Wood Group Kenny has been awarded the FEED contract for the subsea and pipeline element of the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, according to a press release. The project, the world's first full-chain CCS project on a gas-fired power station, is being developed by Shell, with strategic support from Scottish and Southern Energy.

The scope of the six-month contract includes: developing a landfall solution at the Peterhead Power Station; design of a new CO2 export pipeline from Peterhead Power Station to a subsea tie-in with the existing Goldeneye pipeline; and a new subsea intervention valve including controls system and tie-in spools.

A total of 80 engineers will support the project from Wood Group Kenny offices in Aberdeen and London.