Bibby Offshore inked a contract with ConocoPhillips that will put an offshore construction vessel to work in the North Sea.

The deal involves maintenance activities on the Norpipe Oil pipeline, which runs between the Ekofisk production area south of Norway and the Teesside facility in United Kingdom.

The contract is due for completion in the third quarter and will utilise the Aberdeen offshore vessel owner's 7,000-dwt Olympic Ares (built 2013) to support ConocoPhillips on integrity management of the pipeline.

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