AMEC Plc Secures GBP68 million Clair Ridge Hook Up Contract, North Sea

AMEC Plc announced that it as been appointed by BP and its co-venturers, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the hook up and commissioning services (HUC) for the two new Clair Ridge platforms. The work, which is scheduled to run through to March 2016, is valued at GBP68 million and follows the completion of the engineering and project management services for the Clair Ridge project. At its peak the work will be carried out by a team of about 800 AMEC and qedi technical experts in the UK. The contract will see AMEC, and their commissioning and completions specialist business qedi, deliver HUC services for the construction and installation phase of two new bridge-linked platforms, which includes new production, accommodation and drilling facilities plus the subsea pipelines tied into the existing export systems. The two new platforms are due to be installed in 2015, with production scheduled to start in 2016.