Norway-based accommodation vessel operator Prosafe has sold another vessel for scrap and is planning to sell off another to the same end. Image of the Safe Boreas, from Prosafe. Prosafe…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has exercised a further four weeks of options for the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation vessel, says Prosafe. The Safe Boreas will continue operations for Repsol Sinopec Resources UK at Montrose A in…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK exercised further options with Prosafe to extend the charter of the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation unit by a total of 17 days. The firm operational period of the Safe Boreas at Montrose A in the…
French oil major Total has awarded Prosafe a contract for the use of the Safe Caledonia semisubmersible accommodation vessel at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is for 134 days, with an additional…
Prosafe’s Safe Notos semisubmersible accommodation vessel started its contract for Petorbras early last month, offshore Brazil. The Safe Notos is under a three-year, 222-day contract with the Brazilian giant. Work began on 7 December at a dayrate of US$189…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has exercised options to further extend the charter of the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation vessel by a total of 21 days. The firm operational period of the Safe Boreas at Montrose A in the UK sector…
Accommodation provider Prosafe has been hit with an order from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) after failing to remedy non-compliances found during an inspection. The PSA carried out an inspection on the Safe Scandinavia in September this year…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd. (formerly Talisman Sinopec Energy UK) has exercised options to extend the charter of the Safe Boreas accomodation vessel by 44 days. In mid-March 2016, the Safe Boreas started a 245-day firm operational period at Montrose A in the UK sector of the North Sea…
Prosafe has signed contract amendments and an extension with Petrobras which will see the Brazilian oil firm switch out the semisubmersible accommodation vessel Safe Eurus for sister vessel Safe Notos. Safe Notos was already due to start a contract with Petrobras…
Norway-based accommodation vessel provider Prosafe is to scrap three of its oldest vessels and start cold stacking others, the firm said this morning, citing a continued deterioration in the offshore oil services market following the oil price decline…
Prosafe’s Safe Boreas harsh environment accommodation vessel has commenced an eight-month contract with Talisman Sinopec Energy in the North Sea. The US$60 million contract comes with options. The Safe Boreas commenced operations…
The Cotemar Group is suspending a charter for the Safe Lancia semisubmersible accommodation vessel offshore Mexico, after being impacted by Pemex’s spending cuts. Vessel owner Prosafe says the suspension will be from mid-March, and the vessel will be demobilized to a suitable lay-up location…
Budget cuts by Mexican national oil company Pemex are having a knock-on impact in the Mexican Gulf of Mexico. Mexico's Cotemar Group, which works for Pemex, has said it will suspend use of Norwegian accommodation vessel provider Prosafe's Safe Regency mid-March…
Prosafe has taken delivery of the Safe Notos on 4 February 2016 as part of its fleet renewal strategy. Safe Notos is a semisubmersible accommodation vessel. The vessel is of Gusto MSC’s Ocean 500 design and will be equipped with 500 beds…
Prosafe has taken delivery of Safe Zephyrus semisubmersible accommodation vessel on 27 January 2016. The final delivery installment of the Safe Zephyrus has been reduced by US$30 million, which represents a seller’s credit from Jurong Shipyard…