Wood Group Kenny Scores New BP Azerbaijan Contract

UK engineering firm Wood Group Kenny (WGK) reported Tuesday that it has won a $60-million call-off contract with BP Azerbaijan to provide engineering and project management services for the Shah Deniz 2 subsea execution phase.

WGK, which has worked with BP on the Shah Deniz project since 2008, said the award of the contract is in addition to the subsea engineering work currently being carried out under a global agreement with BP covering engineering and project management services in the North Sea, Angola and Gulf of Mexico.

WGK CEO Steve Wayman commented in a company statement:

"We have worked with BP Azerbaijan for a number of years and the award of this contract enables us to extend and reinforce that long-standing relationship. We are proud to continue our work with BP in this key region and look forward to using the knowledge we have built up in the previous project phases, and applying it to BP Azerbaijan's benefit during the production phase."