ExxonMobil picks Wood Group for engineering on Papua New Guinea LNG

By IAN WALKER

LONDON -- John Wood Group said its unit Wood Group PSN has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, to provide engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to support its Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG operations.

Under the contract, Wood Group PSN will provide brownfield engineering and procurement support to ExxonMobil's operations in PNG, including construction and maintenance services to both the Hides gas conditioning plant in the highlands, and the LNG plant northwest of Port Moresby.

The contract is effective from August 1,2013.

Financial terms were not disclosed.