Gabon: BW Offshore ships first Tortue crude cargo


Issue 382 - 06 Dec 2018 | 1 minute read

BW Offshore successfully offloaded a first cargo of oil from the BW Adolo floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) on the Dussafu licence on 2 December. A total of 550,000 barrels of oil were transferred from the FPSO to a tanker, which will transport the crude oil to a refinery. The BW Adolo achieved first oil from the Tortue field offshore Gabon on 16 September after completing hook-up of mooring systems and installation of risers and umbilicals.

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