British oilfield services company Petrofac has signed a $35m deal to provide specialist technical training and competency development services to Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

The contract is effective immediately and will be undertaken within Kuwait by the Training Services team of Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services division.

Under the five-year deal, Petrofac will support KOC in reviewing and updating its competency systems.

In addition, it will develop and deliver technical training programmes to enhance the capability of KOC’s operations and maintenance personnel.

Petrofac east engineering and production services training services vice-president Karim Osseiran said: “A team of more than 30 training professionals and technical specialists from Petrofac will be embedded within KOC’s operations to deliver skills and competency-based learning and development services at the frontline of production operations.”

"This project will build legacy value through the development of systems and processes to operationalise human capability development where it matters the most, in the field."

“This project will build legacy value through the development of systems and processes to operationalise human capability development where it matters the most, in the field.”

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The company added that the award demonstrates the importance placed by KOC on the development of competency within its workforce.

The contract was awarded following a competitive tendering process.

Petrofac designs, builds, operates and maintains oil and gas facilities in addition to offering engineering services such as conceptual and feasibility studies and front-end engineering and design (FEED) to detailed design for both onshore and offshore facilities.