Prosafe Offshore As News

Semi-submersible accommodation vessels owner and operator Prosafe has made several changes to its management team. Jesper Kragh Andresen was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Stig H. Christiansen as Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Prosafe Management AS. Georgina Georgiou will continue as General Manager of the parent company Prosafe SE. From 2012 and until recently, Andresen was CEO in Axis Offshore. Prior to this he was President of Lauritzen Offshore and Managing Director of J. Lauritzen Singapore.

Prosafe Offshore AS, a subsidiary of Prosafe ASA, has won a 176 days contract with Ocean Oil Construction and Services Ltd for the use of the semi-submersible service rig Safe Caledonia in the Gulf of Mexico. The bareboat contract has a value of $6,4 mill. In addition, the contract includes compensation for leading Prosafe personnel on board. The new contract ends in early May 2002, and the rig will immediately thereafter be mobilized back to the North Sea and commence the contract with Statoil on the Sleipner field on July 1, 2002.