Materials administration and logistics supplier ASCO has secured a five-year contract with bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to offer base and pipe yard administration companies.
Underneath the contract, which got here into impact in the beginning of 2024, ASCO will present companies to bpTT throughout all its 16 offshore areas in Trinidad. The monetary particulars weren’t disclosed.
ASCO mentioned in a information launch Tuesday that the contract cements its presence within the area, with its in-country headcount set to develop by 30 %. The corporate added that it’s making a “vital funding” in tools and infrastructure to ship the work.
“Securing this contract, from the biggest operator within the area is a large achievement for the group and will probably be a powerful basis to additional develop ASCO’s presence within the Caribbean area”, ASCO Managing Director of Trinidad & Tobago Deborah Benjamin mentioned.
“Following this award, now we have made [a] substantive, seven-figure (USD) funding to place us to ship distinctive service requirements to BP. Not solely can we adjust to all worldwide requirements, however we’re additionally dedicated individuals to the Trinidad and Tobago Protected to Work (STOW) accreditation commonplace. Security Excellence is a basic obsession for ASCO globally and our Trinidad operations totally embrace this”, Benjamin added.
bpTT has operated in Trinidad and Tobago since 1961, and is the nation’s largest hydrocarbon producer, accounting for greater than half of the nation’s fuel manufacturing, in accordance with the discharge. ASCO entered the Trinidad and Tobago market in 2000, in assist of BP. The corporate mentioned it has grown to be the “preeminent logistics supplier” to the nation’s offshore oil and fuel business.
“Trinidad and Tobago has been a key a part of our international enterprise for over 20 years and we’re delighted to have secured a long-term, sustainable future for our workers, contractors and provide chain companions”, ASCO Group CEO Mike Pettigrew mentioned. “We even have an extended legacy of supporting BP the world over and stay up for delivering the best requirements of service in Trinidad for the foreseeable future”.
bpTT’s main initiatives within the nation are Ocelot and Cypre, in accordance with the corporate’s web site. The Ocelot Venture consists of an onshore liquid pipeline that connects the corporate’s Beachfield facility to the Galeota Terminal Facility. The pipeline is roughly 8 miles (13 kilometers) lengthy and is routed alongside an current pipeline hall that’s presently in use by the corporate’s 06BECH pipeline.
Cypre will change into bpTT’s third subsea growth. It should embody seven wells and subsea timber tied again into the corporate’s current Juniper platform by way of versatile flowlines. The Cypre fuel discipline is situated 48.5 miles (78 kilometers) off the southeast coast of Trinidad throughout the East Mayaro Block, at a water depth of roughly 262.5 ft (80 meters).
Help Settlement with Petrofac
In the meantime, ASCO just lately signed an settlement to assist Petrofac’s emergency response provision within the North East of England, offering specialist HR emergency administration.
As a part of the settlement, ASCO will probably be accessible 24/7 to complement Petrofac’s current emergency assist groups within the occasion of an surprising emergency scenario, together with medical or compassionate necessities for Petrofac’s purchasers’ crew members requiring instant evacuation, in accordance with an earlier information launch.
“We’re extremely proud to be working in partnership with Petrofac guaranteeing the well-being of their purchasers’ crew members throughout emergency conditions”, ASCO Enterprise Improvement and Operations Supervisor Ryan McMahon mentioned. “Our precedence is to make sure everybody receives the care they require to get house or return to the vessel or platform safely and effectively, while preserving all stakeholders continuously knowledgeable”.
“We’re delighted to develop our relationship with ASCO and strengthen our current emergency response and disaster administration service provision to our purchasers’ crew members within the North-East of England”, Neil Fraser, Regional Supervisor Emergency Response and Disaster Administration (Europe) at Petrofac, mentioned. “This contract marks the most recent in a sequence of joint ventures with ASCO, enabling us to offer focused and specialised HR emergency administration assist throughout the UK and internationally”.
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