Aberdeen-based consulting and engineering group Wood plc said it has secured a “significant” engineering services contract for Aramco’s Southern and Northern Areas gas increments project in Saudi Arabia.
“The project, which is planned to take one million engineering hours to execute, will support the country’s goal of increasing natural gas production,” said Wood.
“Wood will deliver project management consultancy (PMC) services, including Pre-FEED and FEED engineering for gas facilities in Eastern Saudi Arabia including large-scale onshore gas production and processing facilities. The scope also includes EPC contracting support for future phases.”
Craig Shanaghey, Wood’s Executive President of Projects, said: “Natural gas is a key transition fuel that can have an immediate positive impact on the carbon emissions associated with energy production.
“Building on our 30-year relationship with Aramco, we are delighted to support this significant expansion project. The Southern and Northern Areas gas increments will meet growing energy and efficiency demands across the globe.
“Our specialist engineering and project delivery teams thrive in solving large scale and complex challenges. We look forward to applying our global capability to deliver this world-scale project.“
The seven-year project will peak at over 400 Wood employees, primarily in Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia, Reading in the United Kingdom and Chennai in India.
Wood also said it has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the development of Singapore’s Second liquefied natural gas (LNG) Terminal by Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG).
“According to the Singapore Economic Development Board, more than 95% of electricity in Singapore is generated from natural gas,” said Wood.
“With an estimated five million tons per annum of additional capacity to come from this expansion, the new terminal will further enhance and secure Singapore’s growing energy needs.
“This project will feature a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), a specialised vessel used for LNG and the first-of-its-kind deployed permanently for Singapore.
“Intended to be located at the Jurong Port, the terminal will feature facilities for transfer of regasified LNG from the ship to the onshore gas transmission network. Wood will review the FSRU design and coordinate its integration into the onshore connecting infrastructure.”
Henry Ling, Senior Vice President of Process & Chemicals Asia Pacific for Wood, said: “We are thrilled to be awarded the engineering contract for the Second LNG Terminal, enabling the delivery of additional low-carbon LNG services.
“Wood successfully supported SLNG with the engineering of the first LNG Terminal which was completed in 2013.
“We will deliver the same exceptional quality of work for this complex concept, utilising our expertise in LNG terminal design and regasification. Combining our marine infrastructure design and experience with Singapore’s regulatory approvals will bring this low-carbon concept to reality.”
Over 50 Wood employees based in Singapore will be involved in delivering the project, with subject matter experts in Ireland and Scotland supporting on the marine infrastructure design and experts in Spain supporting on the FSRU design.
Wood, one of Scotland’s largest listed firms, has operations in more than 60 countries, employing over 35,000 people.