SNC Lavalin announced that it has been awarded a front end engineering and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Wasit Gas Development Program.

The Wasit Gas Development Program will provide for the production and processing of up to 2.5 billion standard cubic feet per day of gas from the Aribiyah and Hasbah offshore non associated sour gas fields to meet the future demands of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a 5 year contract expected to commence by October 1st 2009.

Mr Jean Beaudoin executive VP of SNC Lavalin Group Inc said that “SNC Lavalin is very pleased with this contract award, which both reinforces our long term relationship with Saudi Aramco carrying out oil and gas projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and also highlights SNC Lavalin’s world class gas treatment plant engineering expertise, particularly following a similar contract awarded recently in North Africa. Work will be carried out primarily in our Calgary office, as well as in our in Kingdom offices through SNC Lavalin Arabia.”