Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract from BP worth more than $73million to provide maintenance and project support for the Forties pipeline system in the North Sea.
The deal includes work on the Unity offshore platform and onshore pumping stations in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, as well as the Central Area Transmission (CATS) terminal in north-east England.
It will run until January 2020 and will be managed from Amec Foster Wheeler’s Aberdeen offices.
The contract will also secure 90 jobs, including two apprenticeships based at the CATS terminal.
Alan Johnstone, Amec Foster Wheeler’s Managing Director for Upstream Asset Solutions, said, “Amec Foster Wheeler has been supporting BP since 1995 and this 20-year relationship demonstrates the strength of our position in asset support services for the world’s leading oil producers.”
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