Prosafe semisub heading to Brazil for Petrobras project
Dec. 8, 2022
Prosafe has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide the Safe Zephyrus semisubmersible for a 650-day safety and maintenance support program offshore Brazil.
Courtesy Prosafe
Safe Zephyrus, sister ship to the Safe Boreas, was built at Jurong Shipyard, Singapore, to the GVA 3000E design and is equipped with a DP3 system and 12-point wire mooring arrangement providing maximum cost efficiency and flexibility.
Courtesy Prosafe
Safe Zephyrus is an advanced DP3 semisubmersible ASV.
Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway— As an update to the Nov. 28 announcement, Prosafe has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide the Safe Zephyrus semisubmersible for a 650-day safety and maintenance support program offshore Brazil, starting May 1, 2023.
Estimated value of the award is about $73 million, a day rate of $112,500.
Safe Zephyrus will start mobilization to Brazil soon after finishing its current work scope in the North Sea in mid-December, and it will undergo regulatory compliance activity en route to Brazil to ensure a prompt startup of the contract.
