6th Jun 2013 07:00
WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Wood Group Mustang awarded contract by DowWOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Wood Group Mustang awarded contract by Dow
PR Newswire
London, June 5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wood Group Mustang selected to provide engineering & field services for Dow pipeline construction project Agreement supports construction of new, world-scale ethylene unit within Dow's comprehensive plan to enhance US Gulf Coast advantage HOUSTON, June 6, 2013 - Wood Group Mustang has been awarded a contract by TheDow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) to provide services for construction ofapproximately 140 miles of ethane, ethylene, propane and propylene pipelines,associated interconnections, and station modifications between Dow TexasOperations in Freeport, Texas, and facilities at Mt. Belvieu, Texas. Thepipelines and station upgrades are part of construction for a world-classethylene unit, previously announced as part of Dow's comprehensive plan tofurther connect its US operations with cost-advantaged feedstocks availablefrom increasing supplies of US shale gas. John Ellison, president of Wood Group Mustang's Pipeline Business Unit, stated,"We are proud that Dow recognized the differentiators that set Wood GroupMustang apart from our competitors and is entrusting us with the responsibilityof executing this prestigious project. We will endeavor to maintain thistrust." Wood Group Mustang will provide engineering, field services and constructionmanagement on the project through its Houston and Angleton, Texas offices. WoodGroup Mustang has previously provided a full spectrum of services for Dow'spipeline assets, including support for the company's Texas pipeline integrityprogram. Following completion of front-end loading (FEL) in 2012, detaileddesign for the project began in February 2013. Completion is scheduled for late2016. -ends- Wood Group Mustang is a global project management, engineering, procurement,and construction operations company serving the upstream oil and gas, refiningand chemicals, pipeline, automation and control, and industrial markets. WoodGroup Mustang has offices in the offices in North America, South America,Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa. For more information, visitwww.mustangeng.com. Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $7bn sales,employing about 43,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. TheGroup has three businesses - Wood Group Engineering, Wood Group PSN and WoodGroup GTS - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenancemanagement and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil &gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com For further information contact: Dena Lee, Director - Communications, Wood Group Mustang Tel: +1 713 215 8315, email: [email protected] Carolyn Smith, Corporate Communications - Eastern Hemisphere, Wood GroupTel: +44 (0) 1224 851099, email: [email protected] Bobbie Ireland, Corporate Communications - Americas, Wood GroupTel: +1 (281) 828 3505, email: [email protected]
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