AMEC has 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 £68 million and follows the completion of the engineering and project management services for the Clair Ridge project.

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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. BP's £4.5 billion capital investment will give access to 640 million barrels of recoverable oil, and see up to 120,000 barrels per day at peak, extending the life of the field to 2050.