SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded the Company the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for an FPSO for Phase 1 of its Sea Lion development in the North Falkland Basin.
The 18-month contract awarded to SBM Offshore covers the FEED elements of the proposed FPSO. The asset will be a converted FPSO with a throughput capacity of approximately 85,000 barrels per day and will operate in 450 meters of water.
The proposed Phase 1 Sea Lion project, operated by Premier with Rockhopper Exploration plc as the JV partner, is located 220 kilometers north of the Falkland Islands. This first phase is subject to final investment decision targeted for the end of the FEED in the second half of 2017. Subsequent phases to developing Sea Lion and the wider North Falkland Basin reserves, utilizing FPSOs, are envisaged.
Corporate Profile
SBM Offshore N.V. (the Company) is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore group (the Group).
SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. SBM Offshore is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation and has unrivalled operational experience in this field. The Groups 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.
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 concerned. Please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com.
The Management Board
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 17, 2015
Financial Calendar | Date | Year |
Full-Year 2015 Results – Press Release | February 10 | 2016 |
Publication of AGM Agenda | February 24 | 2016 |
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders | April 6 | 2016 |
Trading Update 1Q 2016 – Press Release | May 11 | 2016 |
Half-Year 2016 Earnings – Press Release | August 10 | 2016 |
Trading Update 3Q 2016 – Press Release | November 9 | 2016 |
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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 managements 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 Companys 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.