InterOil awards refinery facilities contract to Petrofac

Aug. 29, 2003
InterOil Corp., Toronto, has awarded a facilities management contract to Petrofac Facilities Management, Aberdeen, for assistance with precommissioning and commissioning its Papua New Guinea refinery, which is currently under construction.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Aug. 29 -- InterOil Corp., Toronto, has awarded a facilities management contract to Petrofac Facilities Management, Aberdeen, for assistance with precommissioning and commissioning its Papua New Guinea refinery, which is currently under construction.

Petrofac also will perform total management of day-to-day refinery operations, maintenance, and production. The refinery is expected to be mechanically complete in first quarter 2004, InterOil said.