Wood Group has been awarded a new frame agreement by Wintershall Norge AS to tender for the provision of modification and maintenance services to assets in the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

The four year frame agreement, which has two three-year extension options and is effective immediately, will be delivered from Wood Group’s offices in Sandefjord, Stavanger, Bergen, Oslo and Moss.

Robin Watson, Wood Group Chief Executive, said: “Wood Group has been active on the NCS for more than 20 years and Norway remains a key market for us where we continue to see opportunities to strengthen our presence and leverage our technical expertise across our broad portfolio of capabilities.

“We will bring our depth of knowledge of the Norwegian sector to this new contract with Wintershall Norge where our focus will be on working collaboratively with our client to deliver maintenance and modification services, which enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their assets.”

About Wintershall

Wintershall Holding GmbH, based in Kassel, Germany, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF in Ludwigshafen. The company has been active in the extraction of natural resources for 120 years, and in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas for over 80 years. Wintershall focuses on selected core regions where the company has built up a high level of regional and technological expertise. These are Europe, Russia, North Africa, South America, and increasingly the Middle East region. The company wants to expand its business further with exploration and production, selected partnerships, innovation and technological competence. Wintershall employs about 2.000 staff worldwide from 50 nations and is now Germany’s largest, internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer.

About Wood Group

Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $6bn sales and operating in more than 50 countries. The Group is built on Core Values and has three businesses – Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang – providing a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.