Wood secures Norwegian work

Aberdeen-headquartered energy services giant Wood has strengthened its presence in Norway after being awarded two major contracts.

The firm said yesterday that it had secured new “strategic modifications” contracts with Equinor for the Mongstad refinery near Bergen, growing its downstream capability in the Nordic nation.

The scope of the work includes front-end engineering design (FEED) for a gas project and engineering and procurement services to reduce sulphur content in petrol produced at the refinery.

Effective immediately, the contracts will be delivered by the company’s engineering teams based in Sandefjord and Bergen, Norway, with support drawn from Wood’s global expertise. The group employs some 60,000 people and operates in more than 60 countries.

Dave Stewart, chief executive of Wood’s asset solutions business in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, said: “Wood has worked with Equinor for more than 20 years and is committed to supporting the Mongstad production facility and the key role it plays in processing oil and gas from the Norwegian continental shelf.

“Our local engineering teams will provide their indepth knowledge of Equinor’s processes and systems, as well as decades of experience in the Norwegian energy sector to safely and successfully deliver these contracts.”

Earlier this week, Wood said it had secured a new four-year contract with Total Denmark E&P involving the Scandinavian country’s largest gas field.

Wood will provide the development and delivery of a “significant” operations readiness assurance scope for the Tyra redevelopment project, located some 225 kilometres west of Esbjerg.

Bob Macdonald, chief executive of Wood’s specialist technical solutions business, said: “We have a long-standing relationship with Total across their assets globally.”