SBM Offshore Wins $1.2 Billion FPSO Contract For Aseng Oil Field
27 8월 2009 - 12:23AM
Dow Jones News
Oil services company SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) said Wednesday it
received a $1.2 billion order from U.S.-based Noble Energy Inc
(NBL) for the development of the Aseng oil field, offshore
Equatorial Guinea.
SBM said it will lease and operate a floating production storage
and offloading system, or FPSO, for a period of up to 15 years.
The Aseng FPSO will be the company's second operated unit in
Equatorial Guinea and its ninth operated facility offshore West
Africa, SBM Offshore said.
SBM Offshore is a technology provider to the oil and gas
industry. Its key business is the building, operating and leasing
of FPSOs. These vessels are normally located near oil platforms at
remote or deepwater locations, where they are used for oil
processing, storing and offloading.
SBM Offshore supplies its clients, mainly the major oil
companies, on a turnkey basis by selling ready-to-use vessels. It
also leases and operates them under long-term contracts, a more
profitable business.
- By Maarten van Tartwijk; Dow Jones Newswires; +31 20 571 5201;
maarten.vantartwijk@dowjones.com