Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a three-year contract extension to support eight offshore assets for Shell in the North Sea.

The oil services deal will secure more than 500 jobs.

Overall, WGPSN will continue to deliver maintenance and construction services to the Shearwater, Gannet, Nelson, Curlew, Brent Delta, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo and Brent Charlie installations.

In addition, it will provide engineering modifications to the latter three platforms.

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The announcement marks a third agreement between the two companies, with WGPSN announcing in March it had secured a three-year contract to deliver industrial services to the St Fergus gas processing plant in Aberdeenshire and the Mossmorran gas processing plant and Braefoot Bay marine terminal in Fife.

In January, the Aberdeen-based firm also began a three-year deal to provide specialist consultancy services for Shell Australia's Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas project.

James Crawford, WGPSN's UK MD, said: "This contract safeguards long-term employment opportunities for our employees on these assets, and builds on Wood Group's 40 year history working in partnership with Shell in the North Sea."

(LM/JP)