Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract worth $350 million (Dh1.2 billion) for the Kauther gas-field depletion-compression project. The contract was awarded on behalf of the OmanGovernment by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), which has been developing the Sultanate's gas fields on behalf of the government since 1978. Petrofac will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the gas compression system, and associated facilities at the Kauther gas plant, in addition to commissioning and six months of initial operations. The project follows the completion of the Kauther gas plant in 2007, which Petrofac built on an EPC basis for PDO, including commissioning and operations. In early 2008, Petrofac was asked to carry out the front end engineering. Keep up with the latest business news from the region with the daily Emirates Business 24|7 newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, please click here .