The Aberdeen-based subsea division of global conglomerate GE has won a £102million contract from Chevron for equipment headed for offshore west Africa.
The Bridge of Don operation will oversee the project, part of Chevron’s Lianzi development.
It will also be responsible for carrying out about one-third of the work. This will involve building seven subsea xmas trees, each about 40 tonnes and together valued at about £28million.
The rest of the project – nine subsea control modules, topside and subsea control distribution equipment and connection systems – will be built at the firm’s bases at Nailsea near Bristol and in Norway.
GE said no jobs would be created for the work because a major recruitment drive was still under way.
It employs about 970 people in Aberdeen and is looking to add 150. It also employs about 300 at Montrose, where it is seeking a further 30 staff.
Completion of the first tree for the project is expected to be in the fourth quarter of next year.
Rod Christie, chief executive of GE Oil and Gas subsea systems said: “West Africa is one of the world’s key hydrocarbon basins, and we are excited to be working with Chevron Overseas Congo as operator of the Lianzi project, the first cross-border development in the region.”
The £1.2billion Lianzi development will include a subsea production system and a 27-mile electrically heated flowline.
Meanwhile, GE Oil and Gas has started work on a £9million expansion of its centre of excellence at Montrose; part of a two-year £16million investment in the north-east announced earlier this year.