Sbm Offshore News


Newly integrated FPSO headed for Lula

May 23, 2016

The Cidade de Saquarema floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit is sailing to the Lula field offshore Brazil for its 20-year contract, following its recent conversion at the BRASA shipyard. Cidade de Saquarema departs from BRASA shipyard…

SBM Offshore agrees settlement - but not guilt

Jan 25, 2016

Floating production specialist SBM Offshore has accepted an out of court settlement over allegations relating to the Petrobras corruption scandal - but says this doesn't amount to an admission of guilt.  The allegations were made in December…

SBM Offshore inks Petrobras FPSO bid

Dec 16, 2015

Amsterdam-based SBM Offshore announced that it received from Petrobras the formal invitation to tender for the Sépia and Libra FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading), as referenced in the company’s Q3 trading update of 11 November…

SBM receives Petrobras FPSO tenders

Nov 16, 2015

SBM Offshore received a formal invitation from Brazilian giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to tender for the Sépia and Libra floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs). Brasa shipyard…

SBM inks Browse FLNG FEED contract

Oct 19, 2015

Technip has awarded SBM Offshore a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for three, large-scale turret mooring systems associated with the proposed Browse FLNG development offshore Australia. The three, large-scale turrets…

SBM receives Petrobras tender invite

Sep 28, 2015

SBM Offshore's main Brazilian subsidiary has received written notification from Petrobras of its ability to participate in the recently issued Libra and Sépia FPSO tenders in Brazil.  This follows a thorough review of the group’s compliance standards by Petrobras…

SBM Offshore sells Turritella stake

Jul 15, 2015

SBM Offshore has divested a 45% stake in the FPSO Turritella to Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). MC purchased 30% stake and NYK Line purchased 15% stake in the joint venture companies incorporated for the purpose of owning and operating the vessel…

SBM able to weather oil price plummet

Dec 17, 2014

SBM Offshore CEO Bruno Chabas has said the firm is well positioned to weather the current down-turn in oil prices thanks to 90% of its backlog consisting of lease and operate income with dayrates not dependent on oil prices or production levels…

SBM to cut 1200 jobs

Dec 11, 2014

Floating production and mooring specialists SBM Offshore is cutting 1200 jobs and relocating its headquarters from Monaco to Amsterdam, the firm announced this morning.  SBM said: 'In light of market conditions and in order to optimize the company's cost base…

SBM Offshore discusses new fluid swivel

Jun 09, 2014

EnergyMakers' Russ Capper interviews SBM Offshore's Group Technology Director Michael Wyllie about the company's very high pressure (VHP) fluid swivel technology. The swivel earned SBM Offshore a Spotlight award at the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston…

SBM wins Shell FPSO contract for Stones

Jul 23, 2013

SBM Offshore was contracted by Shell to supply an FPSO for the Stones development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract, valued at about US $1 billion, includes an initial period of 10 years with future extension options up to 20 years…

Record order for SBM Offshore

Mar 26, 2013

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the twenty year charter and operation of two (2) FPSOs from BM-S-11 subsidiary Tupi BV on 22 March 2013.The FPSOs will be deployed at the Lula field in the pre-salt province offshore Brazil…

Troubled Yme to be scrapped

Mar 12, 2013

Leased floating production firm SBM Offshore has agreed a $470million settlement deal with operator Talisman which will see the troubled Yme platform scrapped.Completion of the mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) had suffered delays after…

SBM Offshore

Dec 07, 2012

SBM Offshore has agreed to the sale and transfer of GustoMSC to private equity group Parcom Capital for a consideration of approximately $185 million, to be paid in cash at closing. The sale is a first step in the divestment of some $400 million worth of non-core assets announced this summer…

SBM Offshore

Nov 10, 2012

SBM Offshore has signed a commercial development agreement with modular gas to liquid solutions provider CompactGTL to work exclusively together on the marketing and execution of projects involving associated gas challenges for offshore oil fields…

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