TAQA extends Wood Group arrangement

Oilfield services firm Wood Group has extended its contract with TAQA Bratani Limited, the energy company that is 51% owned by Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, for a further five years.Under the terms of the deal, Wood Group PSN, a subsidiary of Wood Group, will provide operations & maintenance support and engineering & construction services to TAQA's Cormorant Alpha, North Cormorant, Tern and Eider platforms in the Northern North Sea.The contract marks a continuation of the previous Duty Holder and integrated facility management services contract awarded to Wood Group in November 2008.Wood Group PSN is a global provider of pre-operations, hook up & commissioning, operations & maintenance, engineering, construction, project management, training and decommissioning services to the energy industry. It has around 600 people working on the TAQA contract, some 400 of them working offshore.--jh