By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 30 -- Suncor Energy Inc. has let a 5-year, $1 billion (Can.) contract to Flint Transfield Services Ltd. for asset management services at its oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, Alta., and its 70,000 b/cd refinery in Sarnia, Ont.
The contract scope includes maintenance shutdown and turnaround services for Suncor's Fort McMurray oil sands and Firebag in-situ facilities and the Sarnia refinery; contract maintenance services to the oil sands extraction, upgrading, and Firebag facilities and the Sarnia refinery; and overall site maintenance services at the oil sands operations.
The long-term contract also covers additional services such as engineering and construction for "select sustaining capital projects," Flint said.
FT Services has begun mobilizing resources and will continue to ramp up service delivery capacity over the next 6 months. The company is expected to assume delivery of maintenance services in Fort McMurray in the third quarter and in Sarnia late in the fourth quarter or early first quarter 2008.
FT Services is a 50-50 joint venture of Flint Energy Services Ltd. and Transfield Services of Australia. Other companies participating with FT Services in providing services under the contract are Calgary-based Colt Engineering Corp. and ThyssenKrupp Safway Inc.