Wood has been awarded a three-year contract to provide specialist technical support to Petroleum Development Oman, the country’s leading oil producer.
As part of the agreement, a team of 65 engineering and project management professionals from Wood will join PDO’s front-end engineering design office. The team will support the delivery of complex energy transition and carbon capture initiatives projects that are central to PDO’s forward-looking strategy.
The group will be predominantly composed of Omani nationals, in line with Wood’s commitment to the development of local talent. These professionals will be backed by Wood’s global network of experts, bringing extensive experience in delivering feasibility studies, pre-FEED, and FEED solutions across the oil production value chain.
Gerry Traynor, president of Eastern Hemisphere projects at Wood, commented:
“This new contract with Petroleum Development Oman highlights our dedication to delivering high-quality, assured project outcomes for our clients’ most critical investments.“ Our decades of experience in the region, coupled with our expanding portfolio, offer exciting opportunities for our people to provide exceptional engineering and project management services to energy companies such as PDO, which are focused on securing the energy future.”
The reimbursable contract comes amid a period of sustained growth for Wood in the Middle East. In 2024, the company secured contracts in the region worth a total of USD 920 million.
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