Petrofac in the Americas
United States
Petrofac came to life in Tyler, Texas in 1981, with a focus on the modular fabrication of petroleum facilities. Today in the US, we are a 500-strong team, supporting the onshore and offshore energy community, particularly in the Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico.
We provide engineering, maintenance, management, operations and decommissioning support services across the life cycle of upstream, midstream, and downstream assets.
Our US team is primarily focused on the delivery of:
- facility design and wells engineering
- pipeline installation
- field facility construction
- field maintenance
- project management
- procurement
- operational readiness (for greenfield projects)
- offshore decommissioning and onshore site reclamation
We provide specialist consultancy and technical support to add further value.
Technical excellence drives results
Our engineering capability focuses on wells and decommissioning, with a team experience comprising more than 4,000 well P & A project, 600 facility removals and 500 pipeline abandonments. We draw on Petrofac’s global engineering resources to drive absolute value for our clients.
Strong delivery with a clear focus on safety, integrity and quality
We are proud of our delivery across all projects, including the ultra-fast EPC field development project in West Texas, delivered safely and in record time - only seven months from the first greenfield site meeting to full turnkey EPC and first oil.
From mature asset management to decommissioning
We support clients to extend the economic and operational life of assets and supporting facilities and wells decommissioning activities.
Through our flexible approach to the delivery of discrete or fully integrated services, we ensure:
- Value creation - we fuse global expertise with efficient fit-for-purpose delivery models for safe, responsible and cost-effective execution.
- Integrated execution - fully integrated support from field facility design, through operations into well and facility decommissioning means fewer interfaces and a more streamlined and seamless process.
- Predictable delivery - decades of operational, field maintenance and decommissioning experience means you can be confident your asset is being managed successfully, right to the end.
Our work
We lead a large-scale, integrated, multi-asset decommissioning in the Gulf of Mexico.
Our work
Ensuring workforce competence across the industry
Our training and competence solutions complement our wider activities, helping our clients to achieve operational competency across their organisation, assets, and the regions they operate.
Global relationships and buying power
As a Tier 1 global contractor, we have existing and proven alliances with specialist services and heavy lift contractors across the world. We leverage these relationships, and our experience of major projects, to optimise value throughout the projects we deliver.
Commercial flexibility
We are flexible too, supporting reimbursable time and material cost plus projects, discrete detailed design contracts through to full greenfield EPC. And we deliver through a range of service contracts, including Master Services Agreements (MSA), EPCm and project-specific contracts.
Expanding our capability in the Permian
In 2019, we acquired W&W Energy Services to support our growth in the US onshore services market. The combination of W&W’s footprint and strong local brand and Petrofac’s engineering, modifications and project delivery capability and experience will support us in delivering more for clients in the region.
Find out more about W&W Energy Serves on their dedicated website.
Petrofacts
Our leadership in the US
John Glithero, President
As President of Petrofac’s Americas business, John Glithero leads all elements of the company’s growth and operations in the region.
John has more than 28 years’ industry experience in energy and oilfield support services, including tenures as Senior Vice President, Business Development for Wood Group Americas, and prior to that, President of Wood Group (WGPSN). A native of Texas, John has throughout his career been instrumental in various high-profile business acquisitions, including Wood Group’s purchase of Baker Energy.
Iain Murray, Vice President
Iain oversees Petrofac’s strategy planning in the US and leads the company’s business development and commercial activities in the region.
Prior to joining Petrofac, Iain held a number of senior executive, leadership, and functional roles during his 20-year career with Wood Group, including General Counsel, Americas, President of Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development for Wood Group PSN. Iain is originally from Scotland, moved to the US in 1998 and is now a US citizen. In his career, he has been involved in Joint Ventures, acquisitions, mergers, and IPOs totalling more than US$2bn in value, and in the restructure and growth of three significant US businesses.