14th Jan 2009 08:14
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AMEC plc
14 January 2009
AMEC selected for Kearl Oil Sands project
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by Imperial Oil Limited as engineering, procurement and construction management contractor for phase 1 facilities of their Kearl Oil Sands project in northern Alberta, Canada. This award follows on from the front end engineering design work for Kearl already completed by AMEC .
"The award of this significant contract by Imperial Oil at this time is further recognition of AMEC's leading position in the development of oil sands projects and continues our long and successful relations with Exxon Mobil," said Neil Bruce, Chief Operating Officer of AMEC's Natural Resources division. "I look forward to seeing Kearl's successful delivery strengthen our record of delivering challenging and complex projects".
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Notes to Editors
AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's energy, power and process industries. With annual revenues of around £2.3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. AMEC's Natural Resources, Power and Process and Earth and Environmental businesses employ some 23,000 people in more than 30 countries globally. For further information please see http://www.amec.com/.
The Natural Resources division covers AMEC's activities in oil and gas services, oil sands and mining. The division has global experience of delivering large and complex projects and service, with life of asset capabilities in deep water and hostile conditions including Arctic environments and earthquake-prone regions. AMEC has worked on almost every mineable lease in Canada since development of the industry in the 1950s.
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