HRL awards Costain Petrofac engineering and construction contract
Posted: 24 November 2003
Costain Petrofac Limited (CPL) has been awarded a seven year contract
to provide a wide range of engineering, construction and project
support (ECAPS) services to British Gas Hydrocarbon Resources Limited's
(HRL) Morecambe Bay Asset.
Costain Petrofac Limited is a joint venture between Costain Oil,
Gas & Process Limited of Manchester and Petrofac Facilities
Management Limited of Aberdeen, with its head office located in
Manchester.
Starting on 1st January 2004, the contract's seven year term plus
the option to extend to twelve years, by five — one year extension
periods, will provide the opportunity for CPL to develop a long
and rewarding relationship with HRL.
HRL is part of Centrica plc which includes the AA, British Gas
and One.Tel businesses in the UK. Through Centrica¹s Energy
Management Group, which includes a number of upstream gas and power
operations, HRL owns and operates the North and South Morecambe
gas fields which comprise gas reception terminals at Barrow, Cumbria,
and seven offshore manned and unmanned installations within the
East Irish Sea. HRL also operates the Millom and Dalton Fields on
behalf of Burlington Resources. The scope of the project also includes
Rivers Fields development, which when commissioned, will be operated
by HRL.
The contract is a return for HRL to a traditional managed service
based on providing core engineering services comprising Front End
Engineering Design (FEED) detailed design, construction, installation,
commissioning and project management services. Optional services
include the provision of manpower, specialist engineering services,
technical and non-technical support services. The contracting strategy
maintains the benefits of incentivising performance with CPL¹s
reward aligned to the achievement of HRL¹s business goals.
"Costain Petrofac are delighted to be awarded this prestigious
contract by HRL. CPL is a company formed by two market leaders in
their field. Costain brings their enviable engineering design capability
and Petrofac has leading-edge facilities management and operations
support expertise. This is a powerful combination that will deliver
exceptional performance for HRL who we hope, will be the first of
our many customers." said Terry Wingfield, CPL's Project Manager.
"Following an intensive tender process we are delighted to
award this major engineering contract to Costain Petrofac. In nearly
20 years of safe production from our Morecambe Bay gas fields we
have developed a positive safety culture with values for people
and their welfare as key business drivers. Costain Petrofac have
demonstrated a strong alignment with British Gas HRL's own priorities
and we are therefore delighted to offer CPL a long- term opportunity
to undertake engineering and project management onshore and offshore,"
said Kevin Cochrane, Asset Manager for British Gas Hydrocarbon Resources
Limited.
"We look forward to the challenges ahead and will continue
to seek continuous improvement as the relationship develops."
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 2,300 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
technical 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.
Costain
Costain Oil, Gas and Process (COGAP) is an international
process engineering contractor which delivers safe, cost-effective
solutions for investments in the world-wide energy and process sectors.
COGAP is part of the Costain Group, one of the leaders of the UK
engineering and construction sector.
Costain, which dates back to 1865, has completed some of the world's
major projects including the world's longest combined road and rail
bridge, the Tsing Ma in Hong Kong, and the Channel Tunnel. The Company
is currently involved in the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project and
is a major force in the UK health sector.
Costain has embarked on a growth strategy which is resulting in
a 15 % increase of turnover year on year and a focus on partnering/framework
agreements.
For more information see www.costain.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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