2011 Annual Report - SBM Offshore

Equatorial Guinea
A very motivated group of young trainees from Equatorial Guinea has been selected by Noble Energy to be part
of the nationalisation plan for the FPSO Aseng. SBM Offshore is privileged to be working with them. The trainees
have undertaken English language training and been familiarised with basic oilfield equipment and systems.
In a major change from the Company’s standard training programmes, the trainees were then assigned to the
Aberdeen Skills and Enterprise Training Centre (ASET), in Scotland, where they are currently consolidating their
knowledge over an 18-month practical programme. All training undertaken at ASET is practical, with a strong
focus on the use of typical Safety Management System tools such as Risk Assessment, Permit to Work, COSHH,
and Toolbox Talk. The trainees already learned the NEBOSH Safety Diploma material. Their progress is
monitored regularly by the ASET centre Senior Instructor and the Company’s Training Department, which keeps
them up to date on the progress of the actual FPSO conversion project in Singapore. The Aseng trainees from
Equatorial Guinea will benefit from 49, 000 training hours.
This is a customized selection from the SBM Offshore N.V. Annual Report 2011
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