Wood Group wins $700m Kazakh contract

Wood Group chief executive Robin Watson

Aberdeen-based oil and gas services giant Wood Group said it won a $700 million contract to provide services to Tengizchevroil (TCO) at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan.

“We are combining the global expertise and capabilities of our automation & controls personnel in the UK, US, Argentina and Kazakhstan to deliver the complex systems needed for this world-class field and expansion project,” said Robin Watson, chief executive of Wood Group.

“The automation scope of the future growth project-wellhead pressure management project is one of the world’s largest industrial automation projects and we are pleased to be providing the solution that will help to enable TCO to meet its vision of a ‘flawless startup’.”