{"id":15666,"date":"2026-03-12T06:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15666"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:24:59","slug":"benin-lime-petroleum-holding-announces-hook-up-of-mopu-and-fso-on-the-seme-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/benin-lime-petroleum-holding-announces-hook-up-of-mopu-and-fso-on-the-seme-field\/","title":{"rendered":"BENIN: Lime Petroleum Holding Announces Hook-up of MOPU and FSO on the S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Lime Petroleum Holding\u00a0(&#8216;LPH&#8217;) is pleased to announce that the hook-up of the Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) and the Floating Storage and Offloading unit (FSO) on the S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field in Benin has been completed. Over the previous week, the FSO Kristina was anchored in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, a flow-line has been laid from the Stella Energy 1 MOPU to the FSO. Commissioning of the production system is well underway, with oil now flowing into the FSO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next several days, further testing and commissioning will take place, with the aim to optimise production rates and start regular production.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lime Petroleum Holding (LPH) is an indirect 89.74 per cent subsidiary of Rex.\u00a0Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A., the operator of the S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field, is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of LPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Lime Petroleum Holding\u00a0(&#8216;LPH&#8217;) is pleased to announce that the hook-up of the Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) and the Floating Storage and Offloading unit (FSO) on the S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/benin-lime-petroleum-holding-announces-hook-up-of-mopu-and-fso-on-the-seme-field\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[11970,7195,12347,12408,12407,12345,12409],"class_list":["post-15666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-akrake-petroleum","tag-benin","tag-fso-kristina","tag-lime-petroleum-holding","tag-rex-international-holding","tag-seme-field-2","tag-stella-energy-1-mopu","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=2000%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-44G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14982,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/benin-akrake-signs-contracts-for-production-vessels-for-seme-field\/","url_meta":{"origin":15666,"position":0},"title":"BENIN: Akrake Signs Contracts For Production Vessels For Seme Field","author":"","date":"May 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rex International and together with its subsidiaries announces that its indirect subsidiary, Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A., has confirmed that it had on 25 April 2025, signed contracts for a Mobile Production Unit (MOPU) and an Aframax tanker to be used as a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) unit for Akrake\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=1200%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=1200%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=1200%2C540&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=1200%2C540&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Benin-Akrare.jpg?fit=1200%2C540&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15566,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/benin-seme-field-in-block-1-expected-to-commence-production-next-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":15666,"position":1},"title":"BENIN: S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field in Block 1 expected to Commence Production Next Week","author":"","date":"January 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Rex International Holding Limited together with its subsidiaries wish to announce that Rex\u2019s indirect subsidiary Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A. is finishing drilling operations on the AK-2H production well in the S\u00e8m\u00e8 Field in Block 1, Benin. 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