2011 Annual Report - SBM Offshore

The total headcount is based on all Company employees registered on 31 December 2011 for Onshore
Operations and Offshore Production. Headcount, therefore, equals 6,220 employees with an increase of nearly
8% compared to 2010.
The Company’s workforce is distributed geographically over the locations of each of the seven Execution Centres,
construction sites, shore bases and onboard the offshore fleet.
The Company's Marketing & Sales, Treasury & Group Functions (MSTG Functions) are spread over the
Execution Centres, with a total of 131 employees at the end of the year 2011.
The headcount in Monaco comprises the aggregate of the following three Execution Centres: SBM-Monaco
(Turnkey Systems), SBM-PC (Lease and Operate) and SBM Services (Turnkey Services).
The workforce in SBM-Monaco has increased by 16% compared to 2010 with a total of 2,238 employees. This
boosted rate is in line with the level of activity at Monaco offices and on the construction sites.
The headcount at SBM-PC rose by 5.3% to 1,948 employees in 2011 compared with 1,850 employees in 2010.
The new operated FPSO’s, Aseng in E-G and the Deep Panuke PFC start-up and pre-operating phases explain
this trend, which is largely related to the offshore fleet personnel and the shore base staff.
This upward curve was also experienced by SBM-Services’ workforce (installation vessels included), which
increased by 16% to 308 employees in 2011 compared with 266 employees in 2010, due to the increased volume
of projects in these Execution Centres.
The Schiedam Execution Centre’s workforce of 628 employees slightly increased by +2% compared with the
previous year figure of 616 employees. In 2011, SBM Schiedam employs 498 persons and GustoMSC 130
persons.
SBM-Houston’s staff numbers decreased by 14% to 518 employees in 2011 compared with 601 employees in
2010, thereby reflecting the delivery of 2 Rig projects managed by this Execution Centre.
In Kuala Lumpur, there was a 17% increase to attain a total workforce of 440 in 2011 compared with 377 in 2010.
This increase can be attributed to the execution of large projects this year, particularly related to the FPSO Aseng
and the FPSO Xikomba relocation early work.
At year end 2011, the headcount for permanent contract employees totaled 4,655 employees representing 75% of
the Company workforce and the headcount for contractor staff totaled 1,565 employees representing 25% of the
workforce.
The 2011 yearly average ratio of contractors to staff is 27%.The reduction of the ratio compared with the 32% of
year end 2010 is explained by the fact that recruitment efforts have been directed to increasing the permanent
proportion of employees in order to maintain efficiency and keep core knowledge and expertise in house.
This is a customized selection from the SBM Offshore N.V. Annual Report 2011
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