Key region | Middle East

Designing the future of the Middle East

3,500+
remarkable people delivering full life cycle solutions
9
regional offices in UAE, Qatar, Iraq, KSA, Kuwait and Oman
90+
years delivering excellence in region

Global expertise, local power, regional impact

Across the Middle East, Wood designs, builds and optimises complex assets, combining global expertise with deep regional insight to deliver resilient, high-performing solutions across energy and industry. Our advanced digital solutions, sustainability leadership and commitment to local development underpin everything we do.

Your project partner

Delivering certainty in complex projects with expert engineering and execution.

Leaders in lowering carbon

Helping to advance decarbonisation goals, powered by digital.

Asset optimisation experts

Enhancing efficiency through digitalisation, maintenance and modifications.

Our solutions

Full life cycle greenfield and brownfield solutions delivered locally, powered by global experience.

Iraq workers

Our people

Our strength lies in our people. Across the Middle East, our teams bring expertise, passion and curiosity to solve complex client challenges - driving performance, building trust and fostering long-term partnerships.

Investing in the region's future

We see the development of local talent as a long-term investment in the region’s future. By creating meaningful career pathways and building technical capability, we’re helping shape a resilient workforce ready to meet tomorrow's challenges. Hear from our Talent and Development Lead, Roshni Barot, on how we do this.

Nationalisation and graduate programmes

Through initiatives like the Basra Technical Training Centre (BTTC) and our graduate and nationalisation programmes, we’re empowering the next generation with skills to thrive - supporting in-country value and aligning with national development goals.

Explore jobsGraduate programmeBasra Technical Training Centre

Middlel east onshore project

A reliable project partner, trusted globally

From offshore platforms in the Gulf to onshore desert facilities, we bring confidence to execution across greenfield and brownfield environments. With deep expertise and full life cycle capability, we deliver some of the region’s most complex energy and materials projects.

Multi-phase EPCM execution

We understand the scale and complexity of the Middle East’s energy ambitions, supporting mega-project delivery with safe, low-risk EPCM execution, advanced technologies and efficient, cost-effective outcomes.

Project solutions, tailored to you

Whether integrating tie-ins on live assets or designing future-ready infrastructure, our solutions are tailored to each project’s unique demands. By combining global expertise with local insight, we deliver value where it matters most.

More than a service provider, we’re a trusted regional partner - building enduring partnerships through consistent, quality performance.

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Digital and decarbonisation experts

The Middle East is moving fast - demand for energy is rising, emissions must fall and innovation can’t wait.

Smart, sustainable and low carbon solutions

Using digital twins, AI and data, we make projects and operations smarter, safer and more sustainable through market-leading strategies – building clear, achievable roadmaps to achieve your asset's goals.

Dedicated hubs to advance digital and decarbonisation

Through our regional Digital & AI and Energy Transition Hubs and range of innovative solutions, we deliver tailored strategies that optimise performance, reduce carbon intensity and uncover value across the asset lifecycle.

In a region where urgency drives innovation, we partner with our clients to turn digital transformation and decarbonisation ambitions into tangible results.

$1bn
mitigated design costs through our digital twin solution for major operator in region
$550k
saved annually using maintAI to identify and release maintenance capacity for an NOC
No.1
digital transformation partner of choice for leading Middle East energy client

When you work with Wood, you don’t work with one person or department – you work with a full ecosystem. It’s a partnership. It’s not a client vendor relationship. We both look for win win scenarios, trying to achieve a common goal.

Khaled Alkhoujah
Team Leader for Innovation and Development, ADNOC
Training Iraq

Leaders in asset optimisation 

In a region with ageing and complex infrastructure, our brownfield expertise helps clients extend asset life, boost production, and improve efficiency, safely and sustainably.

Fit for purpose, expertly engineered modifications

Through expertly engineered modifications and EPC, we reduce flaring, enhance performance and unlock measurable value aligned with production and sustainability goals. 

A global legacy of operations and maintenance expertise, delivered locally

With over 50 years of global operations and maintenance experience, we bring world-class expertise to the region. Our teams apply global benchmarking and deep technical insight to create and execute market-leading strategies that improve reliability, reduce downtime and maximise production – no matter the age, size or complexity of the asset.

15-20
years asset life extension achieved through fit for purpose solutions on over 70 offshore assets in Brunei
2
year delivery of a complex upgrade flare system project, from concept to commissioning
50
years of global maintenance experience, now supporting Middle East operations

How can we support you?

Connect with our regional growth leaders to explore how Wood’s engineering and consulting expertise can support your strategic goals.

Stuart Turl
Vice President Consulting and Decarbonisation
Martin Simmonite
Senior Vice President, Operations
Joe Carter
Vice President, Projects