Russ Oil-Gas

25 March 2008 - Upstream OnLine - Wood Group subsidiary JP Kenny has landed a multi-million pound call-off contract with the Shtokman partners - Gazprom, Total and StatoilHydro - for work on the strategic trunkline project to bring gas from the Barents Sea field to northern Russia. JP Kenny will carry out front end engineering and design and management work for all activities associated with the pipeline's engineering. The company added the project will be carried out over several phases. The UK-based player added that it started phase one of the work in January. JP Kenny managing director Gerwyn Williams said: "We are very pleased to have won this contract, which adds to our portfolio of cold region engineering projects. "The project comprises a 600 kilometre 44 inch subsea pipeline from the Shtokman field running south to Murmansk. We will be executing the work in our London and Norwegian offices, supported by a Russian contractor, and we'll also be strengthening our presence in Russia by establishing a JP Kenny office in St Petersburg, managed by Russian engineers." He added that JP Kenny will be delivering its tried and tested solutions to deepwater pipeline installation and will also be responsible for managing an extensive range of interfaces in terms of procurement, planning and compliance with Russian regulations.