The incumbent contractor at Bayu-Undan is the Clough-Amec joint venture that has held the position since the project came on stream in 2004.

The work has been worth tens of millions of dollars to Clough-Amec, but the true value of the work is its regularity and low risk.

WorleyParsons, the big Australian project management company, has a penchant for asset support work too, and is bidding against Clough-Amec via the Transfield Worley joint venture.

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