Wood bags Bluewater North Sea contract

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Wood to provide industrial services for a Bluewater floating production storage and offloading facility in the North Sea.

Global industrial services giant Wood has been awarded a new contract with Bluewater to provide industrial services to the Haewene Brim floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the UK North Sea.

Effective immediately, the contract is for two years with three one-year extension options and includes the provision of rigging and scaffolding services on the facility, currently operating in the Pierce field.

Dave Stewart, CEO of Wood’s Asset Solutions business in Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia, comments: “Wood has more than 40 years’ experience of working across a diverse asset portfolio in the North Sea.

“We will bring our knowledge and experience of delivering innovative, value-adding solutions to this new contract and look forward to working with Bluewater, leveraging our broad industrial services capabilities to maximise the productivity of the Haewene Brim FPSO.”

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