The agreed contract calls for a firm utilisation period of nine months and three weeks with an additional three weeks option. The MSV Regalia will commence on-site operations in January 2008.
Total value of the contract excluding the option period is about USD 63 million.
Prosafe is the world's leading owner and operator of semi-submersible service rigs and a major owner and operator of floating production and storage vessels. Operating profit reached USD 150 million in 2006. The company operates globally and employs approx. 1,400 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, 27 December 2007
Prosafe SE
For further information please contact:
Arne Austreid, President and CEO
Phone no: +357 992 75 030
Karl Ronny Klungtvedt, Exec. Vice President and CFO
Phone no: +357 996 88 169
Robin Laird, President Offshore Support Services
Phone no: +65 6559 1980 / +65 8127 2101