Offshore

SBM Offshore gets insurance payout after rig failure

The Dutch offshore company has reached a settlement with a majority group of insurers in the case related to damaged drilling rig Yme, which resulted in large costs for SBM Offshore.
by KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

SBM Offshore has reached a settlement with 73.6 percent of the group of insurers in the company's damage claim related to drilling rig Yme in the North Sea, where the company in 2012 discovered defects in the rig's construction and wound up scrapping it.

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