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Harding is a jack-up production unit serving as a manned production facility for the Harding field, in Block 9/23b, 320 kilometres North-East of Aberdeen in the central North Sea

Wood secures contract extension with TAQA in UK North Sea

3 September 2019 Editor 0

Wood has been awarded a contract extension for engineering, construction and maintenance services on TAQA’s North Sea assets. Effective immediately, the 18-month extension builds on a previous agreement covering the Cormorant Alpha, Eider, Tern, North […]

Chris Overton and Djamel Hamel, principal consultants in the Xodus Group subsea integrity management team

New subsea integrity appointments at Xodus Group

15 August 2019 Editor 0

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed two principal consultants to its subsea integrity management team. With more than 60 years’ experience between them, Djamel Hamel and Chris Overton add a wealth of operator knowledge […]

SPE Offshore Europe exhibition director, Simon Marshall (photo: SPE OE)

New exhibition director for SPE Offshore Europe

1 August 2019 Editor 0

Simon Marshall has been appointed as exhibition director for SPE Offshore Europe ahead of this year’s event which takes place in Aberdeen, Scotland 3-6 September 2019. Marshall will oversee the strategic direction of Europe’s largest […]

The oil field Grane in the North Sea – onstream since 2003 – is located around 185 kilometres west of Haugesund, Norway, where sea depth is 127 metres

Wood wins two new Equinor contracts

24 June 2019 Editor 0

Wood has secured two new contracts from Equinor for onshore and offshore facilities in Norway. The contracts continue Wood’s successful track record of delivering engineering and technical services to Equinor – both in-country and globally […]

Wood has broad cross-sector capability in conceptual studies and early FEED work across the asset life cycle

Wood secures contract for greenfield petrochemicals project in Oman

10 June 2019 Editor 0

Wood has been awarded a new contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) to provide FEED (front-end engineering design) for a proposed onshore petrochemicals facility at the Special Economic Zone Area Duqm (SEZAD) […]

Wood’s expertise in the delivery of large-scale projects, engineering and technical services across energy and industrial sectors underpins its key strengths in supporting clients through the energy transition

Wood launches new power price forecasting service

16 May 2019 Editor 0

Wood has launched a new power price forecasting (PPF) service to help provide customers with greater certainty around the financial return they can expect from investment in renewable energy projects. In recent years, significant reductions […]

Scott Hamilton leads the dedicated Xodus advisory unit to support lenders, developers and the wider supply chain to identify and capitalise on renewable energy opportunities and mitigate against risk

Xodus grows capabilities with addition of renewables advisory team

16 May 2019 Editor 0

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has expanded its renewables capabilities with the addition of a dedicated advisory unit. The advisory team will support lenders, developers and the wider supply chain to identify and capitalise on […]

A control room at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria

Wood UK nuclear design and engineering contract

9 May 2019 Editor 0

Wood has secured a new contract worth up to USD 1 billion to provide engineering design services to Sellafield Ltd over the next 20 years. The company has been selected as Design and Engineering Partner […]

Wood to sell Terra Nova Technologies, a conveying and material handling systems solutions business

Wood closes sale of Terra Nova Technologies

6 May 2019 Editor 0

Wood has confirmed that it has completed the sale of conveyor systems business Terra Nova Technologies (TNT), as originally announced on 25 March. Following a strategic review of its portfolio, Wood identified potential asset disposals […]

To prepare for IMO 2020, adaptations being made by oil refineries, including configuration, debottlenecking and rapid, low-cost preparation

Adapt, survive and thrive: IMO 2020

3 May 2019 Editor 0

IMO 2020 is just around the corner. The updated emissions regulations mean that maritime vessels need to slash sulphur emissions by 1st January 2020. Announced only three years ago, the deadline for the change is […]