The Jubilee Field is a deepwater development located approximately 60 km offshore Ghana that was executedrnover 3.5 years between discovery and first oil production. Meeting this aggressive schedule required the fasttrackrnexecution of the turret-moored FPSO, named Kwame Nkrumah, as the FPSO was consistently on thernproject's critical path schedule. A key to successful delivery of the FPSO on the fast-track schedule wasrnestablishing a strategy and adhering to the strategy even under multiple challenges. The details of the fast-trackrnstrategy, the challenges imposed, and the actual performance of the FPSO execution team in delivering thernFPSO safely to location will be covered in this paper. This work also highlights the importance of building a multidisciplinernteam driven by clear, well-understood goals, creating a structure suited for execution, and of selectingrnthe right Contractors for the project and building strong relationships with them.rnAlthough fast tracking major O&G development projects is often a stated objective for many projects, few achievernthe performance achieved on Jubilee. This work illustrates the establishment of a solid strategy and successfulrnexecution of that strategy to deliver an FPSO to the site in 22 months from award of contract. Despite the effortrnput in place to meet an aggressive schedule, the project team still encountered some significant challenges duringrnthe execution of the FPSO design, engineering, and construction. The key to successfully resolving thesernchallenges was the team's ability to stay true to the execution strategy as well as develop a response plan tornmeet the challenges and implement it successfully and safely.
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