Oil and gas pipeline engineering firm STATS Group has won a new pipeline repair contract in the Middle East worth $10 million (£6.4 million).
The 10-year contract will see STATS Group provide Emergency Pipeline Repair System (EPRS) and pre-planned isolation services to the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer, Qatargas, an existing client.
STATS Group will design, manufacture and test pipeline isolation and intervention equipment for a range of pipeline sizes.
The tooling and equipment will allow Qatargas to isolate and repair subsea and onshore pipelines in the event of a damage incident.
Qatargas will store the STATS Group equipment in a state of readiness at its offshore gas production facilities in Qatar's North Field and onshore LNG plant at Ras Laffan industrial city.
Aberdeenshire-based STATS Group secured a further £4.3 million investment from the Business Growth Fund in January which it said would help maintain the pace of expansion in the US and the Middle East.
STATS has to date executed more than 40 pipeline isolation projects in the Middle East and works with a number of oil and gas companies operating across the region.
STATS' Middle East regional director, Angus Bowie, said: "Our focus on establishing our credentials in the Middle East EPRS sector has paid off and our original contract with Qatargas has now been followed with this significant award by another major operator in the Middle East.
"STATS ability to tailor the mature isolation technology to meet client expectations has allowed the EPRS systems to accommodate complex operations while maintaining the core well proven fail-safe features.
"Our technologies are all designed, manufactured and tested in-house and have become the industry standard for some of the leading operators in the Middle East who require peace of mind when being able to respond to pipeline integrity and repair issues.
STATS Group was founded in 1998 by Peter Duguid and his sister, Lorraine Porter.
The company now employs 285 people, predominantly at its head office in Kintore, near Aberdeen, and at other sites in Inverurie, Kendal, Canada, Malaysia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.