Wood Group Mustang’s president in Norway said the company has received 1800 applications for just 250 positions to work on a major contract win from Statoil. Otto Soberg said it had not been difficult to receive enquiries from people about the positions available.
Statoil has awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK24billion ($2.76billion) for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)and onshore plants.
Fairway Energy Partners has awarded Wood Group a contract to provide engineering, design and procurement services for the Pierce Junction crude oil facility in Houston. The win has been awarded to Wood Group Mustang who will provide services to Fairway as they build out the surface facilities that support the crude oil storage facility.
Wood Group has won a multi-million pound deal with Bechtel in Kazakhstan to increase the capacity of a tank farm.
Wood Group has acquired Automated Technology Group (ATG), one of the UK's largest independent suppliers of control and power solutions for industrial automation in a multi-million pound deal.
Wood Group has provided engineering, procurement and other services to Flint Hills Resources for its Eagle Ford modification at its West refinery in Texas. The project will enable the refinery to process 100% US crude – primarily from the Eagle Ford region – into transportation fuels. The work was successfully completed by Wood Group Mustang (WGM) who completed the conceptual and front-end engineering design phases of the project.
Wood Group has appointed a new chief executive to Wood Group Mustang (WG Mustang). Michele McNichol will succeed Steve Knowles who retires from the company in April. Ms McNichol has more than 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and has been with WG Mustang since 2001.