Prosafe News


Prosafe to scrap three, cold stack other vessels

Apr 27, 2016

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…

Cotemar suspends Safe Lancia charter

Mar 16, 2016

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…

Pemex budget cuts bite Cotemar, Prosafe

Mar 07, 2016

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 takes delivery of Safe Notos

Feb 05, 2016

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 takes Safe Zephyrus delivery

Jan 27, 2016

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…

Shell charters accommodation unit for Brent C work

Aug 27, 2015

Shell has contracted Norwegian accommodation vessel operator Prosafe's Regalia unit to support work on the Brent C platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Brent C is one of four platforms on the Brent field which Shell is working towards decommissioning…

Prosafe inks another contract

Aug 18, 2015

Lundin Norway has exercised a one month option for the provision of the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation vessel at the Edvard Grieg Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The one month option extends on site operations…

Prosafe inks first Safe Notos contract

Aug 17, 2015

Norway-based semisubmersible accomodation vessel provider Prosafe has signed its first job for the newbuild accommodation vessel Safe Notos under a new contract in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract, which covers eight months…

Prosafe inks first Petrobras contract

Aug 14, 2015

Norway-based semisubmersible accommodation provider Prosafe has signed a contract with Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semisubmersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The contract, starting 1Q 2017 with a firm period commitment of three years…

Contract extension for Safe Astoria

Jul 15, 2015

Shell Philippines Exploration agreed to a one-month extension for the firm period for the provision of Prosafe’s Safe Astoria accommodation support vessel at the Malampaya Phase 3 Depletion Compression Project offshore the Philippines. The total value of the firm extension period is US$5 million…

Prosafe orders two accommodation units

Nov 07, 2013

Prosafe has agreed a letter of intent (LoI) with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd. for the engineering, procurement and construction of two semi-submersible accommodation vessels, with options for four further units. The vessels will be…

Prosafe semisub contract extended in Mexico

Aug 07, 2013

Mexico’s Cotemar group announced that Safe Regency has been awarded a contract extension and option through 31 March 2014, continuing at US$75,000/day. The Safe Regency provides accommodation at Pemex's Cantarell field under a bareboat charter contract in the Gulf of Mexico…

Prosafe wins Cantarell extension

Feb 13, 2013

Cotemar Group extends contracts for Prosafe semisubs at Cantarell fieldProsafe's Jasminia accomodation semisub accommodates 535 personnel (Image: Prosafe SE)Mexico’s Cotemar Group, a private company headquartered in San Pedro Garza García…

Prosafe Rigs

Sep 12, 2012

Prosafe Rigs has entered into an agreement to sell the accommodation jackup Safe Esbjerg to an unspecified Southeast Asian buyer in a $55 million transaction.

Accommodation rig demand looking up

Apr 08, 2010

Flotel specialist Prosafe expects a good long-term demand for its accommodation rigs, with growth in activity in the North Sea from spring 2011 and in deepwater regions. Meg Chesshyre reviews recent developments at the world’s leading owner and operator of semisubmersible accommodation rigs…

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