这家深水公司 4 月 9 日表示， SBM Offshore已为 FPSO Cidade de Paraty 签署了一份为期 8 年、价值 4 亿美元的无追索权售后回租融资协议。

Cidade de Paraty 由 SBM Offshore 及其合作伙伴（巴西 QGOG、日本Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 和伊藤忠商事）旗下的一家特殊目的公司所有。SBM Offshore 持有 63.125% 的股份，其他公司持有剩余的 36.875% 的股份。

根据协议条款，该特殊目的公司将把所有权转让给四家未披露名称的中国租赁公司。

该 FPSO 自 2013 年 6 月开始运营，目前位于巴西近海盐下区的 Lula Nordeste 开发区。

据 SBM 网站称，Cidade 安装了重约 14,000 吨的顶部设施，可处理 120,000 桶/天的石油；伴生气处理能力为 5 MMscm/天（带压缩）；以及二氧化碳_去除和注水设施，处理能力为 150,000 桶/天。

该公司表示，SBM Offshore 及其合作伙伴将继续运营和维护该资产，直至初始租约结束，并在剩余的 8.5 年期限内继续运营合同。

该交易预计将于2025年4月底完成。

SBM Offshore has signed a $400 million non-recourse sale and leaseback financing agreement for FPSO Cidade de Paraty for an 8-year duration, the deepwater company said April 9.

Cidade de Paraty is owned by a special purpose company owned by SBM Offshore and its partners —Brazil’s QGOG and Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Itochu . SBM Offshore holds 63.125% and the others hold the remaining 36.875%.

Under the terms of the agreement, the special purpose company will transfer the ownership to four undisclosed Chinese leasing companies.

The FPSO, which has been in operation since June 2013, is currently located in the Lula Nordeste development in the presalt area offshore Brazil.

Cidade has installed topside facilities with a weight of approximately 14,000 tons to process 120,000 bbl/d of oil; associated gas treatment of 5 MMscm/d with compression; and a CO₂ removal and a water injection facility for 150,000 bbl/d, according to SBM’s website.

SBM Offshore and its partners continue to operate and maintain the asset until the end of the initial charter and operate contracts for the remaining period of 8.5 years, the company said.

The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of April 2025.