FPSO Cidade De Ilhabela producing and on hire
Schiedam, The Netherlands, November 24, 2014
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela is formally on hire after achieving first oil and completing a 72 hour continuous production test leading to Production Acceptance Notice (PAN). The FPSO will operate under a twenty year charter and operate contract with Petrobras S.A. on the Sapinhoá field development in the Brazilian pre-salt.
The unit is owned and operated by a Joint Venture formed by SBM Offshore (62.25% ownership stake) and its partners.
FPSO Cidade De Ilhabela
Corporate Profile
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SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. The Company is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation, and has unrivalled operational experience in this field. The Company’s main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation and the life extension of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. These are either owned and operated by SBM Offshore and leased to its clients or supplied on a turnkey sale basis.
Group companies employ over 10,500 people worldwide, who are spread over five execution centres, eleven operational shore bases, the joint ventures with several construction yards and the offshore fleet of vessels. Please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com.
The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V. directly and indirectly owns investments are separate entities. In this communication “SBM Offshore” is sometimes used for convenience where references are made to SBM Offshore N.V. and its subsidiaries in general, or where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.
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FPSO Cidade De Ilhabela