The twin TLPs are the major facilities being planned by CNOOC Ltd for development of the Liuhua 16-2 and Liuhua 11-1 fields in the eastern part of the South China Sea.

Sources said that CNOOC ­decided after a competition that also involved Norwegian classification agency DNV GL to award the deal to DMAR, in part due to the latter’s earlier involvement in pre-FEED work on the project.

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