AMEC Berca awarded oil and gas contract for Total's Tunu field.

UK engineering firm AMEC said on tuesday its Indonesian JV company AMEC Berca Indonesia (ABI), based in Jakarta, has won a US$1million oil and gas engineering design contract on Total E&P Indonesie's Tunu Phase 11 development, Indonesia.

ABI will be responsible for detailed engineering work, including pre-engineering, survey, detailed engineering and final documentation for a new utility platform for the Tunu shallow-water gas field in the Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan, said the company.

The contract has been awarded by PT Punj Lloyd Indonesia, Total's engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the platform.

The work is scheduled to be completed in September 2007, with the platform due to commence operation in mid-2008.

This is the third contract awarded to ABI in the last month, the most recent of which was the provision of detailed design services to PT Meindo Elang Indah for Total's Tatun Oily Water platform, also in the Mahakam Delta.(alex)