Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) has been awarded a three-year contract from Qatar Petroleum (QP).

Under the QR900 million contract, HOSC will provide diving services to QP, said a posting on the Doha Securities Market (DSM) website.

Two fully-owned vessels will be employed for the contract in addition to machinery and equipment,  HOSC general manager Khalifa Mohamed Al Hitmi said.

HOSC is jointly by Qatar Shipping Company (Q-Ship) and Qatar Navigation. The company provides offshore services for firms such as QP, Occidental, RasGas and Qatargas among others, said a Peninsula newspaper report.

HOSC owns a fleet of 25 multipurpose vessels in addition to 15 chartered vessels. Nine more vessels are under construction in China, India, Thailand, Singapore and Qatar, it said.