At a formal ceremony to mark construction start on Thursday, project director Kjetel Digre said Samsung “will gradually be given more responsibility for ensuring that the riser platform is built without any HSE incidents and that the platform is delivered according to plan and cost”.

Furthermore, he said the state-owned operator depended on “high-quality and precision work” from the yard for fabrication of both the riser facility and processing platform that will require equipment packages to be delivered from more than 100 suppliers.

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