Wood Group’s new Angola-based joint venture has been awarded a contract by BP, it has been announced.
Wood Group Kianda, a joint venture involving Amílcar Nascimento—Wood Group's Angolan business partner—and Wood Group, is to be officially launched in Luanda, Angola today. Wood Group Mustang, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group PSN will all provide their services through the joint venture.
The joint venture will provide engineering, design, procurement, construction management, operations, maintenance, and support services to the Angolan market for process facilities, subsea developments, pipelines and risers. The company services ultra-deep, deep and shallow water developments along with onshore facilities.
Under the terms of the newly-awarded BP contract, Wood Group Kianda will be responsible for maintenance of the topsides facilities on an FPSO which serves some of BP's fields in offshore Angola.
The award to a local company is in line with Angola’s objective of deepening and broadening sustainable Angolan supply capability and capacity, Wood Group said.
Commenting, Ken McLennan, general manager of Wood Group Kianda, said: "Wood Group has been working in the Angolan market for over 10 years through various means so it's great to now launch Wood Group Kianda, a majority owned Angolan company.
“This reinforces our presence and long-term commitment to Angola. The contract award from BP also further extends Wood Group's global relationship with BP."
Aberdeen, Scotland-based Wood Group is an international energy services company with sales of $5.5 billion, employing more than 36,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries.
