FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela Producing and on Hire

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.

 

Corporate Profile

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Schiedam.  It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore group (“the Company”).

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.

The Management Board
Schiedam, The Netherlands, November 24, 2014

 

Financial Calendar Date Year
Full-Year 2014 Results – Press Release February 5 2015
Publication of AGM Agenda March 3 2015
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders April 15  2015
Trading Update Q1 2015 – Press Release May 8 2015
Half-Year 2015 Results – Press Release August 6 2015
Trading Update Q3 2015 – Press Release November 12 2015

 

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations

Nicolas D. Robert
Head of Investor Relations

Telephone: +377 92 05 18 98
Mobile: +33 (0) 6 40 62 44 79
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sbmoffshore.com

 

Media Relations

Anne Guerin-Moens
Group Communications Director

Telephone: +377 92 05 30 83
Mobile: +33 (0) 6 80 86 36 91
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sbmoffshore.com

 

Disclaimer

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those in such statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of the Company’s business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “would be”, “expects” or “anticipates” or similar expressions, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. SBM Offshore NV does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.