What we do
Practical, executable brownfield studies that help you make project decisions on live energy and material assets.
Trusted, constructable brownfield concepts
Our brownfield study experts specialise in assessing small, medium and large modifications to your existing assets. Whether focused on decarbonisation, late life enhancements, asset life extension programmes or capacity enhancements, we provide constructable and expert designs that you can trust. As front-end specialists, we bring you consistency, efficiency and expert oversight at every step by ensuring your asset design is backed by clear technical insight - reducing uncertainty and giving dependable cost and schedule outcomes.
Why Wood
Reduced execution and operational risk early
Practical, low-cost solutions for live assets
Accelerated progress from concept to execution
How we do it
Rapid framing
We provide a clear, controlled pathway through project phases, providing a trustable design with consideration of operating constraints, constructability and decades of execution experience.
Multidiscipline expertise
We use multidisciplined engineers across process, piping, mechanical, structural, electrical, instruments and construction to build realistic, expert solutions.
Real world design
Our studies reflect live‑asset constraints like shutdown windows, Persons on Board (PoB) limits, temporary works and legacy conditions - ensuring concepts are executable, not theoretical.
Challenge assumptions
From decarbonisation scopes to integrity‑driven modifications, we test alternatives using operational data, benchmarking and expert judgment to uncover the most practical, lean solution.
Customer success story
Concept study for major topside FPSO modification
Confidential | EMEA
The FPSO was experiencing water injection and power limitations, which restricted future gas recovery. The client needed a workable technical solution supported by clear cost and schedule definition ahead of a key decision gate.
Wood carried out reliability and availability modelling across multiple options as part of a concept study for a major topsides modification. The analysis confirmed that a single, larger gas‑turbine‑driven seawater injection pump could deliver the same availability as a multi‑pump configuration.
Wood’s modelling enabled the client to adopt a lower‑cost, streamlined single‑pump solution, removing the need for an additional seawater injection pump and associated equipment. This optimisation delivered a $22 million saving against CAPEX, achieved through robust technical definition of the concept and a clearer, more efficient execution schedule.
- $22m
- saving against CAPEX through robust definition of concept and execution schedule
End to end expertise, shaped by real operations
As a full life cycle partner, our concepts transition into Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and execution with minimal rework and full continuity – taking lessons learned from across an extensive global portfolio. Our front‑end stages enhance predictability throughout the EPCCC lifecycle, resulting in more controlled and consistent project outcomes.
Customer success story
Cost-efficient brownfield engineering for an offshore asset
Confidential | Gulf of America
The client needed to reduce engineering and project delivery costs across a series of brownfield scopes, without compromising quality or extending timelines. Traditional delivery models were no longer competitive, and efficiencies were required for ongoing work.
Wood deployed its global execution model, combining local oversight with extensive workshare through our Centre of Excellence in Bogotá. This blended approach enabled access to high‑quality multidiscipline engineering at a lower cost while maintaining strong governance and seamless integration with the client’s teams.
Wood delivered an average 54% reduction in project cost across all scopes delivered over the past eight months. The savings were driven primarily by efficient workshare from Bogotá, while maintaining consistent quality and schedule performance.
- 54%
- reduction in project costs over all scopes in 8 months
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Brownfield engineering
Practical, fit for purpose modifications for your asset
Our brownfield specialists are ready to move concepts seamlessly into execution - bringing practical, fit‑for‑purpose modifications expertise that’s been proven across mature, congested and ageing assets.
With over fifty years experience delivering scalable brownfield modifications that maximise production, we help major energy and material companies extend asset life, enhance production and ensure safe, efficient operations.