Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has awarded the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for its Core Project Phase 1 platforms in the UK Southern North Sea to Dutch contractor HSM Offshore.
The Core Project comprises gas resources across six discovered UK Southern North Sea gas fields. Phase one, approved by the UK OGA in May, will focus on the development of Blythe, Elgood, and Southwark fields.
The contract comprised the design, engineering, fabrication, and installation – including assistance to hook-up and commission.
According to the IOG the contract is almost entirely lump-sum in nature.
Following a competitive selection process, IOG has been working with HSM since late 2019 under pre-contractual arrangements to ensure that platform design and fabrication activities continue on schedule at the yard at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
Jaco Lemmerzaal, Managing Director of HSM, stated: “HSM is very pleased to be selected as a contractor by IOG for the Southwark and Blythe platforms. We are drawing on a wealth of platform engineering and construction experience and are making good progress towards the scheduled delivery date offshore in the first half of 2021.”