Analyst Michael Webber kicked off coverage of thenewly-listed driller with an outperform rating, suggesting the company willfollow in the footsteps of sibling MLP Golar LNG Partners.

While Webber admits Seadrill Partners' status as thefirst drilling MLP may make some inventors wary, he says the firm is among histop picks in the Marine MLP space along with Golar and the Teekay twins:Offshore and LNG.