The two companies are setting up a joint venture to share engineering capacity and expertise, aiming to land at least one of the topsides contracts.
About a dozen people are already busy preparing work plans, Kvaerner chief executive Jan Arve Haugan told Upstream.
“We have considered different alternatives for sharpening our competitiveness for Sverdrup, which is very high up on our radar screens,” said Haugan.
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