Wood Group to operate compression platform

Aug. 25, 2005
A joint venture in Mexico let a contract to a subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC, London, to provide operations and maintenance services for the Akal GC compression platform in the Bay of Campeche through October 2006.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 -- A joint venture in Mexico let a contract to a subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC, London, to provide operations and maintenance services for the Akal GC compression platform in the Bay of Campeche through October 2006.

Compania de Servicios de Compresion de Campeche, a joint venture of Duke Energy International LLC and Marubeni Corp., owns the platform, which separates liquids and compresses 250 MMscf/d of gas for Pemex Exploration & Production.

Wood Group Engineering & Production Facilities SA will have operational responsibility for the platform, including offshore operations and maintenance and onshore technical support, logistics, and supply chain activities.