The most expensive Maersk FPSOs ship Maersk Peregrino was sold to a joint venture company, established by the Norwegian oil company Statoil and their Chinese partner Sinochem. The price of the sale of the largest floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit was announced to be over 1 billion USD, which is also the largest investment, which both companies are making in their joint venture. The global FPSO contractor BW Offshore will charter and take the control of Maersk Peregrino after a transition period of about six months. The CEO of Maersk FPSOs - Stig Hoffmeyer, announced the the company is constantly updating, optimising and investing in modern technologies, which causes the upgrade of their fleet and portfolio. The manager added that this may include divestments, if timing and conditions are right.
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