Wood, the global engineering and consultancy company, has been appointed as an engineering partner in a five-year partnership framework agreement with Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Sasol). The agreement is to support Sasol’s portfolio of assets across South Africa.

Wood will provide integrated services to Sasol from feasibility studies and front end engineering design, through to engineering, procurement and construction. The partnership framework approach is a new way of working for Sasol. The mutually beneficial agreement will see all partners working together to maximise efficiency and drive long-term sustainability in Sasol’s operations.

The project will be executed by Wood’s regional office and on-site project teams with support from the company’s global capital projects and technical consulting expertise.

Dave Stewart, CEO of Wood’s Asset Solutions business in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, comments: “We are delighted to have secured this partnership agreement with Sasol to support their capital projects portfolio across the complete asset life cycle, from feasibility to construction.

“Drawing on Wood’s global capabilities, we will work collaboratively to deliver sustainable, efficient and innovative solutions to support Sasol’s operations in South Africa.”

About Wood

Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 55,000 people, with revenues of over $11 billion. We provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life-cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, chemicals, environment and infrastructure, power & process, clean energy, mining and general industrial sectors.

About Sasol

Sasol is an international integrated chemicals and energy company that leverages technologies and the expertise of our 31 270 people working in 32 countries. We develop and commercialise technologies, and build and operate world-scale facilities to produce a range of high-value product stream, including liquid fuels, chemicals and low-carbon electricity.