FIERCE battles to win the second design-and-build platform topsides and two deck fabrication contracts for Statoil’s giant Johan Sverdrup project off Norway are about to be decided.

The first job, centering on design and construction of the living quarters and untilities deck, is expected to land with Kvaerner of Norway, while the three big South Korean yards — Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering — are battling it out for two fabrication-only contracts covering the riser and process platform decks.

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