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From Energy Voice.
Beleaguered Petrofac said that its restructuring plan “is no longer deliverable in its current form,” despite previous threats of insolvency.
The pair signed an offshore wind framework agreement for Petrofac and Hitachi Energy to deliver six 2GW grid connection systems, out of the fourteen that TenneT had planned.
“Since Petrofac has not been able to meet its contractual obligations, TenneT has exercised its right to partial termination of the contract related to the Petrofac scope,” TenneT said.
The UK High Court approved the company’s plans to raise $355 million (£280m) in funding in May, but this was met with opposition from Saipem and Samsung E&A over a clean fuels project at a Thai Oil refinery.
The Thai Oil arbitration served as a major stumbling block, as Petrofac claimed that other areas of its business were being impacted.
“It’s not just the supply chain, we have clients, and in particular TenneT, who are at the end of their tether if you’ll forgive that expression,” said Petrofac CFO Afonso Reis e Sousa.
He added that despite TenneT being understanding and affording the company deadline extensions, if the deal were to fall through, there would be “no prospect of a solvent outcome”.
At the time, the judge said the alternative to the agreed restructuring is not Plan B, but liquidation.
Hitachi Energy, meanwhile, stays on the TenneT project with a new contractor.