Oil for the Kiame Field (Angola Block 4). First oil on the field was in june 1998. In 2001, the contract with Ranger Oil on the Kiame Field expired, and the FPSO Petróleo Nautipa was after upgrading transferred to the Etame Field (Gabon). FPSO Petróleo Nautipa has since 2002 operated on a contract for Vaalco at the Etame license, a contract that has been extended several times and now last until September 2015 with options for another one plus one year.