The 10-year contract begins in January 2008 and will employ approximately 300 individuals to provide pipeline maintenance services across approximately 2,000km of pipelines.

Tim Nesler, CEO of Energy Maintenance Services (EMS) Group, said: This is the largest contract ever awarded to EMS. The scope of the contract term and services we will provide Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) validates our vision of being a unique, single source provider of an integrated solution for pipeline operations and maintenance services.