2002 Annual Report - SBM Offshore

for the Serpentina field in Equatorial Guinea and for the
Xikomba field in Angola. SBM PC has been involved
from the date these contracts were awarded, in order to
integrate the different phases of the project: design,
purchasing, construction, conversion, commissioning
and start-up. In parallel, activities such as recruitment,
training and establishment of the future operations in
Angola and Equatorial Guinea are performed by a
dedicated group from SBM PC.
The FPSO Serpentina will start operations in Equatorial
Guinea during the third quarter 2003, and the FPSO
Xikomba will start-up towards the end of the year in
Angola. The Sanha unit for Chevron/Cabgoc in Angola is
an LPG FPSO with a newly built hull presently being
constructed at IHI’s yard in Japan, and will start
operation on site early 2005.
In the first weeks of January 2003, Petrobras awarded
SBM an FPSO contract on lease for the Marlim Sul field
in Brazil. The FPSO Marlim Sul will start operations in
the middle of 2004. It is a very similar unit to the FPSO’s
Espadarte and Brasil, which started operations for
Petrobras mid 2000 and late 2002 respectively. The
challenge for successful first oil or gas for all these new
units is again in front of us!
In view of the increased number of FPSO’s in the fleet
and their complexity in terms of topsides equipment, a
Process Operations Group has been created in 2002 to
handle the following tasks:
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x technical support of the FPSOs’ daily process operations
in order to maximise oil and gas production;
x monitoring the efficiencies of FPSOs’ process plants
through a system of daily reported Key Performance
Indicators.
Competence Assessment
In order to maintain the company’s fleet production and
marine crews to the highest standard, a Competence
Assurance Training programme has been introduced.
This programme is designed to ensure that the company
employs the most suitable candidates for each unit. At
the recruitment stage, specific training programmes may
be necessary, depending on availability of labour and
equipment to be operated. The programme for those
currently employed offshore is designed to identify levels
of knowledge within the organisation and to identify
potential transfers and related training needs.
Safety and environmental protection
The company is also continuously updating its policy in
respect of safety and environmental protection, both of
which subjects are high in the priorities of IHC Caland.
In 1998, SBM PC obtained the Safety and Environmental
Protection (SEP) certification from DNV, which is in
excess of the International Safety Management (ISM)
code imposed by International Maritime Organization
(IMO). In respect of environmental protection, the SEP
system requires the company to maintain high standards
and particularly to ensure strict monitoring of overboard
discharges in compliance with MARPOL 73/78.
FPSO Serpentina, the second
of ExxonMobil Generic series,
in the last phases of its conversion
in KeppelFels Singapore.