MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:
SNC) is pleased to announce that Kentz Corporation, a member of the
SNC-Lavalin Group, has commenced work under its three-year Master
Services Agreement for Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I)
construction services for Nexen Energy ULC ('Nexen') on the Base
Plant Projects at their Long Lake facility.
Kentz will provide its specialist E&I construction services
over the three-year agreement; initially on the carbonyls
filtration project, before moving onto the dilutent recovery unit
(DRU) project.
Nexen is responsibly developing energy resources in some of the
world's most significant basins, including the UK North Sea,
offshore West Africa, the United States and Western Canada. Nexen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CNOOC Limited.
Nexen's Long Lake facilities began producing in 2008. The
facilities are comprised of an integrated steam-assisted gravity
drainage (SAGD) and upgrading operation that uses proprietary Or
Crude™ technology, as well as hydrocracking and gasification to
produce premium Synthetic Crude oil. Nexen's operational capacity
at the Long Lake facilities is 72,000 barrels of bitumen per day
(bbls/d) which, when upgraded, is capable of generating
approximately 58,500 bbls/d of crude oil.
"This award with Nexen Energy underpins the value of our
specialist field services, such as electrical and instrumentation
construction, and we are very pleased to be working with Nexen as a
client," said Christian Brown,
President, Oil & Gas, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. "We have added
additional structural, mechanical, and piping capabilities over the
past year in the Canadian region, and now, as part of the
SNC-Lavalin Group, we have the ability to offer clients complete
end-to-end expertise for their projects."
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering
and construction groups in the world and a major player in the
ownership of infrastructure. From offices in over 50 countries,
SNC-Lavalin's 45,000 employees provide EPC and EPCM services to
clients in a variety of industry sectors, including mining and
metallurgy, oil and gas, environment and water, infrastructure and
clean power. SNC-Lavalin can also combine these services with its
financing and operations and maintenance capabilities to provide
complete end-to-end project solutions. www.snclavalin.com
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