Petrofac awarded operations and maintenance contract with Total
Posted: 6 September 2004
Petrofac Facilities Management, the leading service provider, has secured a contract to provide operations and maintenance services to Total E&P UK ’s Alwyn and Dunbar facilities.
The contract, worth £40m, is for a five-year period and is a Global Site Operations Contract (GSOC) in support of the Alwyn and Dunbar field operations, involving in excess of 120 personnel.
The Alwyn field, located 440km northeast of Aberdeen, has two platforms - Alwyn North 'A' is the drilling and accommodation platform and Alwyn North 'B' is the processing and treatment platform. The Dunbar platform is located 22km south of the Alwyn North platform.
Commenting on the award, Paddy Mallan, Operations Support Director for Petrofac said, “The contract is the start of a new relationship with Total in the UK . Petrofac’s successful track record, spanning 20 years and several hundred projects, is based on a partnership approach, which demonstrates total commitment to the health and safety of everyone involved, and respect and responsibility for the communities in which it operates. Petrofac is committed to the development of its staff employees and to provide them with long-term career prospects.”
Michel Contie, Managing Director, Total E&P UK PLC, said: “Operational excellence is fundamental to maintaining Total’s strong position in the North Sea and a major contributor to the Total Group worldwide. Earlier this year we put in place the GSOC, a new contracting organisation designed to make our platforms safer and more efficient, by building real alignment between our contractors and ourselves. Through the GSOC we can help to maximise the life of our fields and secure the future for our business for the long-term. Petrofac brings a wealth of experience in high-quality project development and engineering services, operations, maintenance and support services. It will provide the people with the skills, competencies, training, behaviours and the career development opportunities we are looking for.”
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 4,500 staff.
Petrofac specialises in operations and maintenance performance transformation, including the service operation and support of a large number of facilities in the North Sea and onshore UK .
Through Petrofac Training and its subsidiary RGIT Montrose, Petrofac demonstrates a strong commitment to development and regeneration of the North Sea workforce.
Petrofac’s strong operational support track record is based on a partnership approach underpinned by total commitment to the health, safety and development of its people.
For more information see www.petrofac.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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