# SBM's Fast4Ward FPSO design
**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500
**Category:** Offshore
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500 "2020-11-18T15:58:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500/1 "2020-11-18T15:58:11Z")
SBM Offshore’s standardized Fast4Ward design FPSO Liza Unity is under outfitting at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore:
> **[Topside Integration Works Kick Off on Liza Unity FPSO in Singapore](https://www.oedigital.com/news/483230-topside-integration-works-kick-off-on-liza-unity-fpso-in-singapore)**
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> SBM Offshore, a Dutch FPSO specialist, has informed that the topside integration phase has kicked off in Singapore on the Liza Unity FPSO…
What does “Fast4ward design” mean? Here is your answer:
> **[Floating Production: The Next Chapter](https://www.oedigital.com/news/475798-floating-production-the-next-chapter)**
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> “The FPSO market is back with nine FPSOs awarded this year \[as of mid-December 2019\], reaching levels that the industry had previously in the period 2010-2014.”
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500/2 "2021-02-27T11:39:20Z")
SBM has secured more contracts for their Fat4Ward design:
[Petrobras to order Brazil's largest oil production unit from SBM Offshore - Offshore Energy](https://www.offshore-energy.biz/petrobras-to-order-brazils-largest-oil-production-unit-from-sbm-offshore/#:~:text=SBM%20Offshore's%20fourth%20Fast4Ward%20MPF,12%20million%20m3%20of%20gas).
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500/3 "2021-03-03T13:00:33Z")
> **[SBM Offshore places FPSO order at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding - Splash247](https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-places-fpso-order-at-waigaoqiao-shipbuilding/)**
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> FPSO operator SBM Offshore has entered into a contract with Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of an FPSO hull. The FPSO will adopt SBM Offshore’s Fast4Ward design, and will have a storage capacity of 2.3m barrels of crude...
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500/4 "2021-07-28T10:13:38Z")
There are some long term contracts to be had in the FPSO market:
> **[SBM Offshore seals 26-year FPSO deal with Petrobras - Splash247](https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-seals-26-year-fpso-deal-with-petrobras/)**
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> SBM Offshore has sealed a deal with Brazil’s Petrobras for the lease and operation of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré. The contract is set to commence in the second half of 2024, and is for a period of 26.25 years. The FPSO will be deployed at the Búzios...
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sbms-fast4ward-fpso-design/57500/5 "2021-08-11T21:46:46Z")
SBM mobilizing Liza Unity for departure to Guyana:
With the topside integration phase completed and the onshore commissioning campaign making significant progress, SBM Offshore is currently mobilizing the Liza Unity Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform for departure to Guyana planned for the end of this month. The developments were announced last Thursday during the company’s half year earnings report for 2021.
Source : Stabroek News