Wood brewery clinches Brent contract

ENERGY services firm Wood Group yesterday bagged a maintenance contract with Shell covering four oil rigs in the massive Brent field in the North Sea.

The contract, which will last for several years, covers the gas turbines used to generate power on the rigs and follows on from a framework agreement signed by the pair last year.

Mark Dobler, chief executive of Wood Group’s gas turbine business, said: “We’re delighted to have been given this vote of confidence by Shell UK and will continue to nurture and grow our relationship by delivering on these commitments.”

The Brent field, which lies about 120 miles off the east coast of Shetland, entered production in 1976, having been discovered in 1971.