Petrofac has extended its relationship with Mubadala Petroleum with the award of new and modified contracts related to the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in the Gulf of Thailand.
Petrofac chief financial officer (CFO) Tim Weller said yesterday he was leaving the company with “a powerful franchise at its heart” as it recovers from the slump in oil prices.
Petrofac said an internal investigation into its board related to historical provision of services to company by Unaoil has found no wrongdoing of any director.
Ithaca Energy has secured access to a major oil export pipeline allowing it to transport future production from its Greater Stella Area development project in the UK North Sea, at a cost of around $20million, with first production slated by September.
Petrofac is facing a legal battle over claims it has withheld hundreds of thousands of pounds in bonus payments from workers on its gas plant in Shetland.
Contractors on the £800million Laggan-Tormore plant claim the oil and gas services giant has repeatedly fobbed off attempts to pay out bonuses worth up to £250,000.
Tavish Scott, the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ Shetland candidate, weighed into the row, labelling the situation “unacceptable” and demanded that Petrofac pay the bonuses.
Energy service group Petrofac is investigating bribery allegations against one of its former directors.
The firm took the step after leaked documents were brought to its attention indicating that Peter Warner had authorised “confidential payments” worth £1.4million to win a contract in Kuwait.
The documents include an email exchange in 2007 appearing to show Mr Warner, who was Petrofac’s executive vice-president of sales and marketing, requesting payments using a code which substituted the word “millions” for “metres”.
Ensuring the asset integrity of ageing North Sea assets can ensure they remain productive longer than previously intended the Topsides UK conference heard today.