AMEC Awarded Major South Hook LNG Terminal Contract
AMEC has been appointed by South Hook LNG Terminal Company Limited to undertake a three-year term services contract for one of the largest and newest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals in Europe, the South Hook Terminal in South Wales in the UK.
AMEC will be the design company for the newly completed terminal, providing it with essential engineering support to ensure round-the-clock delivery of gas into the national transmission system. AMEC's scope of work includes engineering conceptual design, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management services.
AMEC will be working in collaboration with Black and Veatch Ltd, with whom it has a strategic partnering agreement and who will provide specialist LNG knowledge.
Neil Bruce, Chief Operating Officer of Natural Resources and Power & Process division said:
"This is a significant award for AMEC and gives us the opportunity to build on our existing LNG experience while delivering reliability, efficiency and excellence for our client. It also reinforces our commitment to helping to secure the UK's future energy supply."
Ken Hurley, Terminal Engineer at South Hook, said:
"The South Hook Terminal is a major contributor to the UK's security and diversity of energy supply and this is a key contract award. As one of the leading oil and gas engineering service providers we are pleased to welcome AMEC as a partner in supporting our delivery of gas to the UK."
AMEC will set up a site-based team at the Terminal in Milford Haven with operational and management support from AMEC's London, UK office and Black and Veatch in Kansas, US.
The South Hook Terminal has a significant positive impact on the local economy by offering local employment opportunities and by engaging many companies which are part of the Terminal supply chain.
Published 10/06/2010
AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of over £2.5 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 22,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide.
South Hook LNG Terminal Company Limited is a partnership between three oil and gas companies: Qatar Petroleum with 67.5 percent, ExxonMobil with 24.15 percent and Total with an 8.35 percent stake. The partnership owns and operates the South Hook Terminal which was completed in 2010 and has the ability to supply up to 21 billion cubic metres (bcm) per annum of gas, equivalent to approximately 20 percent of the UK's gas demand. A state-of-the-art fleet of double-hulled ships brings the LNG from Qatar's immense gas field, to the Terminal in Milford Haven. The South Hook re-gasification terminal is where the LNG is converted from liquid back to gas and is then delivered to the UK's homes and businesses via the National Transmission System (NTS).
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