SBM OFFSHORE DIVESTS STAKE IN TURRITELLA PROJECT
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
July 15, 2015
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) for the
acquisition of a stake in the joint venture companies incorporated for the
purpose of owning and operating FPSO Turritella.
Mitsubishi Corporation (30% interest) and NYK Line (15% interest) have acquired
a 45% combined stake in the joint venture companies. SBM Offshore, MC and NYK
Line are also partners in other joint venture companies incorporated for the
purpose of owning and operating FPSOs such as Cidade de Maricá and Cidade de
Saquarema. Today's announcement further cements this long standing cooperation.
The partners' cash contribution to the Turritella joint venture companies is
expected to total approximately US$590 million with the first milestone payment
of US$446 million received today. Future milestone payments will follow the
stages of completion of the project.
The divestment proceeds have been anticipated in the Company's 2015 Proportional
Net Debt guidance of below US$3.5 billion. FPSO Turritella is currently under
construction in Singapore and is expected to be delivered and on-hire in the
first half of 2016.
FPSO Turritella Project Overview
On July 22, 2013 SBM Offshore announced that it had signed contracts with Shell
Offshore Inc. to supply and lease a Floating Production Storage and Offloading
(FPSO) for the Stones development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contracts
include an initial period of 10 years with future extension options up to a
total of 20 years. Start-up of the facility continues to be expected in the
first half of 2016.
The Stones development is located in 2,896 meters (9,500 feet) of water
approximately 320 kilometres (200 miles) offshore Louisiana in the Walker Ridge
area. When installed, Turritella will be the deepest FPSO development in the
world.
The converted Suezmax FPSO will have a turret with a disconnectable buoy
(Buoyant Turret Mooring or BTM) allowing it to weathervane in normal conditions
and disconnect from the FPSO upon the approach of a hurricane. The BTM will be
configured with Steel Lazy-Wave Risers which will be a first application for a
disconnectable FPSO. The mooring system will also incorporate the ability to
adjust line tension during operations by use of an In-Line Mooring Connector.
SBM Offshore's over 30 years of turret experience including the delivery of
nearly 50 systems will be leveraged to supply this pioneering BTM system.
The FPSO is a typical Generation 2 design with a processing facility capacity of
60,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and 15 mmscf/d of gas treatment and export.
No water injection facilities are specified. The Suezmax hull will be able to
store 800,000 barrels of crude oil and total topsides weight will reach seven
thousand tons.
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 10,200 people worldwide. Full time company
employees totalling 6,400 are spread over five regional centres, eleven
operational shore bases and the offshore fleet of vessels. A further 3,800 are
working for the joint ventures with several construction yards. 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
concerned.
The Management Board
Schiedam, The Netherlands, July 15, 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: nicolas.robert(at)sbmoffshore.com
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: anne.guerin-moens(at)sbmoffshore.com
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
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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.
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