Project · Deepwater FPSO · Guyana

FPSO Jaguar — Whiptail development, Stabroek Block

A brand-new deepwater FPSO hull and topsides being built and commissioned from scratch, on the standardised Fast4Ward programme SBM now repeats project after project — steady multi-year demand for FPSO engineering, hook-up/commissioning and offshore installation crews.

Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-10-20).

  1. Engineering (done)
  2. Fabrication (now)
  3. Transport & installation (now)
  4. Hook-up (next)
  5. Commissioning
  6. Operation

Now Fabrication · Transport & installation (reported: integration / installation (FPSO: topsides fabrication nearing completion, all process modules lifted onboard, integration and…)

Next Hook-up · not announced

Roles Construction & supervision · Commissioning & start-up · QA/QC & HSE · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.

Later Operation Q4 2027 (first production targeted end of 2027, as reported)

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Their rate stays; our fee goes on top: 20% → 15% → 12%. Open book →

Who works on it as the sources name them

  • ExxonMobilOperator / owneroperator / field developer; operator / owner, as named in the source
  • SBM OffshoreEngineering & designFPSO design, construction and operations contractor under Fast4Ward; Sale & Operate, with ownership transferred to the client during construction.
Kind
Deepwater FPSO
Country
Guyana
Size
250,000 bopd oil, 540 MMcfd associated gas treatment, 300,000 bpd water injection; ~2 MMbbl storage
Operator
ExxonMobil
Position
9.50°N 57.00°W, approximate

On the Radar each linked to its source

  1. 28 July 2026Offshore installation begins for Whiptail's subsea system ahead of FPSO Jaguar's arrival
  2. 12 April 2024ExxonMobil Guyana contracts SBM Offshore to build FPSO Jaguar

Sources

  1. SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil Guyana's FPSO JaguarSBM Offshore (company newsroom) · published 2024 · read 2026-09-19
  2. SBM Offshore to build FPSO Jaguar for ExxonMobil's Whiptail oil and gas project offshore GuyanaWorld Oil · published 2024-04-18 · read 2026-09-19
  3. Offshore installation begins for Whiptail project's subsea systemBrazil Energy Insight (trade press) · published 2026-07-29 · read 2026-09-19
  4. SBM Offshore Half Year 2026 EarningsSBM Offshore (company newsroom / half-year report PDF) · published 2026-08-06 · read 2026-10-20
  5. Seatrium 1H2026 Results presentation (order book project table)Seatrium Limited (SGX filing) · published 2026-07-31 · read 2026-10-08
  6. ExxonMobil lets SIMOPS management platform for WhiptailOil & Gas Journal · published 2026-08-04 · read 2026-10-08
  7. SBM Offshore completes US$1.5 billion financing of JaguarSBM Offshore · published 2024-11-21 · read 2026-10-20
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