Wood Group secures Shell contract extension

Deal for maintenance and engineering services will retain 500 jobs

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract extending its support of Shell's eight UKCS offshore assets. The deal will see more than 500 jobs retained.

Wood Group will continue to deliver maintenance and construction services to the Shearwater, Gannet, Nelson, Curlew, Brent Delta, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo and Brent Charlie installations. It will also provide engineering modifications to the latter three platforms.

James Crawford, Wood Group managing director for the UK and Africa, said: "This contract safeguards long-term employment opportunities for our employees on these assets, and builds on Wood Group's 40-year history working in partnership with Shell in the North Sea. 

“Extending our long-term service provision across this broad portfolio of UKCS offshore assets reflects Shell's assurance in our continued high standard of delivery and commitment to working collaboratively.”

This is the third contract Shell has awarded Wood Group this year. In March it secured a new three-year contract, with the option to be extended up to four years, to deliver industrial services to the St Fergus gas processing plant in Aberdeenshire and the Mossmorran gas processing plant and Braefoot Bay marine terminal in Fife, Scotland. In January, Wood Group Kenny commenced a three-year contract providing specialist consultancy services for flexible riser integrity management prior to and during operation of Shell Australia's Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas project.