Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; North Eastern Scotland; Aberdeen City
Location of affected unit(s)
Aberdeen
Sector
Mining / Quarrying
Mining And Quarrying
Mining Support Service Activities
09.10 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Aberdeen based Wood Group has announced plans to create 200 jobs following the award of a new contract. The contract with Maersk will support production on the North Sea's CulzeanĀ gas field. The announcement of these new jobs is a welcome boost for the Wood Group after the group cut headcount by hundreds of jobs in both 2015 and 2016, following the severe drop in the price of crude oil in 2014. There is no information available on when these new jobs will be filled.


Sources

  • 11 July 2017: The Herald

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Wood Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91668, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91668.