He may not regard some of the internal adversities he has faced during his three years at SBM a blessing, but he continues to tackle them head on.

"In 2012, when I took over, one of the first steps that was done was to refocus the company into the core of its activity," Chabas says. "At the time we spoke about 'FPSO, FPSO, FPSO' as being the strategy of the company."

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