WorleyParsons’ European operations have continued to undergo significant growth this past year, with our personnel base increasing from 1,600 to over 2,100. Geographic expansion has also continued through the opening of new offices and project operations in Astana, Kazakhstan, Stirling, UK, Ploiesti, Romania and Kremenchuk, Ukraine.
Operations in Europe
Major safety milestones achieved this year have included three million hours without a recordable incident in our Kazakhstan operation and 1 million hours without a recordable incident since December 2004 on the Sakhalin Project in Russia.
In the Hydrocarbons sector our involvement continues in the ongoing mega‑projects in Kazakhstan for TengizChevroil and Agip KCO. Also of significance is the award of Petrom’s Vision 2010 project, involving the upgrade and expansion of the Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. This represents the third contract awarded to WorleyParsons in Romania within a six-month period at a time of increasing local market activity. In addition, the operation is mobilizing to provide pre‑feasibility engineering and management services for the Chemaweyaat project in Abu Dhabi; the world’s largest fully integrated chemical complex.
Our power operation continues its successful relationship with NEK in Bulgaria through the extension of our architect-engineer role into the project execution phase of the Belene nuclear power plant. We have also delivered a number of Select projects involving renewable energy (solar and wind), as well as in the nuclear and fossil fuels sectors.
Our Minerals & Metals business continues to grow and is delivering various capital sustaining projects in Moscow under an Improve alliance contract with Strategic Minerals Resources (SMR).
The Infrastructure and Environment business continues to expand having undertaken logistics studies for the Tambao Manganese mine in Burkina Faso and various EcoNomics™ projects for customers across the business.
News Highlights
New nuclear power plant in Armenia WorleyParsons is also pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia to provide consulting services for a new nuclear power plant project in Armenia.
Nuclear contracts.pdf  Contract award - Kashagan Full Field Development WorleyParsons, in joint venture with AkerSolutions and CB&I, has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract for Phase 2 of the full-field development of the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan. The contract has expected revenue of approximately GB£90M.
Contract Award - Kashagan Full Field Development  |