SNC Lavalin has recently announced that it had been selected together with its local Saudi 50 50 JV partner, The Zuhair Fayez Partnership by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s state owned oil company, Saudi Aramco to perform general engineering and project management services under five year reimbursable contract.

Under the contract, SNC-Lavalin and The Zuhair Fayez Partnership will perform Front End Engineering & Design and select detailed engineering, as well as project management services to support the execution of Saudi Aramco’s capital program. These projects include oil and gas production and processing facilities both on and offshore, infrastructure projects, refining and petrochemical facilities. This work will be executed out of the JV offices in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Mr Jean Beaudoin executive VP of SNC Lavalin Group Inc said that “Saudi Aramco has been a valued client of ours for over 15 years and we are delighted to have this opportunity to further reinforce our relationship with them and to contribute to the Kingdom’s localization program to increase expertise and employment in Saudi Arabia. We are proud of the confidence they have shown in SNC Lavalin’s technical expertise and are looking forward to working with them under this long term contract.”

(Sourced from www1.albawaba.com)