June 6 (Reuters) -

France's TotalEnergies has reserved a hull from

SBM Offshore for developing the most promising

offshore oil and gas project in Suriname, the Netherlands-based

company said on Thursday.

SBM Offshore, which provides facilities to the offshore

energy industry, is working in partnership with Technip Energies

and in line with the front-end engineering and design

studies for what will become Suriname's first floating

production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).

A consortium by TotalEnergies and APA Corp ( APA ) said

earlier this week on the sidelines of Suriname's Energy, Oil &

Gas Summit that a final investment decision on Block 58 would be

made in the last quarter, with output expected to begin in 2028.

The firms also said that a hull for a floating facility

with capacity to handle 200,000 barrels per day of oil had been

secured.

Development of Block 58 is expected to begin with the

Sapakara and Krabdagu fields, which have combined reserves of

more than 700 million barrels of oil.