Statoil taking flotel to Snorre

Statoil and Prosafe have agreed a long term charter for an accommodation rig to support Norwegian platform upgrade works

Jan 16th, 2006

Offshore staff

(Stavanger) Statoil has signed a memorandum of understanding with Prosafe to charter the flotelSafe Scandinavia. It would be used initially for four months, starting spring 2007, to assist upgrading work on the Snorre A platform in the Norwegian North Sea.

In summer 2008, the flotel would move to Sleipner B for six months, mainly for use in connection with the Sleipner West compression project. The contract has a total value of around $52 m.

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