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Yinson in talks for another Nigeria FPSO project

True to its projections, Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings announced that it has entered negotiations with a Nigerian company to supply a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

June 14, 2018

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Yinson said in a stock market announcement that its Yinson Operations & Production West Africa unit had entered into a heads of terms with Nigeria’s First Exploration & Petroleum Development Company (First E&P) to negotiate the potential supply and charter of the FPSO.

The FPSO will process the hydrocarbons from the Anyala & Madu fields under Oil Mining Leases 83 & 85. First E&P owns 40% of the rights to the fields with the remainder being held by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Negotiations will commence for what is expected to be a seven-year fixed with eight-year optional extension, bareboat charter and operations and maintenance agreement.

Read More: Yinson looking at three to six FPSO projects in Africa, Asia

About the Author

Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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