Wood secures FEED contract for Statoil’s refinery in Norway

UK-based energy services firm Wood has secured a new contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) services for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery near Bergen, Norway.

Awarded under an existing framework agreement, the contract will see Wood design and engineer modifications to reduce sulphur content in gasoline produced at the refinery.

The company’s engineering teams will also design an upgrade of the refinery’s naphtha hydrotreating and storage systems.

The work will help the facility adhere to new fuel specifications on the sulphur content of gasoline.

Wood’s Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia asset solutions business CEO Dave Stewart said: “Wood has developed a strong relationship with Statoil over two decades and this award clearly demonstrates their confidence in our technical capabilities, experience in the onshore process industry and our ability to provide local support and engineering expertise.

“This new contract also supports Wood’s strategic focus on expanding our footprint in the onshore market in Norway and across Europe, providing engineering and technology for the refining process.”

The Mongstad refinery has been operating since 1975 and its infrastructure includes an oil refinery, a natural gas liquids (NGL) processing plant, a crude oil terminal, a co-generation plant and a technology centre for CO₂ capture from flue gases.

In 2015, Wood signed a $400m six-year main contractor framework agreement for the delivery of maintenance and modification services to Statoil installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.