Equinor hires the Safe Concordia floatel for operations in Brazil

Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe has won a contract for its Safe Concordia flotel with Equinor in Brazil.

Under the contract with Equinor, the Safe Concordia, built in 2005, will provide track-connected operations to support maintenance and safety services at the Peregrino FPSO in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil.

Prosafe said signing the contract was subject to certain conditions. The contract will run for 120 days from mid-January 2020, with up to 60 days of extension options.
Safe Concordia, says Prosafe, pioneered the connection of a gangway to a tower-anchored FPSO which developed the concept in 2012. The platform, supplied by Keppel, can provide accommodation for 461 people. Previously, it was on a 200-day contract with Japan's Modec in Brazil.

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It is worth remembering that Prosafe is preparing to create the largest offshore accommodation company in the world through a merger with Floatel, proposed in June 2019.

If all conditions are met, including clearances from competition authorities in Norway and the UK, necessary consents from its creditors and shareholder approvals, the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019.

The merger will create the world's largest offshore accommodation company, with Prosafe currently owning and operating a total of nine offshore accommodation units, each with a capacity of 300 to 500 beds, and has options for the delivery of two new builds over the next five years. Floatel's fleet has five units, each with a capacity of 440-550 beds.