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Yinson’s Ghana office engineers crowned victors in Ventilator Challenge

A team of three young engineers from Yinson’s Ghana office recently won the Field Ready Ventilator Challenge, an initiative organised as part of Field Ready’s employability programme for engineering students in Ghana, Mozambique and Nigeria. They joined 53 other competing engineers to design a simple, practical, low-cost and scalable ventilator as a positive response to […]

Yinson and Sumitomo firm up partnership for Brazil FPSO Anna Nery project

Yinson and Sumitomo Corporation (“Sumitomo”) have concluded an agreement for their participation into the charter, operations and maintenance of FPSO Anna Nery for the Marlim revitalisation project in Brazil. Under the agreement, Sumitomo will have a 25% stake in the FPSO Anna Nery project, which was awarded to Yinson by PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) in […]

Yinson completes USD800m refinancing deal for FPSO John Agyekum Kufour

Yinson has completed a USD800 million refinancing exercise for FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK), with the loan successfully drawn down on 14 April. The project kicked off five months ago in November 2019 when 13 local and international banks, 7 of which are new to Yinson, signed the refinancing agreement. The tenure of the loan […]

Yinson signs firm contracts for Brazil FPSO Marlim project

Yinson is pleased to announce that the Company has signed contracts with Petrobras for the charter, operations and maintenance of FPSO Marlim 2, a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Marlim revitalization project in the north-eastern part of Campos Basin, Brazil. Two Letters of Intent (LOI) for the project were entered into […]

Yinson’s FPSO Abigail-Joseph sets sail for Nigeria

Yinson’s FPSO Abigail-Joseph today set sail from Singapore to the Anyala & Madu fields in Block OML 83 & 85, offshore Nigeria, marking the successful completion of its conversion and life extension phase. The vessel is expected to reach Nigeria by early May after which she will undergo final commissioning works. Start-up of production is […]

Yinson awarded Ghana FPSO project

Yinson is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Aker Energy Ghana Limited (“Aker Energy”) with the intent of awarding the contract to charter, operate and maintain a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Pecan field development project in the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points […]

Ghana Yinsonite aims to inspire at ‘Women in Science and Engineering’ Forum

Yinson Production West Africa Limited honours this year’s International Day for Women in Science and Technology by participating in the annual ‘Women in Science and Engineering Forum’ at the Jubilee Technical Training Center of the Takoradi Technical University, Ghana today. Themed, ‘Science and Engineering: Embracing the Career I Love’, the forum celebrates and honours women […]

Yinson’s FPSO Helang achieves first gas

Yinson is pleased to announce that FPSO Helang, has successfully completed performance testing, and charter rates commenced on 6 December 2019. The Yinson team achieved timely delivery of first oil production 19 months after signing the contract for delivery of the FPSO facility with client JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited (“JX Nippon”). […]

FPSO Adoon achieves 8 years LTI free

On 18 November 2019, Yinson celebrated another amazing milestone of 8 years without Lost Time Injury (LTI) for FPSO Adoon. The achievement is a testament to Yinson’s commitment to health and safety, and the stringent standards upheld for vessel performance and crew safety. Congratulating the team, Yinson Chief Operations Officer, Flemming GrĂžnnegaard, said that milestone […]