As announced previously, Safe Bristolia sustained damage to lifeboats after experiencing bad weather during work at the Everest field in UK in October 2014. Operations were suspended and the vessel was brought to the Hanøytangen shipyard in Norway for repair work.
Therefore, Prosafe and BG Group have agreed to re-phase the Safe Bristolia accommodation support vessel 2015 work programme at the Everest platform with a shorter 2015 period and the addition of a new 2016 duration.
Operations at BG Group's Everest platform are scheduled to commence in June 2015 for a firm period of four months. Thereafter, from mid-May 2016, the Safe Bristolia will return to the Everest platform for two months. In addition and in relation to the new 2016 duration, Prosafe has granted BG Group two additional fifteen-day options.
As a result of the re-phased firm period work programme in 2015 and 2016, the total value of the contract has been reduced to approximately USD 40 million from USD 68 million previously announced.
Prosafe is the world's leading owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels. Operating profit reached USD 248.3 million in 2014 and net profit was USD 178.8 million. The company operates globally, employs 800 people and is headquartered in Larnaca, Cyprus. Prosafe is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with ticker code PRS. For more information, please refer to www.prosafe.com
Larnaca, 22 May 2015
Georgina Georgiou, General Manager
Prosafe SE
For further information, please contact:
Karl Ronny Klungtvedt, Chief Executive Officer
Prosafe Management AS
Phone: +47 51 64 25 00
Cecilie Helland Ouff, Senior Manager Finance and Investor Relations
Prosafe AS
Phone: +47 51 64 25 20
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Source: Prosafe SE via Globenewswire
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