SBM Offshore shifted its emphasis to China earlier this decade for the conversion of its last three floating production, storage and offloading vessels bound for Brazilian waters, writes Xu Yihe.
It has track records with Chengxi Guangzhou (CXG) yard, which carried out hull conversions, refurbishments and some module integration for the Cidade de Marica, Cidade de Saquarema and Cidade de Ilhabela FPSOs.
