The first vessel to market Ghana’s oil, the Spike has begun operations at the Jubilee oil field.
The vessel, which arrived at the field on January 3, 2011, is to commence the process of taking oil from the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah. Inspection and certification by the Ghana Maritime Authority at the Tema Habour was carried out on arrival before the vessel left for the Jubilee field.
Spike, which came from Libya, has the capacity to take more than 100,000 tonnes of oil and was built in July 2010.
The deputy director in charge of inspections and survey at the Ghana Maritime Authority, Captain William Thompson told Citi News the vessel is in good condition and should face no problem in its operations.
“From the inspection colleague that my colleague that and I carried out yesterday on behalf of Ghana Maritime Authority, the vessel to every extent possible that I know is standard, it’s a good vessel to take the oil from the Jubilee field.
“It’s a very new vessel, and for ship that is less than one year old, we couldn’t have had anything better. All its certificates, everything is intact. It was a very good choice to be the first to come and lift the crude from FPSO.”