ose bwo industry petroleum founded 1982 headquarters singapore and oslo norway area served global key people carl k. arnet ceo products fpso revenue usd 982.4 million 2013 operating income usd 181.4 million 2013 total assets usd 3.4 billion 2013 number of employees 2 200 website www.bwoffshore.com bw offshore is a global owner and operator of floating production storage and offloading fpso vessels . the company is listed on oslo stock exchange . the company has its headquarters in singapore and oslo norway but operates internationally . the largest owner is bw group limited with 49 3 % of the shares . the company operates vessels in brazil mexico united states united kingdom russia mauritania ivory coast nigeria gabon new zealand and indonesia with a total of 14 fpsos and 1 fso . contents 1 history 2 presence and units 2.1 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message bw offshore originates from the shipping company bergesen d.y. asa 1 who delivered its first fso berge sisar in 1982 which it installed and operated at the block o field offshore angola . in 2003 bergesen was acquired by world wide shipping and was 2005 renamed bergesen worldwide . in the same year the floating production part of the company was established as a separate company bergesen worldwide offshore . in 2006 the company was rebranded bw offshore and listed on the oslo stock exchange . in 2007 bw offshore acquired the ownership of advanced production and loading apl making the company its technology division . 2 apl which is based in arendal norway and is a specialist in the engineering and supply of offloading and transfer systems for ships and terminals . it has delivered loading equipment for production vessels storage vessels and shuttle tankers in the north sea africa asia oceania russia latin america and the usa . in 2006 apl ventured into fpso contracting by establishing nexus floating production that consequently also became controlled by bw offshore . in 2010 bw offshore sold apl to national oilwell varco . 3 in 2010 bw offshore limited completed the acquisition of remaining 76.12 % stake 4 in prosafe production public ltd. prior to the transaction bw offshore limited owned 23.88 % and hence completed the 100 % acquisition of prosafe production . presence and units edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message as of december 31 2013 bw offshore owned a fleet of 14 fpsos 1 fso and 1 fpso conversion candidate blue opal . it also operates 2 fpsos owned by oil companies . in may 2014 bw offshore was selected by premier oil to execute the engineering procurement construction installation and operation of a new built fpso for its catcher field in the uk north sea . fleet edit fpso vessel name oilfield location operator contract duration water depth m status azurite congo prosafe 2009 bw pioneer cascade & chinook gulf of mexico petrobras america 2012 2017 2600 y um k ak n ab ku maloob zaap mexico pemex 2007 2022 90 berge helene chinguetti mauritania petronas 2006 2017 850 sendje berge okwori nigeria addax sinopec 2005 2018 140 abo abo nigeria eni 2003 2016 800 espor ivorien espoir ivory coast cnr 2002 2017 118 extended to 2022 petroleo nautipa etame gabon vaalco 2002 2020 80 bw cidade de s o vicente lula south brazil petrobras 2009 2019 2140 cidade de s o mateus camarupim brazil petrobras 2009 2018 763 disconnected due to accident polvo polvo brazil hrt 2007 2018 85 extended to q3 2018 peregrino operations peregrino brazil statoil 2013 2016 120 p 63 operations papa terra brazil petrobras 2013 2016 1150 belokamenka murmansk russia rosneft oil company 2004 2015 30 disconnected bw athena athena uk ithaca energy 2012 2020 130 demobilised feb 2016 bw joko tole terang sirasun batur tsb indonesia kangean energy 2012 2022 100 umuroa tui new zealand awe 2007 2017 120 catcher catcher uk premier 2017 2024 90 construction phase blue opal available n a references edit bw offshore annual report 2013 http hugin.info 136844 r 1772870 604070.pdf apl history website http www.apl.no aplweb templates level2page.aspx id 532 http www.bwoffshore.com disclaimer disclaimer0710121 press releases agreement to sell apl to national oilwell varco for usd 500 million in cash bw offshore acquires remaining 76.12 % stake of prosafe production researchviews.com external links edit mega tanker makeover a documentary about the conversion of the pioneer bw offshore on linkedin.com v t e bw group companies bw group bw offshore bw lpg bw maritime bw green marine capital bw shipping and gas solutions bw fleet management defunct companies bergesen d.y. asa world wide shipping people sigval bergesen d.y. yue kong pao helmut sohmen see also category bw group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bw offshore & oldid 729173519 categories bw groupshipping companies of norwayshipping companies of singaporefloating production storage and offloading vessel operatorscompanies established in 19821982 establishments in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangehidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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