MARCH2014

Valerus Team Joins

Kentz Group

Contents

Message from
your CEO
Safety continues to play an enormous
part in our business and it was very
pleasing to see a further improvement
of 26% in the Total Recordable Incident
Rate (TRIR) to 0.14 for last year, our
lowest rate since 2008.
cabling and interface
management of associated civil
works on page 24.

e have had a
very positive start
to the year, with
2013 proving to be
another period of major success
for Kentz certainly a milestone
in our growth strategy. Safety
continues to play an enormous
part in our business and it was
very pleasing to see a further
improvement of 26% in the
Total Recordable Incident Rate
(TRIR) to 0.14 for last year, our
lowest rate since 2008. You can
read about some of our recent
safety achievements on pages
20 and 21.
In January, Kentz completed
the acquisition of Valerus
Field Solutions LP (Valerus), a
worldwide leader in integrated
oil and gas surface facility
solutions. We have already
seen positive news from our
new colleagues in Valerus and
look forward to the future of
the combined entity and the
opportunities it offers. You can

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read about Valerus on pages

4 and 5 and about its recent
US$62m project award with
Crestwood Midstream Partners
on page 15.
We currently have a record
backlog of over US$4bn,
including the backlog from
Valerus. Our pipeline of prospects
is continuing to grow and
increased by 18% during 2013,
highlighting the opportunities that
exist for our services. You can
read about some of our most
recent project awards throughout
this edition. Of particular note is
the award to the UGL Kentz JV
for the structural, mechanical
and piping (SMP) construction
package for the Ichthys Project
Onshore LNG Facilities in
Darwin, Australia (pages 6 and
7). We have been working on the
Ichthys project since 2012 you
will see updates from the TEL-2
team on page 11 and from the
team managing our scope for the
installation of the underground

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Another recent noteworthy

award was Phase 2 of the
Moatize Coal Mining Project
by multinational mining and
metals corporation Vale in Tete
Province, Mozambique (page 9).
This follows the success
Kentz has had on phase 1 of
this flagship project originally
awarded in 2009, and we
look forward to continuing our
successful relationship with
Vale. This edition also shares
a number of project awards
and progress updates from the
Middle East and Canada.
We have made steady progress
on the 2013 and Beyond
strategy, launched over a year
ago. With our continued success
and expected scale of growth,
we decided that some changes
in our global business unit
structure would be beneficial.
While all existing services
will remain in place, they will
be strengthened through a
realignment within the current
business units. You can read
about this on pages 16 and 17.
These changes were fuelled
by the need to optimise the
global delivery of services to
our clients and to continue to
enhance robust employment
opportunities for our employees.
You will see on page 27
that a number of our senior

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management will be hosting

a Kentz stand at the 2014
World Petroleum Conference
(WPC), taking place in Moscow,
Russia from 15th to 19th June.
We would like to extend an
invitation to all our valued
clients in attendance to visit
our stand and meet the senior
management team over the
course of the event.
Finally, I am proud to confirm
that through the generous
donations from our employees
around the globe and Kentz
matched funding, we have
raised a total of US$300,000
to donate to the relief efforts
in the Philippines following the
devastation caused by Typhoon
Haiyan in November of last
year. With over 3,500 Filipinos
among our workforce we were
eager to show our support as
a Company. I am pleased to
confirm that Kentz has selected
international humanitarian
agency GOAL to invest the
funds raised. Kentzs donation
will be used to support a School
Rehabilitation Programme in the
Jaro Municipality on Leyte Island
in the Philippines; you can read
more about this on page 29.
2014 promises to be another
action-packed year for Kentz
and I look forward to updating
you again in our August edition.
Christian Brown
Chief Executive Officer

Kentz Welcomes Valerus Team

Further Award with Qatar Petroleum

for US$190m

Vale Awards Second Moatize

Contract in Mozambique

10

Bantrel Awards First Kentz Contract

11

TEL-2 Team Receives Golden

Safety Award

12

Qatargas Awards Contract for further

Laffan Refinery Services

13
14
15

UGL Kentz JV Secures US$640m

Contract for Ichthys LNG Project

Kentz Completes First Renewable

Energy Project

Valerus Wins US$62m Contract

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18
20
22

Qatari Projects Excel at Safety

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24
25
26
27
28
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30

15

SAMREF Awards Kentz Five-year

Engineering Framework Agreement
Kentz Realigns its Global
Business Units

19

06
08

Barzan Team Moves to Doha

Kentz Secures Two Saudi
Construction Contracts

22

Brownfield Success Pleases Abu

Dhabi Clients

18

Kentz Achieves Safety Milestone

Steady Progress on Ichthys
Calgary Team Hosts Client Event
South African Team signs Framework
Agreements
Moscow WPC Looms Large on
Kentz Calendar
Ethics Column
Working Towards A Common GOAL
Meet OurTeam

On our cover: Natural gas production

equipment manufactured by Valerus
for wellpad in Haynesville Shale region,
northern Louisiana, United States.

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Kentz Welcomes

Valerus Team

n January 2014, Kentz completed the

acquisition of Valerus Field Solutions LP
(Valerus), a worldwide leader in integrated
oil and gas surface facility solutions.
Founded in 2002, Valerus provides a full suite
of products and services from the wellhead to
the pipeline as well as an integrated services
capability. Focusing on early production
systems and gas processing projects,
Valerus provides front-end, conceptual
design, procurement, project and construction
management services.
As outlined in the 2013 and Beyond
strategy, one of Kentzs main areas of
focus is to achieve future growth through
building its global oil and gas engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC)
capabilities. The Valerus acquisition helps
to establish Kentz as a recognised market
leader in providing highly skilled process
engineering, EPC and EPC Management
(EPCM) services for small and mid-sized oil
and gas processing facilities worldwide.
Valerus is a major player in the US (US
activity constitutes 60% of revenue) and has
a strong diversified client base of midstream
companies, major oil companies, along
with local and national oil companies. The
acquisition has brought approximately
700 additional people to Kentz, including
almost 200 personnel with demonstrable
experience in gas handling and processing.
Valerus will sit within Kentzs Engineering
and Projects business unit, under the

leadership of Tush Doshi. It is expected to

continue to operate on a standalone basis
for the first two years, and the Valerus brand
name will be retained.
Christian Brown, Chief Executive Officer at
Kentz, commented: We are delighted to
welcome the Valerus team into the Kentz
family. Valerus shares parallel values,
including a focus on safety and teamwork
and this will ensure a strong cultural fit
between our organisations. Not only does
this acquisition add capabilities to both
organisations, it also opens up new regions
where we can leverage each others
respective presence and relationships. We
look forward to getting to know our new
Valerus colleagues better over the coming
months and to the exciting prospects that lie
ahead for us all.
Steve Gill, Chief Executive Officer at
Valerus, added: Since it was founded,
Valerus has focused on delivering
tailored solutions and the best service to
our customers. Becoming part of Kentz
will enable us to focus on these values
more than ever before and to execute
our vision to be the best oil and gas
handling and processing provider through
an extraordinary focus on performance,
efficiency and safety. I am excited about
the opportunities that the future holds for
our team and look forward to building new
relationships with the Kentz team.

Key benefits from the acquisition of

Valerus are:
Addition of personnel with
demonstrable experience in gas
handling and processing
Diversified and expanded operational
footprint with Valerus strongly
positioned in the US onshore oil and
gas market including shale gas, a
new market for Kentz
Increased exposure to Latin
American markets with Valerus
established presence in Brazil,
Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela
An increased ability to leverage and
enhance existing EPC capabilities
and differentiators in onshore oil and
gas processing facilities
The potential to offer integrated
solutions for clients and bid on
contracts, where previously the
Group would not have been able
to due to the specific range of
capabilities required
An increased focus on mid-sized
modular projects expected in gas
plants and EPF
A strong, diversified client base, with
over 60% of Valeruss work coming
from repeat clients, only a few of
which are current Kentz customers
For further information on Valerus and
what it does, please visit the companys
website on www.valerus.com

COMPRESSION

Gas gathering
Gas lift
Gas storage
Injection (air or gas)
Pipeline booster stations
Vapour recovery
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

Project Profile
Location: West Virginia, USA
Valerus engineered two complete gas
gathering stations with 20,000-horsepower
compression designed for 120 MMscf/d
flow rate. Completed in 120 days at
Marcellus Shale, this facility features full
engineering capabilities, including civil,
mechanical, electrical, and commissioning
and startup.

INTEGRATED SERVICES
Engineering
Project management
Construction
Commissioning
Field services

Project Profile
Location: Tunisia
This project required an integrated
solution to withstand extreme
temperatures and harsh conditions in the
region. Valerus offered design, delivery
and installation of an early production
facility in a remote area under strict space
limitations and environmental restrictions.

PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Crude oil and condensate treating
and stabilisation
Gas and liquid heating and cooling
Gas dehydration
Gas dewpointing
Gas filtration
Gas sweetening
Liquid storage
Separation
Transfer, injection and pipeline pumping

Project Profile
Location: Texas, USA
This project at Eagle Ford Shale required
total facility design, equipment design
and manufacturing, procurement and
logistics support. Valerus improved the
schedule by 57 days, resulting in labour
cost savings and reduced time from well
completion to sales.

Expanding Access to Global Gas Market

Kentz market/Valerus opportunity

Kentz/Valerus market
New market Major gas reserves

Field solutions capabilities and applications

Limited gas reserves

PROCESSING AND TREATING

Cryogenic plants
Amine treating plants
JT and refrigerated JT plants
Condensate stabilisers
Mechanical refrigeration plants
Natural gas liquids fractionation

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US$36bn approximate
addressable market in onshore
facilities by 2018 for Valerus
Complementary geographic
footprint between Valerus
and Kentz
Kentzs core markets will
afford Valerus business
development opportunities
Potential for joint business
development

Project Profile
Location: Texas, USA
Using equipment designed for minimum
emissions in an EPA non-attainment
zone, Valerus provided complete turnkey
services for a 200 MMscf/d cryogenic
facility, including civil, mechanical and
electrical engineering, construction,
commissioning and startup.

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Valerus market/Kentz opportunity

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UGL Kentz JV Secures

US$640m Contract for
Ichthys LNG Project

The Ichthys LNG

Project will be
one of the most
important LNG
developments
to take place
in Australia.
Chris Warlow, Managing
Director Australasia Region

entz is pleased to
announce the award
of a US$640m
contract to the UGL
Kentz JV for the structural,
mechanical and piping (SMP)
construction package for the
Ichthys Project Onshore LNG
Facilities in Darwin, Australia.
This contract was awarded
by JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd
(JKC), a joint venture between
JGC Corporation, KBR and
Chiyoda Corporation. JKC is
responsible for the engineering,
procurement and construction of
the onshore facilities, including
the gas processing plant at
Blaydin Point.

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This unit rate re-measurable

contract will be performed by
the UGL Kentz JV, a 50/50
joint venture between UGL
Resources (a fully owned
subsidiary of UGL Limited)
and Kentz.
The contract begins in
August 2014 and is due to be
completed before the startup of the second LNG train.
The contract will provide more
than 900 jobs for construction
personnel. The contract scope
includes the provision of
services for site-wide installation
of process trains, and additional
pre-commissioning and
commissioning expertise.

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The Ichthys LNG Project is a

Joint Venture between INPEX
group companies (the Operator),
TOTAL (major partner) and the
Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo
Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric
Power and Toho Gas. It is
expected to produce 8.4 million
tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million
tonnes of LPG per annum, along
with approximately 100,000
barrels of condensate per day
at peak.

This award is a
great endorsement
of our position
in the Australian
market to service
liquefied natural
gas projects
with committed
investment.
Michael Murphy, Executive
Sponsor for Kentz and Group
President, Construction
and Technical Support
Services Business Units

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Michael Murphy, Executive

Sponsor for Kentz and Group
President, Construction and
Technical Support Services
Business Units

Michael Murphy, Executive

Sponsor for Kentz, commented:
We are delighted to have
secured this major SMP
construction contract on the
Ichthys Project Onshore LNG
Facilities. This adds to the
temporary telecoms package that
our EPC business unit (recently
renamed as Engineering and
Projects) is now completing and
the underground electrical and
instrumentation construction
contract awarded in 2013.

Chris Warlow, Managing

Director Australasia Region for
Kentz said: The Ichthys LNG
Project will be one of the most
important LNG developments
to take place in Australia. The
strength of our Construction
Business Unit in winning and
executing work on major LNG
facilities in Australia, is an area
of expertise that our customers
value. We look forward to
working with our JV partner
UGL on this project.

Chris Warlow, Managing

Director Australasia Region

This award is a great

endorsement of our position in
the Australian market to service
liquefied natural gas projects
with committed investment.
Australia boasts a number of
the worlds largest natural gas
commercialisations and Kentz
has the expertise required to both
construct and then maintain such
large-scale engineering feats.
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Further award with Qatar

Petroleum for US$190m
Construction). Running over
three years through to 2016, the
peak workforce will consist of
800 staff and field personnel.

Tom Cullen
Country Manager, Qatar

Kentz will provide a dedicated

Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) network
infrastructure to monitor
wellheads from designated
stations, providing centralised

in this significant award. The

past year has seen a huge
progression in our engineering
offering as we implement our
2013 and Beyond strategy and
we are confident of continued
strong bidding in EPC.

Vale awards second Moatize

contract in Mozambique
The past year
has seen a huge
progression in
our engineering
offering as we
implement our
2013 and Beyond
strategy and we
are confident of
continued strong
bidding in EPC.

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Carl Dyer
Regional Managing Director Africa

In 2009, Kentz was awarded

Phase 1 of the Moatize Coal
Processing Plant, which
became the companys flagship
project on the African continent
with significant infrastructure
developments being made to
develop the production of coal
products in Mozambique.

Tom Cullen, Country

Manager, Qatar

atar Petroleum
(QP) has awarded
Kentz a US$190
million contract for
the engineering, procurement,
installation and commissioning
of wellhead industrial control
systems, alongside corrosion
protection, for approximately
775 wells across the Dukhan
Oilfield in Qatar.
Awarded in late 2013, the
contract builds on Kentzs
previous working relationship
with QP and will be delivered by
the Engineering and Projects
Business Unit (formerly
Engineering, Procurement and

entz has secured a

successive contract
with multinational
mining and metals
corporation Vale for Phase 2 of
the Moatize Coal Mining Project
in Tete Province Mozambique.
The project is one of the largest
coal mining operations on
the African continent and is
welcome progress for the mining
sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kentzs Construction Business

Unit will be responsible
for providing all structural,
mechanical, electrical,
instrumentation and piping
(SMEIP) construction services
associated with the coal
processing and handling plant,
crusher, stackers, reclaimers
and conveyors.
Carl Dyer, Regional
Managing Director, Africa
commented: Kentz has a
long-standing relationship
with Vale Mozambique and
winning the contract for the
Moatize expansion is a great
achievement. The award of
this strategic project shows
the confidence Vale has in
Kentz for delivering projects
in Mozambique.

The award of
this strategic
project shows the
confidence Vale
has in Kentz for
delivering projects
in Mozambique.
Carl Dyer, Regional
Managing Director Africa

Dukhan Oilfield Project, Qatar

real time and historical wellhead

data directly into QPs IT
network. Kentzs scope of work
also includes the prevention of
external corrosion damage
to the well casings in the
Dukhan field by installing an
impressed current cathodic
protection system.
Tom Cullen, Country Manager,
Qatar, commented: Kentz was
awarded its first project with
QP in 1997 and since then has
continued to execute numerous
EPC and engineering
projects, enhancing QPs
assets. We take great pride

Moatize Coal Mining Project, Mozambique

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Bantrel
Awards
First
Kentz
Contract

TEL-2 Team Receives

Golden Safety Award

n 3rd February 2014,

the Kentz TEL-2
team was awarded
the Ichthys Onshore
Golden Safety Award for the
previous December. The safety
award certificate was presented
by Mark St Germain, JKC
Project HSE Manager, and
Chris Wheeldon, Inpex Project
Construction Manager, to Tony
Scott, Kentz TEL-2 Project
Manager. The JKC Panel
judged the Kentz team to have
operated consistently safely
on the Blaydin Point site in an
incident and injury-free manner.
Tony Scott, Project Manager
for Kentz, thanked JKC for the
award: It was a joint team effort
and we enjoy working with and
being supported by the JKC
team. The TEL-2 team has
been at Blaydin Point for 11
months and, in keeping with
Kentzs core value no-one gets

antrel Co has
awarded Kentz a
contract to provide
commissioning and
start-up services to a major
Steam Assisted Gravity
Drainage (SAGD) operation
in Canada.

Alan McFadden
Counry Manager, Canada

Kentz will support the operation

southeast of Fort McMurray with
electrical checkout including
motors and electrical testing
activities, all the test equipment
necessary, as well as supporting
the instrument loop shooting
programme and any calibration
equipment that may be required.

Alan McFadden, Country

Manager, Canada, commented:
This is an important award
for Kentz as it positions the
Company as a premier industrial
commissioning contractor
in Western Canada and
recognises Kentzs reputation
for worldclass completions
and commissioning services.
This is our first contract with
Bantrel and we look forward to
developing a positive, long-term
relationship with them.

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Kentz was awarded the

Engineering, Procurement
and Construction (EPC)
contract for the temporary
telecommunications for the
Ichthys Onshore LNG Facilities
in 2012. The contract was
awarded to Kentz by the EPC
contractor for the Ichthys
Onshore LNG facilities,
JKC Australia LNG, a joint
venture between JGC,
KBR and Chiyoda. The
scope of Kentzs contract
includes the engineering,
procurement, construction
and commissioning of the
site-wide telecommunications
systems for the initial temporary
site facilities.
The TEL-2 project is now 88%
complete, with engineering
and procurement phases

finalised and construction

and commissioning due to be
completed in April 2014. This
has included construction and
erection of the 40m main tower
and siren towers, and a fibre
optic cable network across the
site to connect buildings and
field devices supporting CCTV
cameras, early warning
sirens, data, telephony and
IT equipment, UHF and VHF
radio systems, along with
public phones.
The Ichthys LNG Project is a
joint venture between INPEX
group companies (the operator),
major partner Total (major
partner) and the Australian
subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas,
Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric
Power and Toho Gas. Gas
from the Ichthys Field, in the
Browse Basin offshore of
Western Australia, will undergo
preliminary processing offshore

to remove water and raw liquids,

including extract condensate.
The gas will then be exported to
onshore processing facilities in
Darwin via an 889km pipeline.
The Ichthys LNG Project is
expected to produce 8.4 million
tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million
tonnes of LPG per annum, along
with approximately 100,000
barrels of condensate per day
at peak.

It was a joint team

effort and we enjoy
working with and
being supported by
the JKC team.
Tony Scott,
Project Manager for Kentz

This is an
important award
for Kentz as it
positions the
Company as a
premier industrial
commissioning
contractor in
Western Canada
and recognises
Kentzs reputation
for worldclass
completions and
commissioning
services.
Alan McFadden
Counry Manager, Canada

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hurt, everyone has gone home

safely throughout this period.

The Tel-2 Team receive their award

Back row (L-R): Tony Withers, Communications Technician, Mark Burrell, Leading Hand - Electrician, Jasper Scannell, Trades Assistant, Graeme Dowding, Inpex Area Lead
E&I Telecoms , Aaron Hore, Leading Hand Communications Technician , Louis Hampton, Trades Assistant, Darren Lorio, Electrician, Travis Kurnoth, Trades Assistant
Front row (L-R): Chris Wheeldon, Inpex Project Construction Manager, Tony Scott, Kentz Project Manager, Mark St Germain, JKC Project HSES Manage and Rayford Bebee,
JKC Senior Construction Manager.

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Qatargas Awards Contract for

further Laffan Refinery Services

atargas has awarded

Kentz a Manpower
Services contract for
additional work on the
Refinery Phase 2 Project (LR2)
in Qatar.

Shane Dooley-Cullinane
Regional Managing Director,
Middle East

This contract continues Kentzs

existing working relationship
with Qatargas, in supporting
the management of this project
over the next three years. The
contract will be executed though
the Construction and Technical
Support Services (TSS)
Business Units.
This expansion project
will process an additional
146,000 barrels a day (b/d) of
condensate recovered from
one of the worlds largest nonassociated gas fields, the North
Field. The second phase of the
Laffan project will double the
capacity of the current refinery.
The Laffan Refinery 1 (LR1)
currently produces 61,000 b/d

of naphtha, 52,000 b/d of jet

fuel, 24,000 b/d of gasoil and
9,000 b/d of liquid petroleum
gas (LPG). Qatar Petroleum is
the leading shareholder of the
LR1 with a 51% holding. The
remaining shares are spread
between several international
companies with the USs
ExxonMobil, Frances Total,
Japans Idemitsu and Cosmo
each holding 10% stakes,
and with two other Japanese
companies, Mitsui and Marubeni
retaining 4.5% each.
Shane Dooley-Cullinane,
Regional Managing Director,
Middle East, commented: We
are pleased to build further on
our relationship with Qatargas
and to be awarded additional
work on the Laffan Refinery
project. There have been a
number of strategic changes
made to our Middle East and
engineering businesses, as we
implement our 2013 and Beyond

strategy, and it is excellent to

see a growing volume of awards
within the region.

Kentz Completes
First Renewable
Energy Project

We are pleased to
build further on our
relationship with
Qatargas and to be
awarded additional
work on the Laffan
Refinery project.
Shane Dooley-Cullinane,
Regional Managing Director,
Middle East

K
Paul Rebelo
Regional Engineering and Projects
Director, Africa

One of the main

success factors
was our meticulous
approach towards
high quality
workmanship and a
constant pursuit for
zero defects.
Paul Rebelo,
Regional Engineering and
Projects Director, Africa

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Kentz staff in front of the PV modules.

entz is proud to
celebrate the
successful completion
of the Scatec Solar
Kalkbult project in South Africa.
The Kalkbult project in the
Northern Cape, which included
the construction of a 75MW
photovoltaic (PV) power plant,
was completed three months
ahead of schedule in September
2013. It was the first renewable
energy project awarded in
round one of the South African
Renewable Energy Independent
Power Producer Procurement
(REIPPP) programme to be
connected to the grid. It will
supply 135m kW hours per year
enough to cover the electricity
demand of 33,000 households.
Kentz merged with a
local business to form an
independent recruitment
company called Sizulunto
Staffing Solutions. More than
500 employees were trained in
technical skills, such as cable

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laying, building the substructure

and fitting the PV modules.
Those who showed significant
potential were identified for
further training at the Kentz
training facility in Johannesburg,
where they will over time
receive skill certification. They
will then become part of the
Kentz team to work on other
projects. Overall, 67% of the
employees were drawn from
local communities while 100%
of the project workforce was
South African.
In addition, Kentzs investment
in training and health and
safety a core value for Kentz
and its partners on the project
resulted in the successful
completion of 750,000 manhours without a Lost Time Injury
(LTI). This contributed to the
overall efficiency of delivery on
the project.
Paul Rebelo, Regional
Engineering and Projects

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Director, Africa, commented:

One of the main success
factors was our meticulous
approach towards high quality
workmanship and a constant
pursuit for zero defects. This
practice was established from
inception and maintained
throughout the duration of
the project.
In late 2012, Kentz was
awarded a sub-EPC contract
by Scatec Solar, the project
owner, developer and main
EPC contractor of the Kalkbult
Solar PV Project. Construction
started in December of that year.
Working closely with Scatec
Solar and the Kentz-appointed
sub-contractors, the Kentz
project management team
sought to develop a working
relationship based on trust,
which would ensure the full
commitment of all stakeholders
to the successful delivery of
the project, safely, on-time and
within budget.

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Valerus

Wins US$62m
SAMREF awards Kentz
five-year engineering
framework agreement

Contract

Crestwood, Perkins Station

This contract is a
testament to our
demonstrated
success in
developing
comprehensive
surface facility
production systems
all over the world.
We welcome the
opportunity to work
with Crestwood
to deliver this
important project
in the prolific
Marcellus and
Utica regions.
Steve Gill,
Chief Executive Officer
of Valerus

Back Row (L-R) Kifah Alashkar, Client Account

Manager, Jason McNamara, Business Development
Manager, Adrian Duffy, Manager of Engineering
KSA, Ramachandra Gosavi, Regional TSS
Proposals and Estimating Manager
Front Row (L-R) Madhu Pillai, Projects Director,
Joys Samuel, Engineering Manager

AMREF has awarded

Kentz a five-year
framework contract for
general engineering
services on its refinery in Saudi
Arabia. A complex refinery,
SAMREF was formed for the
development, construction,
ownership and operation of
crude oil refining facilities in
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

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Kentz will provide experienced

and qualified design engineers,
technicians, planners and
support professions of different
specialties and disciplines as
required. The contract will be
executed through the Technical
Support Services (TSS)
business unit.

About SAMREF
SAMREF is a joint venture
equally owned by Saudi Aramco
(Saudi Arabian oil company) and
Mobil Yanbu Refining Company
Inc., (a wholly owned subsidiary
of Exxon Mobil Corporation).
SAMREFs remit is the
development, construction,
ownership and operation of
crude oil refining facilities in
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Following
construction and commissioning
of the facilities, SAMREF began
operations in November 1984.

This project award coincided

with Kentz opening a new office
in Yanbu to service the Western
Province of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia (KSA), which
it sees as having great
potential for expansion over
coming years.

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alerus, Kentzs newly

acquired oil and gas
handling company in
the US, was recently
awarded a US$62m contract by
Crestwood Midstream Partners
LP to provide the engineering,
procurement, construction
and commissioning of two
compressor stations.
On completion in 2014, the
stations both located in
Doddridge County, West Virginia
will each have the capacity
to handle 120 million standard
cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of
gas from the Marcellus shale.
The turnkey compressor stations
will together include more than
35,000 hp of compression; inlet
separation and filtration; gas
dehydration; power generation
and distribution; and station
instrumentation and controls.

Heath Deneke, President

of Crestwoods Natural Gas
Business Unit, stated: These
projects, currently under
construction, are essential to
our infrastructure development
plans in the very active
Marcellus region, connecting it
to the market. We look forward
to working with Valerus to
complete these stations.
Steve Gill, Chief Executive
Officer of Valerus, stated:
This contract is a testament
to our demonstrated success
in developing comprehensive
surface facility production
systems all over the world. We
welcome the opportunity to work
with Crestwood to deliver this
important project in the prolific
Marcellus and Utica regions.

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Crestwood, Victoria Station

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Kentz realigns
its Global
Business Units

our strategic initiatives and focus

continues on this as a key area of
future growth for Kentz.

nother busy,
successful and
eventful year for
Kentz, 2013 was a
milestone in the Companys
growth strategy.
The pipeline of prospects
grew by 18% and we have
a record backlog of over
US$4bn, including the backlog
from newly-acquired Valerus
Field Solutions.
Following the implementation
of the six strategic initiatives
identified in 2012, including the
Valerus acquisition, the Group
has now fine-tuned the structure
of its global business units. This
realignment brings operational
benefits in servicing clients
such as access to wider
resource pools with shared skills
and builds critical mass in
core areas. Existing services to
clients will be strengthened.
Engineering and Projects
The EPC Business Unit is being
renamed Engineering and
Projects to accurately reflect the
high, value-added professional
services that the business unit
executes. The business unit will
be led by Tush Doshi as Group
President, Engineering and
Projects Business Unit.
It will incorporate:
Continued offering of EPC
and EPCM services
Valerus operations in
its entirety
Global Engineering Services
Project Management
Consultancy services

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Tush Doshi
Group President, Engineering and
Projects Business Unit

Mike Murphy
Group President, Construction
and TSS Business Units

Construction and Technical

Support Services (TSS)

Eoin Hurley, Chief Operating

Officer of the Construction
Business Unit since 2009, is
retiring from his full-time role in
Kentz after 27 years of service.
In view of his value to Kentz, he
will remain working on a part-time
basis for the coming year.

Construction and TSS will

remain as separate business
units. However, the resources,
leadership and support will
be consolidated to maximise
operating efficiency and
business-winning opportunity
and to be consistent with the
demands of our clients. Michael
Murphy has been appointed
Group President, Construction
and TSS Business Units. These
two units will incorporate:
Construction; Structural,
Mechanical, Electrical,
Instrumentation and Piping
(SMEIP)
Remote Construction
Services
Completions and
Commissioning
Shutdowns and Turnarounds
General Support Services

Christian Brown, Chief Executive

Officer of Kentz, commented:
Given the successful growth
Kentz has delivered in the past
years, the recent acquisition of
Valerus, and the growth plans
we have for the future, we have
reviewed how we offer our
services to clients and moved
to ensure we provide a clear
and simple channel for
attaining what are complex
and valuable services.

For the purposes of financial

reporting in 2014, Kentz
will report through the three
business units, Engineering
and Projects, Construction and
TSS. Financial reporting for
2013 will be consistent with
the historical approach of EPC,
Construction and TSS.

The Board believes the

realignment of some of our
services provides a clearer
structure and allows the
Engineering and Projects
Business Unit to achieve a level
of scale that will enable its full
growth potential and help market
positioning with new and existing
clients. We have already seen
considerable success in securing
engineering contract awards since
the first phases of implementing

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I would like to thank Eoin Hurley

for his service to Kentz over the
past three decades. Since joining
Kentz, Eoin has participated
in a wide variety of projects in
Europe, the Middle East and
predominantly in Sub-Saharan
Africa, where he became
the Managing Director of the
Southern African Region prior to
becoming the Chief Operating
Officer for the Construction
Business Unit. I am delighted that
Eoin has agreed to remain with
Kentz for the next year.

I would like to thank Eoin Hurley for

his service to Kentz over the past three
decades. Since joining Kentz, Eoin
has participated in a wide variety of
projects in Europe, the Middle East and
predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa,
where he became the Managing Director
of the Southern African Region prior to
becoming the Chief Operating Officer
for the Construction business unit. I am
delighted that Eoin has agreed to remain
with Kentz for the next year.
Christian Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Kentz

Realigned Service Offerings

GROUP PRESIDENT
ENGINEERING & PROJECTS
Tush Doshi (former COO EPC)
ENGINEERING & PROJECTS

GROUP PRESIDENT
CONSTRUCTION & TSS
Mike Murphy (former COO TSS)
CONSTRUCTION

TSS

EPC

We have already
seen considerable
success in securing
engineering
contract awards
since the first
phases of
implementing our
strategic initiatives.
Christian Brown, Chief
Executive Officer of Kentz

EPCM

CONSTRUCTION
Structural, Mechanical,
Electrical, Instrumentation
and Piping (SMEIP)

VALERUS

REMOTE CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES
COMMISSIONING &
COMPLETIONS
GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES
SHUTDOWNS & TURNAROUNDS

Project Management Consultancy

(was TSS)

PMC
GLOBAL ENGINEERING
SERVICES

GLOBAL ENGINEERING
SERVICES (was TSS)
Realignment of service offerings; improved delivery to clients and operational benefits
Adds cohesion to 2013 & Beyonds strategic initiatives and acquisition of Valerus FS

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Seaway Heavy Liftings crane barge, Oleg Strashnov,

installing the Barzan topsides offshore Qatar

Kentz Secures
Two Saudi
Construction
Contracts

Kentz Estimating and

Business Development
team pictured with the
Engineering Manager for
Kentz in Saudi Arabia

aaden-Alcoa
Joint Venture has
awarded Kentz
two contracts for
works on the joint ventures
Aluminum Automotive sheet
project at Ras Al Khair
in the Eastern Province of
Saudi Arabia.

Back Row (L-R): Vinod

Mistry, BD Administration
Manager, Roland Plagata,
Proposals Co-Cordinator,
Nestor Secillano,
Senior Estimator Civil/
Structural, Alvin Borja,
Senior Estimator Piping/
Mechanical

Barzan Team
Moves to Doha

ollowing successful
work carried out
in South Korea,
Russell Stephenson,
Commissioning Manager for
Kentz, has brought his team
to Qatar for the hook-up and
commissioning of four offshore
platform topside modules as
part of the Barzan Gas Project
with RasGas.
The four modules (including
three wellhead platforms and
an additional living quarters
module, collectively weighing
9,500 tonnes) were transported
some 6,000 nautical miles on a
20-day journey, from Ulsan in
South Korea to Qatars North
Field on board a heavy lift
transport vessel 43 metres

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in width and more than

180 metres in length.
Seaway Heavy Lifting
subcontractor to Hyundai
Heavy Industries (HHI) safely
and successfully installed the
modules, using its 5,000-tonne
heavy lift crane vessel, the
Oleg Strashnov.
Kentzs Technical Support
Services team originally
based in Ulsan, has increased
in size from seven to 22
supervisors, with an additional
commissioning manager
facilitating shift work and
offshore rotation of supervisors.
Discipline technician numbers
remain unchanged at 55,
with most having transferred
from South Korea.

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In addition to the commissioning

team, Kentz has also supplied
HHI with over 100 artisans
to assist in the mechanical
completion activities. This
includes pipe fitters, structural
fitters, welders, riggers and
electricians, along with electrical
and instrumentation (E&I)
technicians. The Kentz team is
responsible for the control and
issuance of all work permits
covering the hook-up and
commissioning activities.

Kentzs scope of work is to

provide mechanical and piping
works, along with electrical
installation works. The contract
will be executed through the
Kentz Construction Business
Unit. The two contracts have
a combined value of US$18m
and will have duration of
eight months.

Front Row (L-R): Van

Arendayen, Senior
Estimator E&I, Roneel
Crisostomo, Senior
Estimator E&I, Jason
McNamara, Business
Development Manager,
Tony Joyce, Country
Business Unit Manager
Construction, Antonio
Castro, Country Proposals
Manager Construction

Jason McNamara, Business

Development Manager
for Kentz in Saudi Arabia,
commented: Maaden
has been a key client for
Kentz over the past few
years with this being the first
multidiscipline work Kentz has
secured with them. Kentz was
awarded a Contractor of the
Year award from Maaden
in 2012 for its contribution to
achieving first hot metal in
Ras al Khair. Kentz is excited
to expand our service offering
to the Maaden-Alcoa Joint
Venture and to increase our
presence in Ras Al Khair.

standard cubic feet of gas per

day (bscfd). As Qatar anticipates
an increased demand for
energy to fuel infrastructure
projects over the next decade,
the Barzan Gas Project has
monumental significance for the
countrys sustainable growth.
Intended to fuel the countrys
planned megaprojects, the
Barzan gas-processing trains
will make RasGas one of the
largest single gas processors in
the world.

RasGas was appointed

by shareholders QP and
ExxonMobil to manage the
Barzan Gas Project. When
the two trains are in operation,
they are expected to supply
approximately 1.4 billion

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Kentz employees receiving their certificates (Clockwise from the top) Frederick Tamayo, Project Administrator, Vaibhav Vilasrao
Badave, Lead Process Engineer, Saravanan Selvam, Piping Engineer.

equipment. This major milestone

was achieved by the joint project
teams truly embracing the
project motto of One Team,
One Goal.
Senior Projects Director
and Construction Business
Unit Country Manager, Neil
OMullane commented: I
want to express my earnest
congratulations and thanks to
all who have been involved in
achieving this milestone and
for the hard work, persistence
and determination you have
shown over the past two and a
half years. We look forward to
keeping up these efforts
to complete the rest of the
project safely.

Qatari Projects
Excel at Safety

ver the past couple

of months, Kentzs
project teams in Qatar
have accomplished
and been recognised for a
number of safety achievements
across the region.
In 2013, Kentz in Qatar reached
seven million man-hours without
a single Lost Time Injury (LTI) and
with a Total Recordable Incident
Rate (TRIR) of just 0.03.
To date, the SIDRA Medical
Research Centre Project has
achieved 14 million man-hours
Lost Time Injury (LTI) free, the
Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery
(JBOG) Project has achieved
three million man-hours LTI
free, and the RasGas GES
Project has completed 100,000
engineering man-hours LTI and
incident and injury free, with no
violation of RasGas safety rules
and permits to work.
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GRVE Project
Following Kentzs award in
2013 by Qatar Shell GTL Ltd
for EPCM services on the
Glass Reinforced Vinyl Ester
(GRVE) Integrity Improvement
Programme, a Team Building
and Progress Update Event
was hosted by Shell in the
Diplomatic Club in Doha.
The GRVE project on the Pearl
Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in
Ras Laffan will run for three
years until September 2016 and
consists of piping upgrades on
both the Feed Gas Processing
Unit (FGP), sour water service
and the utility acid hydrochloride
and hypochlorite system.
During a presentation at
the event, Qatar Shell GTL
Ltd awarded certificates
of recognition for Pride in

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Production to five Kentz

Engineering and Project
personnel, namely Frederick
Tamayo, Dinesh Bhurke,
Vaibhav Badave, Saravanan
Selvam and Sunil Kumar
Thankappan for their
performance and dedication to
the project.
As with all projects, safety
is paramount and all safety
precautions, including the
requirement to wear chemical
suits in certain areas of the
plant, were highlighted during
the presentation.
The highly informative day
ended with a barbeque on the
beach of the Diplomatic Hotel
with Shell senior management
attending the function.
Alan Deighton, Senior Project
Manager who presented at the
event supported by his discipline
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838-RasGas General
Engineering Project

managers, thanked all his

GRVE team for their excellent
work and achievements so far
on this difficult and challenging
project and also thanked Shell
for arranging the event.
JBOG Project
The completion of three
million man-hours without
a LTI on the JBOG Project
in Qatar underscores Kentz
Managements commitment to
providing consistent leadership
and safe working environments,
whilst supporting the JBOG
Project in continuing to be
one of the safest construction
projects in Qatar and Ras
Laffan Industrial City (RLIC).
The JBOG Project received
permanent 132kV power
from the Kahramaa regional
electricity network for the first

time following the safe and

successful energisation of the
132kV circuits and the main
100MVA transformers from the
Kahramaa Sub-Station (SS)
in late 2013. Since then, the
main transformers have been
successfully soaked and deenergised from the JBOG SS.
This is a major milestone for
Kentz and the project overall.
The JBOG Project 132kV SS is
the first SS of its type to be built
within Qatargas and marked
the culmination of two and a
half years work to bring 132kV
power from Kahramaa SS inside
RLIC to Ras Laffan Port and the
JBOG Project Site. Permanent
energisation of JBOG 132kV
SS means the project site has
permanent power available to
bring on-line the 33kV and low
voltage systems, which allows
for further commissioning and
start-up of associated plants and

The 838-RasGas GES Project

is proud to have completed
100,000 engineering manhours with excellent Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs).
These include no LTIs and
safety rule violations, 38 out of
42 on-time, client-commended
package completions, with
no engineering deliverables
rejected by the client. The
team achieved 100% on-time
submissions of costs, time and
resource sheets and on-time
close-out of service orders, and
submitted on-budget packages
with no negative variations.
Venkatesan Muthusamy,
Project Engineering Manager,
Qatar Kentz, commented:
On behalf of Kentz I would
like to extend my sincerest
thanks and appreciation to all,
particularly the field supervision
and workforce, who are the
backbone of this achievement.

Caption here

Attendees at the Shell GRVE Project Team Building and Progress Update Event

I want to express my sincere

congratulations and thanks to all
who have been involved in achieving
this milestone and for the hard work,
persistence and determination you
have shown over the past two and a
half years. We look forward to keeping
up these efforts to complete the rest of
the project safely.
Neil OMullane, Senior Projects Director and Construction
Business Unit Country Manager

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Kentz Achieves
Safety Milestone

Brownfield Success
Pleases Abu Dhabi Clients
Kentzs Engineering, Procurement and
Construction (EPC) Business Unit in Abu Dhabi
has successfully executed two EPC brownfield
projects to the satisfaction of longstanding clients
at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

Generator and was successfully

completed without a Lost Time
injury (LTI).
The second was the Electrical
Shutdown System (ESS)
upgrade project at the Habshan
NGL Gas production complex.
This safety integrity project
for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries
Limited (GASCO) is located 175
km south west of Abu Dhabi and
was completed in December
2013. The work scope included
replacing existing, obsolete
relay-based ESD systems
with up-to-date ESD systems;
the addition of machine
monitoring systems for existing
compressors; the addition of
associated ESD piping and
valves and an upgrade of
various field instruments. The
project involved 11 shutdowns
throughout its duration, and was
delivered with zero LTIs and
no interruption to concurrent
operations.

The safe completion of these

projects was particularly
challenging due to the
demanding shutdown schedules
in place. The management
of offshore logistics is also
a testing task, as it includes
just in time equipment and
materials mobilisation to the
oil platforms with very little lay
down space. In addition, the
integration of modern control
systems and equipment with
an aged platforms existing
systems is a challenge in itself.
During the ADMA Project,
the team mitigated this risk
as much as possible by very
meticulous and detailed
integrated acceptance testing
onshore, using sophisticated
simulation equipment. Despite
these challenges, both projects
were delivered safely and on
schedule. This is due to almost
entirely to the dedication of the
teams involved.

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Tush Doshi, Group

President, Engineering and
Projects Business Unit

Air Liquide Project Team

entz achieved the

significant milestone
in January 2014 of
500,000 man-hours
without a Lost Time Injury
(LTI) on the CBU Air Liquide
Project based in Witbank,
South Africa, where the
Company has been
operating since April 2013.

With total manpower peaking

at 445 and a Weld Reject Rate
(WRR) controlled and finalised
at 1.85%, the project team
has exceeded all expectations
to ensure Kentzs reputation,
quality and HSE vision are
maintained. This achievement
would have been impossible
without the commitment of
all Kentz employees and
subcontractors involved on
the project, as well as the

positive contribution made

by the HSE team.
Vincent Doyle, CBU Site
Manager, Kentz, commented:
I would like to thank everyone
on the Kentz Air Liquide project
for their commitment and
dedication. On what turned
out to be a very challenging
project in every aspect, the two
major achievements of the LTI
free hours and low WRR are
a definite credit to everyone

involved. It is my pleasure
to have worked with such a
focused and talented group of
people, and I look forward to
working with you all again.
Congratulations to all Kentzs
Management and staff
members involved in reaching
this remarkable achievement.

I would like to thank everyone on the Kentz

Air Liquide project for their commitment and
dedication. On what turned out to be a very
challenging project in every aspect, the two
major achievements of the LTI free hours and
low WRR are a definite credit to everyone
involved. It is my pleasure to have worked with
such a focused and talented group of people,
and I look forward to working with you all again.

ADMA-Opco, Zakum West Super

Complex, in the Zakum oil field

he first project was

the Turbo-Power
Generator Control
System Upgrade for
ADMA-OPCO, which is based
in the Zakum Oil Field, 85 km
offshore, north west of the Abu
Dhabi mainland on the Zakum
West Super Complex. The
project objective was to enhance
the control and performance of
two existing 13MW Rolls Royce
Gas Turbine Generators on the
platform and introduce a new
power management and load
sharing capability. This involved
retrofitting sophisticated turbine
control systems, the design
and addition of a new power
management system for load
management and the addition
of two gas metering skids, along
with associated piping. The new
systems were then integrated
to the platforms existing load
shedding philosophy. The
project scope included two
shutdowns for each Gas Turbine

Congratulations
to the teams who
contributed to the
safe completion
of these two
important EPC
projects in the
United Arab
Emirates. We are
delighted that
Kentz has recently
been awarded
two additional
EPC projects for
GASCO and a
new client. We
look forward
to continuing
our successful
relationship with
GASCO and
working with
a new client in
the region.

Vincent Doyle, CBU Site Manager, Kentz

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Jubail Sea Water Cooling Headworks, Saudi Arabia

Steady Progress
on Ichthys

he construction
team in Australia is
safely progressing
the installation of
the underground cabling and
interface management of
associated civil works for the
Ichthys Project Onshore
LNG Facilities at Blaydin
Point, Darwin, Northern
Territory, Australia.
Kentz is working in an alliance
with Leighton Contractors to
install approximately 3,000
km of underground cable. The
project team is very proud of
its exemplary safety record
to date on the project, with
Lost Time Injury (LTI), first aid
case frequency (FACFR) and
all injuries frequency rates
(AIFR) equalling zero. This
excellent safety performance is
a testament to the efforts of all
involved given the challenging
monsoonal conditions faced

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by the team. The difficult

conditions encountered
on a daily basis require
significant safety vigilance,
team work, patience,
interface management,
robust preparation and
dewatering procedures.
Mark Griffiths, Regional
Construction Business Unit
Manager, commented: The
camaraderie, focus on safety
and drive for innovative
solutions to combat the
challenging monsoonal and
cyclonic conditions are a credit
to the entire team, from all in
the field to the support and
leadership staff.
The team keeps developing
innovative ideas to minimise
such disruptions and improve
productivity. One such issue
for the longer cable pulls was
the varying ground levels

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encountered throughout the

trench design to incorporate all
services. The project team has
developed the novel approach of
staggering the pullies at different
levels to match the curves. This
not only solves the different
height issues but ensures that
the cables are protected at all
times. The overall success of
this approach was well received
by Leighton Contractors, Kentzs
alliance partner.
Whilst the project is only in the
early stages with 80,000 man
hours expended to date and
approximately 12 months until
completion, the continuous
team effort and drive to
succeed will see this project
successfully completed.
The Ichthys LNG Project
is a joint venture between
INPEX group companies (the
Operator), Total (major partner)

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and the Australian subsidiaries

of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Toho
Gas and Chubu Electric Power.
It is developing the Ichthys Field
in the Browse Basin off the
northwest coast of Australia.
INPEX has contracted JKC
Australia LNG Pty Ltd (JKC) to
engineer, procure and construct
the onshore LNG processing
plant consisting of two LNG
trains, with the capacity to
produce 8.4 million tonnes
of LNG, 1.6 million tonnes
of liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) per annum, as well as
approximately 100,000 barrels
of condensate per day at peak.

Calgary Team
Hosts Client Event

he Kentz team in
Calgary, along with
the Board of Directors,
recently hosted a
cocktail reception for Kentzs
Calgary-based clients. The
gathering included not only
existing, but also new and
prospective clients.
The event was held at Catch
Restaurant in the Hyatt Hotel.
It was an excellent opportunity
for the Board and Management
Executive Committee to meet
and, in a lot of cases, catch up
with the management of key
clients in the oil sands sector.

Senior client representatives

attended from Imperial Oil,
Suncor, Shell, ConocoPhillips,
CB&I, North West Redwater,
Statoil, Athabasca Oil Sands
Corp, Total and Devon.
Alan McFadden, Country
Manager in Canada
commented: This was an
excellent event for both the
local team in Canada, as well
as our Board of Directors, as
it provided us all with a great
chance to meet with our valued
clients in a social setting.
L-R: Dave Beldotti, Non-Executive Director of Kentz and Hareesh Pillai (Exxon Mobil)

L-R: Karl Frake (NWR), Rob Van Halderen

and Mary Ann Lee (Conoco Phillips)

L-R Alan McFadden and Keith Walters (Shell)

This was an excellent event

for both the local team in
Canada, as well as our Board
of Directors, as it provided
us all with a great chance to
meet with our valued clients
in a social setting.
Alan McFadden, Country Manager in Canada
L-R: Hans Kraus, Non-Executive Director of Kentz and Ryan Crockett (Exxon Mobil)

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South African Team signs

Framework Agreements

K
Tush Doshi
Engineering and Projects, Group
President

Carl Dyer
Regional Managing Director, Africa

entz in Southern Africa

has signed three
long-term framework
agreements with bluechip international companies
through its Engineering,
Procurement and Construction
(EPC) Business Unit recently
renamed as Engineering
and Projects.
The contracts include two EPC
Management (EPCM) services
agreements with an international
oil major to provide engineering
solutions on a task order
basis. The third agreement is
an EPCM services contract
with a Southern Africa power
utility, where Kentz will similarly
provide engineering solutions on
a task order basis.

strengthen and broaden our

EPC capabilities have shown
considerable promise as they
begin to deliver, and we are
delighted to see further wins for
our Engineering and Projects
division in Africa. Framework
agreements allow for the
provision of services as required
and on an immediate basis,
rather than through submitting
tenders for individual elements
as they are required.
Carl Dyer, Regional Managing
Director, Africa, commented:
These three awards further
demonstrate Kentzs strength
in the African region and our
commitment to Southern Africa.

Tush Doshi, Engineering and

Projects, Group President,
commented: The initiatives
we have put in place to

Moscow WPC Looms

Large on Kentz Calendar
Kentz in Southern
Africa has signed
three long-term
framework
agreements
with blue-chip
international
companies
through its
Engineering,
Procurement and
Construction (EPC)
Business Unit
recently renamed
as Engineering
and Projects.

Kentz is exhibiting at the 2014 World Petroleum

Conference (WPC), taking place in Moscow,
Russia from 15th to 19th June.

n its twenty first year, the

conference is expected to
be the WPCs largest yet,
accommodating over 600
exhibitors from 50 countries,
including international and
Russian oil and gas majors,
as well as service companies.
Amongst the visitors to the
exhibition will be over 5,000
senior level delegates and 500
speakers of the Congress.

Valerus will be in attendance. It

takes place at the Crocus Expo
International Exhibition Centre.

Kentzs stand will be in Hall

13, stand number E15, beside
ABB and opposite ENI. Senior
management from Kentz and

Elizabeth Skerritt, Development

Director for Europe and Western
Russia commented: We look
forward to this event as an

Growing interest in the Russian

oil and gas industry, and
general Arctic operations, has
recommended Moscow as the
choice location for this years
conference, where strong
representation from national
companies is expected.

opportunity to showcase our

proven abilities for delivering
top-quality engineering and
construction services to leading
international clients in some
of the most remote locations
on earth.
We would like to extend an
invitation to all our valued
clients in attendance to visit
our stand and meet the senior
management team.
For more information
on the event, please
visit www.21wpc.com

Elizabeth Skerritt
Development Director for Europe
and Western Russia

We would like
to extend an
invitation to all
our valued clients
in attendance
to visit our
stand and meet
the senior
management
team.
Elizabeth Skerritt,
Development Director
for Europe and
Western Russia

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Ethics
Column
What has the environment got to do with
our business and company ethics?

n order to get and maintain

operating licenses, all Kentz
group companies, joint
ventures and employees
must comply with the laws
of the land wherever the
Company does business.
Accordingly, Kentz recognises
its environmental responsibilities
arising from legislation and
regulations on the nature, scale
and environmental impacts of its
activities, products and services.

Kentz is committed to:

Managing the efficient use
of resources
Minimising environmental
impacts throughout its
operations
Developing and
implementing sustainable
solutions that contribute to
meeting worldwide energy
needs
Contributing constructively
to global sustainable
development
Preventing pollution
Identifying, assessing
and managing risks to the
environment.

Kentz takes statutory obligations

and regulations as minimum
requirements only; the
Company strives to maintain
leading industry practices
and to develop, implement
and maintain environmental
management systems that meet
the requirements of ISO 14001.
Kentz provides sufficient
resources of time, personnel,
finance, training, information
and supervision in pursuance
of these objectives and
does everything reasonably
practicable to ensure its
subcontractors do the same.
It is the duty of all personnel
including suppliers and
subcontractors to take all
reasonable precautions to
improve Kentzs environmental
performance by preventing
pollution, reducing waste,
minimising hazardous waste and
recycling as much as possible.
Launched in June 2012, the
Green Office Policy supports
Kentzs environmental reporting
and reduction of carbon
emissions as the Company
works towards the goal of
achieving carbon neutrality in
its offices.

It is the duty of all personnel including

suppliers and subcontractors to take
all reasonable precautions to improve
Kentzs environmental performance by
preventing pollution, reducing waste,
minimising hazardous waste and
recycling as much as possible.
As a Jersey-registered
company, Kentz has elected
to follow the guidance of
the new Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) mandatory reporting
requirements. Kentz
commenced measuring scope
one and two emissions on major
project sites from October 2013,
and will start reporting from
January 2014. These results
will be communicated in the
2014 Annual and Corporate
Responsibility (CR) Reports,
which will be published the
second quarter of 2015.

Working
towards
a common
GOAL

ollowing the devastation

caused by Typhoon
Haiyan across much of
the central Philippines
in November 2013, Kentz
established the Kentz Typhoon
Haiyan Relief Fund to enable
employees around the world to
contribute to the relief efforts
and support the affected families
and friends of Kentzs 3,500
Filipino employees.
Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda
as its known locally) wreaked
havoc across much of the
central Philippines. United
Nations (UN) and the Philippines
government data estimate the
number of people affected by
the typhoon at over 14 million of
which 5.9 million are children.
In total, 6,190 people were
killed, and more than four million
people were forced from their
homes. Through the generous
donations from employees
around the globe and Kentz
matched funding, the Kentz
Typhoon Haiyan Relief fund has
raised a total of US$300,000.
Having engaged in a
comprehensive selection
process, the Corporate
Responsibility (CR) Committee
selected international
humanitarian agency GOAL

After Haiyan struck, GOAL staff were soon distributing shelter materials and other aid to people whose homes had been destroyed

to invest the funds raised.

Kentzs donation will be used to
support a School Rehabilitation
Programme in the Jaro
Municipality on Leyte Island in
the Philippines. The area was
heavily damaged by the storms,
and research from the MultiCluster Needs Assessment
(MIRA) showed that teachers
were experiencing difficulties
delivering quality education
in damaged classrooms and
temporary learning spaces.
The project will involve working
with the Department of
Education to rehabilitate at least
39 schools that service the local
typhoon-affected communities,
providing safe learning

Many Filipinos volunteered to help assemble GOALs emergency aid kits

For more information on Kentzs waste reduction,

environmental programmes and policies, please contact your
local SSH&E departmental representative.

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environments for children. At

least 11,200 students (5,850
families) and 200 teachers will
directly benefit in at least 54
vulnerable communities. As well
as facilitating education, these
schools will serve an important
role as evacuation centres by
providing shelter to vulnerable
households. GOAL has
established a strong network
of local staff and community
volunteers to execute the
project, and an on-going aid
eligibility assessment of all
schools within the municipality,
which is being supported by
the teachers, district heads,
community leaders and the
Mayor of Jaro.
Similar to Kentz, GOAL was
founded in Ireland. It now
works across 14 countries
delivering a wide range of
humanitarian programmes and
is a non-denominational, nongovernmental and non-political
organisation. Its staff come from
many professional backgrounds,
including accountants,
nurses, doctors, nutritionists,
logisticians, engineers, and
administrative personnel. Kentz
previously worked with GOAL
in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami
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hit in 2004. A Kentz employee

spent over a year working with
GOAL building, reconstructing
and upgrading over 50 schools,
rebuilding local infrastructure
and providing temporary
shelters for the homeless.
GOAL endeavours to
engage with local partners at
community or local level in every
location where it responds to
emergencies or implements
programmes. Most of GOALs
staff are national, with only a
small number of international
staff. In the Philippines, GOAL
has engaged with a number of
local partners for the emergency
phase of operations, and
continues to seek opportunities to
work closely with local community
groups where it operates.
Kentz would like to thank
all those who have very
generously donated to the Kentz
Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund,
and looks forward to sharing
project updates in upcoming
publications.If you would like
more information on GOAL and
the work they do, please visit
http://www.goal.ie.

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MeetOurTeam
I

n this edition, we introduce

members of the 838-RasGas
team, which works on
the General Engineering
Services (GES) contract with
RasGas in Qatar. The GES
contract provides RasGas
with GES and engineering
manpower supply services
to supplement RasGass
engineering capacity during
the term of the contract. This
framework agreements scope
of work is to provide pre-FEED
(Front-End Engineering Design),
FEED and detailed engineering
design, construction and
procurement support services
for plant changes and projects
at the companys LNG plant at
RasLaffan Industrial City, at its
offshore platforms, harbour tank
farms, offloading jetties and
connecting infrastructure.
The contract became effective
in February 2011 for three
years and was extended by
two further years on account
of excellent performance. The
838-RasGas GES team has
recently completed 160,000
engineering man-hours on
budget with zero Lost Time
Incidents (LTI) and no rejection
of documents. It has maintained
excellent quality records with
no Non-Conformance Reports
(NCRs) to date.

Muthusamy
Venkatesan
My name is Venkatesan and I
am the Engineering Manager
for the RasGas GES Project
in Qatar. I am very proud to
have worked for Kentz for 11
years now; leading this RasGas
project contract is an honour.
Maintaining excellent project
KPIs, having cordial client
relationships, providing quality
and timely deliverables, and
working well with my team is
all very important to me. My
lovely wife is called Subashini,
and we are blessed with our
princess Kavya, an ardent lover
of classical music and dance.
I am known for my cheerful
smile and my interests
include yoga, meditation and
inner engineering.

Fourteen Kentz engineers

from various disciplines are
being supplied to RasGas and
the client has commended
their performance on various
occasions. These achievements
have been accomplished in
line with stringent RasGas
project requirements.

My name is Rakesh and I am

a Lead Civil and Structural
Engineer. I have been working
in the Middle East for 12 years.
I have been with Kentz in
Qatar for over four years and
the company has given me an
excellent opportunity to work on
multiple challenging brown- and
greenfield projects. I am proud
to be a part of the professional
and motivated project team
working on this RasGas
GES Project. I am married to
Anupama, an architect, and we
have two lovely children, Aditya
and Parineeta. I am blessed to
have my family living here with
me. Ensuring their safety and
spending quality time with them
motivates me in all that I do. In
my spare time, I enjoy going to
the beach and shopping.

Debabrata Sarkar
My name is Debabrata and I
am a Principal Instrumentation
Engineer. I joined Kentz in
Qatar last year. This is my
first time working outside of
my hometown back in India.
I love working with people of
different nationalities, but I also
miss the company of my wife
and two children back home.

The core project team was

recently moved to a new office
at Matter Business Centre.

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The most interesting part of my

job is the chance to work with
people from all walks of life. On
site, I have had the opportunity
to meet nationals from over 20
countries, which has been a
very memorable experience.
When I am not at work, I like
to take evening walks and
observe the surrounding
places, people and their culture.
Visiting Souq Waquif, a local
market, is one of my weekend
pastimes where I can meet
people from other parts of
the world.

Chandrakekaran
Govindaswamy
My name is Chandrasekaran
and I am a Principal Piping
Engineer and Design Lead
for the Rasgas GES project.
I received four certificates of
appreciation from RasGas for
successfully completing high
quality engineering work, on
time, with a remarkable safety
index. Management motivation
and good client relationship
are key factors to my success.
I love playing sport and am
captain of the Gladiator Cricket
Team. I have led the team to
the championships of the Kentz
Cricket League for three years
in a row now. My life is brighter
with the love of my family my
wife Radha and my two children
Rohith and Vikash.

Santosh Murkibhavi Saiprasad

My name is Santosh and I am
Indramohan
working as a Senior Process
Engineer for Kentz in Qatar. I
am from India, married to Jyoti
and blessed with two children:
daughter Tanushree and son
Arnav. GES projects are unique
and challenging as they involve
modifications in live plants. This
requires out-of-the-box thinking
in terms of scheduling and
project execution strategies,
all of which I enjoy. Kentz has
given me an opportunity to work
with a diverse group of people
and world-renowned clients.

My name is Saiprasad and I

am a Lead Engineering QA/
QC Co-ordinator for Kentz in
Qatar. I manage Engineering
and Design Quality for the
RasGas GES contract. I am
from Chennai in India and
occasionally do miss the hustle
and bustle we have back home.
I am an IRCA-UK registered
Lead Auditor for QMS and
am passionate about learning
and implementing concepts
of Six Sigma into engineering
design. I credit the RasGas
GES Projects management for
having facilitated and supported
the efforts made, to instill the
concept of engineering and
design quality into the executed
projects.The teams effort has
enabled us to set a remarkable
quality performance and
compliance benchmark for other
projects and contracts.

Ajay Narayan Rai

My name is Ajay Narayan Rai
and I am from India. I am a
Principal Electrical Engineer
and currently lead the electrical
engineering team on this
project. I have been working for
Kentz in Qatar for more than
five years. I am married with a
son. Leading the team, I have
been given the opportunity
to interact with people from
diverse backgrounds and
gained exposure to a different
countrys methods of operation
and engineering practices.
My colleagues are always
supportive and ready to take
on new challenges. Our team
believes that continuation is
the best way to grow, rather
than competition.

I receive the fullest support

from my family, especially from
my wife Priyanka, daughter
Parvathi and son Parvan, who
join me at regular intervals. I
love my job and take great
pride in my work. During my
spare time, I watch and play
my favorite sport, cricket. It
helps me unwind and removes
my stress.

Juver Cabug
My name is Juver, or Jhong
as my friends call me, and I
serve as a Cost Engineer on
this project. I have been with
the Company since 2008,
initially working in Abu Dhabi
before being transferred to
Qatar in 2010. I love working
on the GES project because of
the good rapport between the
team and the client. The team
has received a lot of praise
for delivering an excellent
performance and for finishing
the job within the schedule. The
lessons I have learned from
my experiences have allowed
me to grow in my career. My
motivation is my faith in God
and my family. I treasure my
supportive wife Haidey and my
lovely daughter Cambrie.

Sridharan
Radhakrishnan
My name is Sridharan and I am
from India. I work as a Senior
Document Controller on the
RasGas GES Project. I have
just completed my two-year
tenure with Kentz in Doha. I am
married and have two lovely
sons. I have previously worked
in many greenfield projects, but
this is my first experience on
a brownfield project and it has
accorded me an opportunity to
learn many new things. I love
to read and travel, especially
by trains in India. I am really
enjoying my time with Kentz
because it feels like we are
one family.

Premradh Nambiar
My name is Premradh, or Prem,
and I am from Kerala, India. I
work as Senior Administrator for
the Doha Engineering Centre of
Excellence on the RasGas GES
contract. I have been working
with Kentz in Qatar for the
past 10 years and have been
involved in several projects.
I am really grateful for the
enthusiasm and dedication of
my whole team and the support
I have been given by the
management. Even though I am
working away from my home,

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