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SBM OFFSHORE - FIRST OIL ON THUNDER HAWK
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - 1. First Oil on Thunder Hawk Deep Draft SemiSBM Offshore is pleased to announce that the Thunder Hawk DeepDraftSemi(TM) commenced processing production from the Thunder Hawk Fieldin Mississippi Canyon Block 734 on 8 July 2009. The Thunder Hawkfield is located 240 kilometres south-east of New Orleans, in a waterdepth of 1,745 metres.Murphy Exploration & Production Company - USA is the field operatorand operates the Thunder Hawk Floating Production Unit (FPU) onbehalf of SBM Offshore. The other owners of the Thunder Hawk fieldare Eni, StatoilHydro USA E&P Inc. and Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc..Together they lease the FPU with firm capacity for an initial periodof five years under a production handling agreement.The Thunder Hawk FPU has process capacity of 45,000 bpd of oil and70mmcf/d of gas and is designed to serve as an area wide "hub" forother fields. The produced oil and gas will be exported via steelcatenary risers into existing pipelines. SBM Offshore designed andconstructed the hull as well as the process facilities in house andwas also responsible for installation of the FPU. The DeepDraftSemi's hull was fabricated in Singapore, while the topsidesfacilities were fabricated and integrated on to the hull in southTexas.The Thunder Hawk FPU is the second DeepDraft Semi(TM) designed andconstructed by SBM Offshore for the ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico waters.SBM Offshore previously designed and constructed the world's firstDeepDraft Semi for Enterprise Products Partners' Independence Hubproject located in a record setting 2,454 metres water depth.The Thunder Hawk FPU is the Company's first owned unit in the Gulf ofMexico and the first production handling agreement type contract.This is in line with the strategy of SBM Offshore to expand itsleasing activities to offshore oil and gas production concepts beyondthe current FPSOs, and to enter new geographical areas for itsleasing operations.Contact person: Mr. Sebastiaan de Ronde BresserTelephone: (+377) 92 05 85 15Mobile: (+33) 643 919 312Fax: (+377) 92 05 89 40E-mail: sebastiaan.derondebresser(at)sbmoffshore.comWebsite: www.sbmoffshore.comTo see the full version of the Press Release, please click on thelink below.http://hugin.info/130754/R/1328267/313106.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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