SBM Offshore is selling its DSCV SBM Installer, a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) to joint venture OS Installer AS for US$150 million in cash. The SBM Installer. From SBM Offshore. Both…
Watch as Eni shows the journey of the N’Goma FPSO as it sails away from Singapore and arrives at the Paenal yard for module lifting. SBM Offshore discussed the makings of its Paenal Shipyard in OE's October 2014 issue. The vessel…
Italian giant Eni began production of first oil from its West Hub Development project in Block 15/06, offshore Angola. N’Goma. From SBM Offshore. Block 15/06 covers about 2984sq km…
Petrobras hit first oil with the floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) Cidade de Ilhabela in the Sapinhoá field in the pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Cidade de Ilhabela. From BG Group…
SBM Offshore discusses some of the company’s developing technologies and how it is working toward unlocking reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. Exploration for fields further offshore and in deeper waters is leading to the development of more complex reservoirs…
SBM Offshore is launching two companies, Imodco Terminals S.A. and Imodco Services S.A., to meet challenges of the CALM Terminals and after sales services. Building upon SBM’s terminals technology, the two new companies will operate independently from the rest of SBM Offshore…
Noble Energy awarded Dutch services provider SBM Offshore a contract for the Big Bend and Dantzler fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Thunder Hawk from SBM Offshore The two companies signed a…
SBM Offshore’s Paula Farquharson-Blengino provides an inside look at the company’s Angola shipyard, a joint venture between partners Sonangol and DSME. Paenal is the first yard in West Africa with the capacity to facilitate mega FPSO vessels…
Stein Rasmussen, SBM Offshore’s new managing director of the Houston execution center, says he had a natural affinity with water since he was a child growing up in Norway. It’s fitting since he has spent his entire career working with floaters at companies such as Technip…
SBM Offshore is using the TrustLube automatic lubrication system for Shell’s Prelude. According to TrustLube, its system consists of an explosion-proof grease cabinet to lubricate the radial wheel, axial boogie and axial boogie guiding of the world’s largest turret…
Noble Energy and Singapore-based Ezra Holdings’ subsea division EMAS AMC, finalized three subsea tieback contracts worth approximately US$300 million. Image from Ezra. The scope of work includes engineering…
The Cidade de Ilhabela floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) sailed from the Brasa shipyard on 15 September, marking the first FPSO to be integrated at Brasa’s quay number two. The departure of the FPSO is a milestone for 2-year-old Estaleiro Brasa (shipyard)…
The 4th Annual Global FPSO Forum, formerly Emerging FPSO, serves as a rare opportunity to meet and deliberate over topics affecting the global industry. While most conferences are held in Europe and Asia, Global FPSO Forum is held annually in Galveston…
Veolia won a contract to decommission the 14,000-tonne Yme oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The doomed Talisman Yme will be removed and towed in a single lift from its current North Sea location and be moved to Lutelandet in South West Norway to be dismantled by Veolia…
In advance of OE’s 2014 Global FPSO Forum, Managing Editor Audrey Leon spoke with Peter Lovie, Senior Advisor, Floating Systems for Peter M Lovie PE, LLC, and program chair for Global FPSO Forum; Arjan Voogt, MARIN USA; and Bruce Crager, Endeavor Management…
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