Petrofac wins training contract with Malaysia's Petronas

16th Sep 2013 07:07

Oil and gas services provider Petrofac is to operate and manage two training facilities for Malaysian oil major Petronas in a contract worth 120m dollars.The company is currently constructing two upstream plant training facilities and a downstream facility to support Petronas' workforce capability enhancement programme. The two upstream facilities will be managed by Petrofac for the next five years and will see 500 delegates trained each year. There is the option to extend the agreement for a further two years.Andy Inglis, the head of Petrofac Integrated Energy Services, said he was "delighted" to build on the existing relationship with long-term customer Petronas."Training is a core part of the IES offer and the award of our biggest training contract to date demonstrates our growing scale in an area which international and national oil companies have high on their agendas," he said."The creation of this regional centre of excellence will enable Petronas to ensure the development of a highly-skilled resource pool to meet its own and industry needs now and in the decades ahead."BC