Jacobs receives offshore platform contract from PEMEX
Posted: 20 January 2004
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced a subsidiary company received
a contract from PEMEX Exploration & Production to act as owner's
engineer for the Ku-Maloob-Zaap Offshore Platform Project in the
Gulf of Mexico.
PEMEX Exploration & Production, a subsidiary of PEMEX (Mexico's
national oil corporation), ranks among the largest oil producers
globally.
The Ku-Maloob-Zaap project includes 18 new offshore platforms with
an investment of more than $2.5 billion over the next 5 years.
The project supports Mexico's aggressive export program by improving
oil production capabilities up to 800 thousand barrels per day and
gas production capabilities by 600 million standard cubic feet per
day for the field.
As owner's engineer, Jacobs provides oversight and reviews design
work by some of the leading Mexican and international offshore oil
and gas production contractors.
Jacobs will execute this work with the support from a joint venture
(Uhde Jacobs) and VIGEN S.A., a Mexican engineering firm with offshore
capabilities.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Pete Evans
stated, "We are excited to join with our Mexican partners and
expand our global offshore presence with PEMEX on this strategically
important project."
Jacobs, with over 35,000 employees and revenues approaching $5.0
billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services
globally.
For more information see http://www.jacobs.com/
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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