OREANDA-NEWS. Wood Group has been awarded a contract by  Fairway Energy Partners, LLC (Fairway) to provide engineering, design and  procurement services for the Pierce Junction Crude Oil Storage facility to be  built in the Pierce Junction salt dome in south Houston.  Wood Group Mustang is providing these services  to Fairway as they build out the surface facilities that support the crude oil storage  facility.

The initial phase of the project has  been designed to allow for storage of three segregations of crude oil, for a  total capacity of approximately 10 million barrels, in existing caverns at the  site. Overall, Fairway has expansion rights up to a total of approximately 20  million barrels at Pierce Junction.

“Wood Group Mustang’s solution starts with a proven  design that is modified to meet Fairway’s needs. By leveraging similar designs  we’re able to provide an accelerated, cost-effective project that will help  Fairway to meet its year-end 2016 in-service schedule for this underground  storage facility,” stated Michele McNichol, CEO of Wood Group Mustang.

Wood Group is an  international energy services company with over $7bn sales and operating in  more than 50 countries.  The Group is  built on Core Values and has three businesses – Wood Group PSN, Wood Group  Kenny and Wood Group Mustang – providing a range of engineering, production  support and maintenance management services to the oil & gas, and power  generation industries worldwide.

Wood Group Mustang provides award-winning services to the global  energy industry. From concept to completion, Wood Group Mustang delivers  project management, construction management, engineering and procurement  services to the offshore, onshore, oil sands, pipeline, refining, chemicals,  industrial and automation sectors, operating in countries throughout Africa,  Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.  

Fairway  Energy Partners, LLC is a growth oriented crude oil  storage company focusing on constructing and placing into service the Pierce  Junction Crude Oil Storage facility. Headquartered in Houston, the company is  strategically positioned as the only independent salt dome crude oil storage  terminal in the greater Houston market area.