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- BW Offshore Limited (BWO.OL) provides floating production solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, including engineering, procurement, construction, installation, lease and operation services for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels and floating storage and offloading (FSO) units; it also offers turret, mooring, swivel, subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines (SURF) and installation services, as well as solutions for floating offshore wind and emerging low-carbon energy projects such as floating desalination units. The company operates a fleet of three FPSOs with additional units under development or redeployment, including BW Opal chartered to Santos for 15 years at the Barossa field in Australia with startup targeted for early 2026, FPSO Nganhurra acquired in 2025 for redeployment by June 2027, and FPSO BW Adolo with operational control transferred to BW Energy Gabon in 2025 under a charter featuring mutual put-and-call options exercisable in 2028. Founded in 1982 as a department of Bergesen d.y. and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange since 2006, BW Offshore is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and maintains global operations across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific; it is majority-owned by BW Group and advances a strategy encompassing conventional FPSO optimization, newbuild and conversion projects, and expansion into renewable energy infrastructure. Recent developments include delivery of BW Opal from Seatrium in May 2025, the sale of FPSO Polvo to BW Energy, selective evaluation of FPSO redeployment opportunities amid tight market conditions, and formation of a 50-50 joint venture with BW Group subsidiary BW Water for floating desalination units targeting FID and market entry by end-2026; in Q3 2025, the company narrowed its full-year EBITDA guidance to USD 240-250 million due to BW Opal contract timing while maintaining a strong cash position of USD 388 million.