Petrofac wins Engineering and Construction contract
Posted: 5 July 2004
Petrofac Facilities Management, the leading service provider, has secured a contract to provide engineering and construction support services to Lundin Britain Limited’s Heather and Thistle facilities.
Lundin Petroleum Britain, part of Lundin Petroleum, the Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company, assumed operatorship of the Heather and Thistle fields following the acquisition of after it acquired DNO Britain earlier this year. The fields are located northeast of the Shetland Islands in the UK Sector of the Northern North Sea .
Commenting on the award, Paddy Mallan, Operations Support Director for Petrofac said, “As part of our facilities management capability, Petrofac currently designs, constructs and implements asset modifications for our clients’ onshore and offshore facilities. Our unique operations-led approach to engineering adds value for our clients and we believe we are setting the standards for the industry. We are extremely pleased that Lundin has selected Petrofac to provide our distinctive Integrated Engineering service to their Heather and Thistle facilities.”
Stewart Watson, Managing Director, Lundin Britain Ltd said: “Lundin Britain Ltd are pleased to award this contract and believe that the approach offered by Petrofac, coupled with sound methodology and processes will make a significant contribution to enhancing the life of the company’s mature asset portfolio.”
About Petrofac
Petrofac Facilities Management is a division of Petrofac, a surface facilities solutions provider serving the oil production, oil refining, natural gas and petrochemical industries. Petrofac’s capabilities include process design, detailed engineering, project management, worldwide procurement, fabrication and assembly of process modules, construction, commissioning and operation of most types of process plants.
Petrofac has three main operating centres: in the UAE (Sharjah), England (Woking) and Scotland (Aberdeen) and a network of support offices in the Middle East, Former Soviet Union and Latin America. The European Division of Petrofac Facilities Management, based in Aberdeen , employs approximately 2,500 people in the UK and on North Sea installations. The group employs over 3,500 staff.
Petrofac Facilities Management delivers commissioning and operational solutions to its customers, from supply of specialist teams and tech nical consultancy to full turnkey management of oil and gas plant.
Petrofac Facilities Management is differentiated by a deep competence in plant design, a "systems" approach to plant start-up and operational performance management, a unique combination of operational management tools and real alignment with customer objectives.
For more information see www.petrofac.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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