Saudi-Kuwaiti oil firm awards 5-year contract to SNC-Lavalin

SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors, a subsidiary of Canada's SNC-Lavalin, has signed a five-year framework agreement to provide international general engineering services to Al Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), a joint venture between Aramco Gulf Operations Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company.

The new contract builds upon an existing five-year framework contract for in-kingdom general engineering studies signed in February 2018, SNC-Lavalin said in a statement.

The company will provide a range of engineering services to assist KJO with engineering for major projects, including new offshore platforms, jackets and sub-sea pipelines, upgrades to existing offshore platforms and jackets, onshore crude and gas handling facilities, gas pipeline networks, utilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and instrumentation systems.

SNC-Lavalin's teams based in Houston, Texas, and Al Khobar will carry out the work, supported by its global centres of excellence in London, Calgary and Mumbai.

KJO is responsible for oil and gas exploration, development and production in the offshore area close to the Saudi-Kuwait border, including the Khafji and Hout oil fields, which have been in production since the 1960s.