Worley has secured a five-year extension to its engineering, procurement and construction framework with CNOOC International’s UK business, continuing its work on offshore assets in the North Sea. Offshore Energy reported that the renewed agreement includes the Scott, Buzzard and Golden Eagle fields on the UK Continental Shelf.
The Australian engineering company’s remit spans engineering and procurement alongside construction, commissioning, completions and decommissioning services. Assignments can range from replacing equipment on a like-for-like basis to undertaking complex modifications to existing facilities and larger projects. The renewal therefore retains a broad service offering for CNOOC International, a subsidiary of China’s CNOOC, rather than focusing on a single field development or construction package.
According to Worley figures cited by Offshore Energy, the company carried out more than 1,100 individual work scopes during the preceding 12 years under the earlier framework. Worley said those assignments helped preserve the integrity and performance of CNOOC’s offshore facilities. It also reported that its teams had accumulated more than five million working hours over that period without a lost-time incident, presenting safety as a central element of the relationship.
Worley attributed its ability to limit disruption to operations and deliver efficient solutions to its experience with the assets and its previous work for the operator. Graham Swan, the company’s senior vice president for the UK, described the extension as evidence of the strength of the partnership and the North Sea team’s performance. He said operators of ageing offshore facilities increasingly wanted flexible approaches that could reconcile operational performance, asset integrity and value over the longer term.
Offshore Energy described the award as reinforcing Worley’s commitment to the North Sea and the Aberdeen area, while supporting development of the regional energy supply chain. The renewed framework extends an established contractor relationship across services that cover both ongoing offshore operations and decommissioning work.