Petrofac has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value by Hess, a leading independent energy company, for the well-plugging and abandonment of four wells within the Rubie and Renee oilfields in the Central sector of Britain’s North Sea, according to a press report in Emirates News Agency issued yesterday.

The wells, which lie offshore around 200 km north-east of Aberdeen, were previously shut-in as part of a decommissioning phase and now will be fully abandoned. Petrofac’s responsibilities include detail planning, direct procurement and management of all sub-contracted services, including provision of a semi-submersible rig, the statement said.

Speaking on the award of the contract, Nick Shorten, Managing Director for Petrofac Engineering and Production Services West, said, “We are delighted to secure our first well engineering scope with Hess. This award builds on our existing track record for delivering Well Operator and Project Management services for clients globally, but specifically in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) where in recent years we have successfully delivered numerous multi-well plug and abandonment campaigns.

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Petrofac, which has operational centres in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, as well as in Aberdeen and Woking in the UK and in India, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, was also recently, awarded a three-year Operations & Maintenance Support Services contract from INEOS FPS.