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Dutch maritime research institute MARIN has tested three innovative barriers aimed at averting collisions between ships and wind turbines. The research was prompted by the incident involving the Julietta D on 31 January this year. This drifting bulk carrier initially collided with a tanker before hitting a transformer platform and a turbine foundation for the..

Mammoet has successfully completed a module weighing and transport project in Brasa Shipyard, Brazil. In July 2015, SBM Offshore awarded Mammoet Brazil a contract for the weighing and transport of construction modules for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels Cidade de Maricá & Cidade de Saquarema, both located at Brasa Shipyard (Niteroi –..

Recently, SBM has undergone organisational changes to focus on core capabilities and core products: the lease or sale of FPSOs and related services and products. Demand for FPSOs has grown as is reflected in SBM’s IFRS order book. Dennis Vinkoert recently visited SBM Offhore’s premises in Schiedam, the Netherlands, where he was cordially welcomed by..

EMAS AMC‘s Lewek Constellation was in Rotterdam recently for outfitting. This included the installation of an 800t Huisman Multi Lay System, two Schilling work class ROVs and a 200t MacGregor crane. EMAS designed the DP3 vessel for the delivery of complex projects in water depths exceeding 3,000m. She has Ice Class notation and multi-lay and..

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that this week the Company received formal Production Readiness Notice (PRN) for N’Goma FPSO from client Eni, operator of Block 15/06 on behalf of the Joint Venture which also includes Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, SSI Fifteen Limited and Falcon Oil Holding Angola. Following successful first oil in November 2014..

TrustLube is proud to be among one of the first suppliers to deliver her high-tech system to SBM Offshore for Shell’s Prelude, which was launched in December last year. The TrustLube system was completely engineered and produced at the Oud Gastel location in The Netherlands. The system consists of an explosion proof grease cabinet to..

Following a voyage of 7,331 miles (13,577km), N’Goma FPSO safely berthed at Paenal’s 490-metre quayside at Port Amboim on 17th June 2014. The arrival of the vessel in Angola from Singapore marks the young yard’s second mega FPSO in just eight months. “Welcoming N’Goma helps to cement Paenal’s key position in the oil industry. Two..

SBM Offshore have now completed topside integration on their largest FPSO built to date, Cidade de Ilhabela, at the Brasa yard in Rio. When operational the FPSO will handle 150,000bpd of oil at Petrobras’ pre-salt Sapinhoá field. After a voyage spanning 10,625nm, the second of SBM Offshore’s Generation 3 FPSOs, the Cidade de Ilhabela, arrived in Brazil from China for topside..

The SBM Offshore vessel berthed safely at the Niteroi-Rio based Brasa yard on Sunday 12th January 2014. She had arrived in Brazilian waters in time for the New Year following her 19,678 km voyage from China. Integration of the bare hull and topsides will now commence at Brasa – a joint venture construction shipyard between..

SBM Offshore has agreed to the sale of the DSCV SBM Installer, a newbuild Diving Support and Construction Vessel (DSCV), to Daya Vessels Limited, a subsidiary of Daya Offshore Construction Sdn Bhd, for USD 180 million in cash. Both parties have signed a memorandum of agreement, subject to the buyer securing transaction financing, and expect..

BMT Scientific Marine Services Inc (BMT) has been awarded a contract from SBM Offshore to provide an Integrated Marine Monitoring System (IMMS) for the Stones Floating Production Storage Offshore (FPSO) in the US Gulf of Mexico. The IMMS monitors, logs, and displays data in real-time to provide operational support functionality and archives data for assessing..

The Company is pleased to announce the successful delivery of FPSO OSX-2. The vessel was delivered to the client, OSX 2 Leasing B.V. (“OSX”) this week. With a total topside weight of over 10,000 t and a production capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil per day, the facility was constructed in 27 months from contract award..

SBM Offshore has made good operational progress, with underlying financial results ahead of our expectations. The Company continues to be on track in resolving its legacy issues. Directional1 Backlog reached a record level of USD 22.4 billion including contracts for FPSOs Cidade de Maricá and Cidade de Saquarema for Petrobras, the Company’s largest orders to-date…

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it signed contracts with Shell Offshore Inc. to supply and lease a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for the Stones development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contracts include an initial period of 10 years with future extension options up to a total of 20 years. The..

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that contracts have been executed with BM-S-11 subsidiary Tupi BV on 12 July 2013 for the twenty-year charter and operation of the two (2) FPSOs Cidade de Maricà and Cidade de Saquarema. Both FPSO’s Cidade de Maricà and Cidade de Saquarema are destined for the Lula field in the..

Bowtech Products Ltd, a market leader in subsea vision systems, announced that it has delivered a GBP 100,000 Chain Stopper Monitoring System to SBM Offshore, to monitor the chain stoppers during installation of the BP Quad 204 Turret Mooring System (TMS). The new system will allow visual monitoring of each chain stopper ratchet, when the..

SBM Offshore’s FPSO Cidade de Paraty is formally on hire since 7 June 2013, following full systems acceptance by its client and continues to ramp up oil production. The facility has been constructed in 34 months from Letter of Intent in June 2010, in line with expectations and meets the local content requirements for Brazilian FPSOs…

This article appeared in the May/June 2013 Offshore Industry (OSI), Vol. 6, Issue 2. Words by John Gauldie, Copyright Yellow & Finch Publishers.  SBM Offshore‘s resharpened focus on FPSOs is paying dividends. In March the company booked a large contract for two new Petrobras-chartered, high-spec conversions to operate Brazil’s deepwater pre-salt production development in the Santos..

SBM Offshore has been honoured with the prestigious Spotlight on new Technology award at the 2013 OTC conference in Houston. A pioneering, global market leader in floating production and mooring systems, SBM Offshore continually pushes the limits of technology to deliver more productive, cost-effective and safer solutions for the oil and gas industry. The Tension..

Offshore survey company UTEC announces the award of a significant multi-year framework agreement. The agreement is with SBM Offshore (Monaco) to provide offshore survey and positioning services carrying its construction vessel fleet, initially covering operations on-board the OCV Normand Installer and the new-build DSCV SBM Installer. The services contract will be managed though UTEC’s Italian..

SBM Offshore, one of the leaders in the supply of leased FPSOs, has signed a Commercial Development Agreement with CompactGTL Ltd, the pioneer of modular gas to liquid solutions, to work exclusively together on offshore projects.

SBM Offshore has announced that it has been awarded a contract and received the corresponding notice to proceed from Technip, part of the TSC Consortium with Samsung Heavy Industries, for the engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of a major Turret Mooring System. This Turret Mooring System will be a key component of the world’s first..

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply an integrated solution for power generation, power distribution, and propulsion for the new diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) currently under construction in Singapore for SBM Offshore. The order has been placed by builder Keppel Singmarine and includes the vessel’s main power generation system, the automation system, and integrated propulsion..

SBM Offshore has announced that it has signed a contract for the oil loading system on board of a FPSO and for design licenses for drilling ships and jack-ups. The first contract is related to the deep water oil loading system required as part of an oil field development offshore West Africa. The scope of work  consists of the..

SBM Offshore has awarded a contract to Keppel Singmarine in Singapore for the detailed design and construction of a multi-purpose diving support & construction vessel (DSCV). This investment is an important element of the company’s strategy to grow offshore contracting activities within the turnkey services segment, adding to its fleet a modern vessel with high..