BP awards Amec Foster Wheeler contracts for Glen Lyon FPSO

LONDON -- Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded three contracts by BP to provide services to the Glen Lyon FPSO vessel as part of the Quad 204 Project, located 175 km west of the Shetland Isles, UK. The three reimbursable contracts are worth about $47 million and will create 100 onshore and 50 offshore jobs.

The hook up and commissioning contract, worth about $40.5 million, will run through to June 2017. Amec Foster Wheeler will hook up the new Glen Lyon FPSO to Schiehallion and Loyal fields as part of the BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment, extending the life of the two fields, enabling them to continue production beyond 2035.

Amec Foster Wheeler will also provide follow-on engineering as part of a contract for any residual works that emerge during the transition from the yard in Korea to BP operations. This contract continues to June 2017.

Amec Foster Wheeler’s completions and commissioning specialist, qedi, is providing electrical and instrument technicians as part of the commissioning support to the Glen Lyon hook up. This contract will run through to June 2017.

“We are delighted to work with BP on their Quad 204 redevelopment, which extends field life and contributes to the future sustainability of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields,” Alan Johnstone, Amec Foster Wheeler’s managing director for Upstream Asset Solutions, said.

Amec Foster Wheeler has been providing hook up and commissioning services to BP’s two new Clair Ridge platforms since 2013.

BP announced last week that the Glen Lyon has started sea trials as it begins its journey towards the west of Shetland. The Glen Lyon left the Hyundai Heavy Industry quayside in Ulsan, South Korea, on Dec. 5. It will now complete approximately two weeks of sea trials, after which it will return to the quayside for final class and flag approvals to certify it as a ship, a prerequisite before the long tow to west of Shetland can commence.