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ExxonMobil Cepu Limited (EMCL) Banyu Urip (BU) Offshore Facilities are installed approximately 23 kilometers north of Tuban, East Java, Indonesia in the Java Sea and consist of an Offshore Pipeline, a Mooring Tower and a Floating, Storage, and Offloading (FSO) Vessel that were installed in 2014 and placed into service in January 2015 to transport Banyu Urip crude oil offshore for storage and offloading / sales. The Banyu Urip FSO was named as the ‘Gagak Rimang’ and is permanently moored on station for its design service life (25 years) and is connected to the offshore pipeline via a four (4) leg offshore jacket platform / mooring tower. The offshore facilities were a collaboration between two (2) Banyu Urip EPC main contractors (EPC3—Offshore Pipeline & Mooring Tower and EPC 4—FSO vessel) involving nine (9) prime sub-contractors at multiple worksites. An approximate total of 11.8 million man-hours were spent to fabricate & install more than 4,000 metric tons of mooring tower structures and 302,000 Dead Weight Tonnes (DWT) of FSO vessel with world class safety performance achieved. Key challenges in the project execution included managing dual class requirements, domestic content expectations, coordinating multiple worksites, EPC contractor interfaces, commissioning and completions coordination, managing challenging onshore fabrication and offshore transportation and installation activities. Execution planning, effective communication & constant engagement amongst the Project Team and all project stakeholders were the keys to success in achieving the execution deliverables. Keywords: Banyu Urip, Project Execution, Offshore Facilities, Interface, National Content