Prospectus - SBM Offshore
Prospectus - SBM Offshore
Prospectus - SBM Offshore
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· Engineering skills and cutting edge technology<br />
0105735-0000002 AMCO:5624830.1 6<br />
· Continuous improvement of the design and construction of new FPSO projects<br />
B.4a Trends The Company has identified the following trends that are expected to influence the<br />
Group's business and the markets in which it operates:<br />
B.5 Description of the<br />
Group and the<br />
Company's<br />
positioning within<br />
the Group<br />
· The IEA and other expert sources expect oil to remain the leading fuel in 2035<br />
with a 27% share (down from 33% as at March 2013). In the overall energy mix,<br />
alongside renewables and biofuels, gas is expected to be the only fossil fuel source<br />
to increase its share.<br />
· The move to production of fields in increasingly deeper waters is expected to<br />
continue.<br />
· The complexity and size of FPSOs are expected to further increase.<br />
· During the previous years, the average contract life of FPSOs has doubled and<br />
sometimes even tripled and FPSOs have been increasingly used as full life-of-field<br />
development systems. This trend is expected to continue.<br />
· As a result of the expected increase in complexity, size, and contract life of<br />
FPSOs, it is anticipated that FPSOs will require a growing scale of investment.<br />
· Due to the global debt crisis, it is increasingly difficult to secure long-term debt<br />
financing from banks.<br />
· FPSOs will continue to be constructed and operated under strict local content<br />
requirements in Brazil but also in Africa and other parts of the developing world.<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong> is the holding company of the Group that includes the following<br />
material subsidiaries (held directly or indirectly by <strong>SBM</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong>) as at 31 December<br />
2012:<br />
Percentage of capital<br />
and voting rights<br />
held by the Company<br />
Name Country of incorporation (directly or indirectly)<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> Schiedam B.V. Netherlands 100%<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> Holding Inc. S.A. Switzerland 100%<br />
Single Buoy Moorings Inc. S.A Switzerland 100%<br />
Single Buoy Holdings Inc. US 100%<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100%<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> Atlantia Inc. US 100%