SBM Offshore News

Floating Production Systems Market Bounces Back on Recovering Oil Prices

Apr 02, 2021

Orders for production floaters have bounced back over the past month driven by rising crude prices, according to Jim McCaul, head of offshore business intelligence firm World Energy Reports.McCaul bases his assessment on data in a new floating…

SBM Offshore, Shell Extend Brazil FPSO Term. SBM in Talks with Exxon Over Guyana Extensions

Dec 23, 2020

Oil giant Shell has extended the contract for the lease of SBM Offshore's Espirito Santo FPSO in Brazil. SBM Offshore is also in talks with ExxonMobil to extend the FPSO terms in Guyana.The Dutch FPSO operator said Wednesday that the lease and…

Ex-SBM Offshore Sales Manager Convicted in Bribery Case

Feb 25, 2021

A former sales manager of Dutch energy services company SBM Offshore was on Wednesday convicted by a London jury of conspiracy to bribe public officials to secure lucrative oil contracts in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.Paul Bond…

Wood Reaches Settlement in Scotland Over Unaoil-related Dealings

Mar 16, 2021

Energy infrastructure engineering and construction giant John Wood Group (Wood) said Tuesday its subsidiary WGPSN had reached a civil settlement with Scotland's Civil Recovery Unit 'in relation to the historical engagement of Unaoil by a legacy joint venture and potential unlawful conduct…

Report: SBM Offshore Only Bidder for Petrobras' Mero 4 FPSO

Feb 24, 2021

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras received only one proposal, from Dutch SBM Offshore, in a bid to contract construction of the Mero 4 oil platform [FPSO] in the Santos Basin pre-salt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters…

SBM Offshore Expects Lower 2021 Earnings as Clients Cut Spending

Feb 11, 2021

SBM Offshore forecast that 2021 core earnings will be slightly below market expectations, the multinational oil firm said on Thursday, noting 2020 challenges will spill into 2021 as many of its clients had to cut budgets.The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels…

FPSO Firm BW Offshore Buys Into Floating Wind Tech Company Ideol

Feb 17, 2021

BW Offshore, a company mainly known as the operator of FPSO vessels in the oil and gas industry, is creating what it calls 'a floating offshore wind champion targeting large-scale projects,' following an agreement signed Wednesday to buy into the floating offshore wind tech developer Ideol…

FPSO Firm BW Offshore Eyes Entry into Floating Offshore Wind

Feb 12, 2021

BW Offshore, a company known for its FPSO leasing business in the oil and gas sector, is looking to diversify by entering the floating offshore wind space and has started talks with floating wind firm Ideol over a potential investment.The move…

Transborders' 'Stranded Gas' FLNG Moves Step Closer to Reality with Multi-Party Deals Signed

Jan 28, 2021

Transborders Energy, an Australian company working to develop a 1.5 mpta FLNG solution for marginal field development, on Wednesday said it had signed a multi-party and multi-project FLNG Solution Agreement with multiple contractors, bringing the FLNG unit closer to reality…

Report: Samsung, Hyundai, Daewoo Gearing Up for Petrobras FPSO Tender

Jan 28, 2021

Three consortia including Asian shipyards are preparing to compete to build Brazil’s Petrobras’ first two in-house platforms in more than seven years, according to four people familiar with the tender who declined to be named as the information is private…

SBM Offshore Confirms Payara FPSO Award

Oct 01, 2020

With ExxonMobil sanctioning its third offshore development in Guyana following the government approval, SBM Offshore has confirmed it has won a contract to deliver an FPSO for the project.Under the contract, SBM Offshore will construct, install…

Petrobras Finds 'Excellent Quality' Oil at Buzios Field Well

Dec 24, 2020

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has said it has confirmed oil of excellent quality with the drilling of well 9-BUZ-48D-RJS, located in the extreme northwest of Búzios field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The well is located 188 km from the…

SBM Offshore in Talks with Petrobras Over Buzios FPSO Charter

Sep 15, 2020

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has started negotiations with the Dutch FPSO supplier SBM Offshore over a potential charter of an FPSO to be installed at the giant Buzios field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The FPSO, to be named Almirante Tamandaré…

SBM Offshore Raises Profit Guidance, Starts Work on Floating Wind Project

Nov 12, 2020

Oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore raised its full-year core profit guidance on Thursday on the back of a 23% increase in nine-month revenue and said it had started work on a pilot floating offshore wind project in France.The Dutch company…

SBM Offshore Buys SBM Installer Vessel to Sell It Easier

Aug 24, 2020

Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore has agreed to take full control of the diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) SBM Installer so it can easier sell it.The vessel is owned by OS Installer, a JV company in which SBM Offshore has a 25% stake…

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