Alliance Engineering Awarded Contract for Rice Energy Natural Gas Pipeline

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Apr 04, 2012, 11:29 ET

HOUSTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group's Alliance Engineering has been awarded a contract to provide a variety of services for Rice Energy's proposed natural gas pipeline system in Washington County, Pa. The system includes 6.5 miles of 16" steel pipeline along with a 12" clean water line, well connect lateral provisions and pipeline inspection facilities that will transport Marcellus Shale gas from locally drilled wells to others' sales gas pipelines. Alliance will provide overall project management for the project, including coordination of permitting, surveying, engineering, design, procurement and mapping, as well as construction management and inspection for the new facilities.

"Alliance's Canonsburg, Pa. office will perform the lead role in Rice's strategic development of this Marcellus asset locally," said Edmund Hugo Lunde, president of Alliance. "Our Canonsburg team members average more than 25 years of local experience in overall project management and project execution strategies that will help ensure a safe, efficient and quality field development for Rice Energy."

Pre-construction activities for permitting, surveying, engineering design and procurement of materials will take place through spring 2012. Construction is scheduled to start thereafter, with the pipeline to be placed into service by fall 2012.

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Alliance Engineering provides highly optimized concept-to-completion custom engineering and design solutions for the oil and gas industry, and past projects include some of the world's most recognized project developments. With an emphasis on quality initiatives, cost-effective engineering, and a partnership approach to customer relationships, Alliance has provided cutting-edge and fit-for-purpose engineering services for customers worldwide. Alliance offers services and expertise for: offshore projects, including topsides facilities for fixed-platforms, FPSOs, semi-submersibles, tension leg platforms (TLP) and SPAR-type deepwater developments, and onshore projects, including upstream production and processing facilities, compressor stations, pipelines, and storage projects. Alliance has offices in Houston, Denver and Canonsburg, PA. www.alliance-engineering.com

Wood Group (John Wood Group PLC) is an international energy services company with $6bn sales, employing more than 39,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses – Engineering, Wood Group PSN and Wood Group GTS - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.

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