Wood Group said today it will carry out maintenance work on an Australian water grid as part of a five year contract worth $30million. The Aberdeen energy service giant said about 70 new jobs would be created within the company to cover the workload. Seqwater, an organisation which supplies water to 3.1 million people in South East Queensland, chose Wood Group as its partner for the job.
North Sea strike action will resume again today with two three-hour stoppages across seven of Shell’s (LON:RDSB) platform.
Further strike action is expected on Shell’s North Sea assets.
Stocks including fresh water are said to be running out on a North Sea platform hit by strike action.
Talks are continuing between unions and Wood Group as workers move into the second day of a North Sea strike.
The Offshore Coordinating Group said it "strongly" backs the strike action being taken by workers in dispute with Wood Group over changes to pay and conditions.
Hundreds of workers are striking on seven of Shell's North Sea platforms in a dispute over pay and conditions with their employer Wood Group.
Oil major Shell said it was "deeply disappointing" unions had chosen to continue with their 48-hour strike today.
A 48-hour North Sea strike has begun on seven of Shell’s assets after last ditch attempts to reach an agreement between unions and workers broke down.
A further set of eleventh-hour talks have failed to avert a 48-strike on Shell's North Sea assets.
A North Sea industrial dispute has been hit by further setbacks after unions revealed a 48-hour strike would be held next month.
The chief executive of Wood Group has said the company is "hugely disappointed" after failing to reach a resolution with unions to bring strike action to an end.
North Sea oil workers have resumed strike action on a number of Shell assets.
Union members have been protesting outside Wood Group's building in Aberdeen in support of industrial action.
North Sea offshore workers will begin the first strike action in a generation.
Unions are to hold two protests at Wood Group offices and Shell premises in Aberdeen tomorrow in support of offshore staff taking part in the first strike action in 28 years.
Wood Group said it "respected" the right of offshore staff to take industrial action on the eve of strike action in the North Sea.
Offshore workers are staging an overtime ban today ahead of strike action tomorrow in a dispute with Wood Group over pay and conditions.
Industrial action is still expected to go-ahead after talks failed to resolve a dispute between unions and Wood Group.
A North Sea oil worker has claimed staff are working on a “ticking time-bomb” as a dispute over changes to pay and conditions rumbles on.
Norwegian oil workers have declared their support of a UK North Sea strike.
Offshore union workers have agreed to press ahead with the first North Sea strike action in a generation.
The workforce, unions and industry must resolve the looming strike dispute of the sake of the industry's future, Wood Group's leader today said.
Wood Group has won a $145million deal with Melbourne Water.
North Sea workers have voted in support of strike action across eight Shell assets as a dispute over pay and conditions rumbles on.