Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard is to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Yinson Production (West Africa), a subsidiary of Malaysia's integrated offshore production and support services provider Yinson.

The spread-moored FPSO unit was named John Agyekum Kufuor during a christening ceremony held at the shipyard on Feb. 3, 2017.

Purchased by Yinson in 2014, John Agyekum Kufuor was converted from a tanker into an FPSO.

"FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor is our 27th conversion project for Africa, and 125th overall," said Michael Chia, Managing Director (Marine & Technology) of Keppel O&M.

John Agyekum Kufuor will be chartered by ENI Ghana Exploration & Production Limited (ENI Ghana) to process oil and gas from the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block located in offshore Ghana.

The FPSO has a storage capacity of 1.7 million barrels, with an oil processing capacity of 58,000 barrels per day. It has a design life of 20 years without dry docking and can be moored in an average water depth of 1,000 meters with a total topside weight of almost 15,000 tons.