A Sinopec subsidiary has cancelled a contract for a BW Offshore floating production, storage and offloading unit.

Oslo-listed BW said the Chinese company's Addax Petroleum Exploration Nigeria sent a termination notice for the 50,00-barrels-of-oil-per-day Sendje Berge (built 1974).

Sendje Berge

Owner: BW Offshore

Type: FPSO

Built: 1974 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France

Converted: 2000 at Jurong Shipyard, Singapore

Capacity: 50,000 bopd

Flag: Bermuda

Classification Society: DNV GL

But the spinoff of Singapore's BW Group is not taking the development without a fight.