Aberdeen-based oil services company Wood has won a significant engineering services contract for a project it says will “take one million engineering hours to execute”, and engage hundreds of its staff.
The contract is for Aramco’s southern and northern areas gas increments project in Saudi Arabia.
Wood said: “The project, which is planned to take one million engineering hours to execute, will support the country’s goal of increasing natural gas production.”
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It added that the seven-year project “will peak at over 400 Wood employees, primarily in Al-Khobar, KSA (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia); Reading, UK; and Chennai, India”
Wood will deliver project management consultancy services, including engineering, for gas facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia including large-scale onshore gas production and processing facilities.
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Craig Shanaghey, Wood’s executive president of projects, said: “Natural gas is a key transition fuel that can have an immediate positive impact on the carbon emissions associated with energy production. Building on our 30-year relationship with Aramco, we are delighted to support this significant expansion project. The southern and northern areas gas increments will meet growing energy and efficiency demands across the globe.
“Our specialist engineering and project delivery teams thrive in solving large-scale and complex challenges. We look forward to applying our global capability to deliver this world-scale project.”
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