AJS joint venture wins ONEgas contract

The "ONEgas" contract was jointly awarded to the AJS joint venture (AMEC, Jacobs Engineering and Stork Industry Services BV) to provide services to Shell U.K. Exploration and Production (Shell Expro) and its sister company in the Netherlands, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM). The joint venture's integrated services contract is with ONEgas, a combined business unit of Shell Expro and NAM.

Contractors Unlimited believes the value of the joint venture contract, which covers 7 years and is renewable, to be in the region of £475 million.

It is one of the largest Integrated Service Contracts ever let by an oil and gas major and will involve engineering, maintenance, modifications and logistical support for 53 offshore platforms across the Southern North Sea and onshore facilities at Bacton in the UK and Den Helder in Holland. Up to 1200 personnel will be employed by the joint venture in three main locations - Gt Yarmouth in the UK, Amsterdam and Assen in Holland - with support from offices in Aberdeen, London and Lydon in Holland. It is a groundbreaking performance based contract, which will harness cross border synergies and build on the considerable oil and gas expertise of the joint venture partners. The contract will be fully operational by 1 January 2004.

ONEgas selected the joint venture as its partner of first choice based on the team's strength, a clear mobilization plan, the ready availability of team members, and an overall commitment to deliver improvements to the operations of Shell Expro and NAM.

Added to site on 10/07/03

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