Oct 9 (Reuters) - Australian engineering firm WorleyParsons 
Ltd  WOR.AX  said on Monday it would buy the former upstream oil 
and gas assets of Britain's Amec Foster Wheeler Plc  AMFW.L  for 
228 million pounds ($298.22 million), marking its entry into the 
UK North Sea market. 
    WorleyParsons said in a statement on Monday that it would 
launch an A$322 million ($250.32 million) entitlement offer to 
pay for the acquisition. 
 
 
($1 = 1.2863 Australian dollars) 
 
($1 = 0.7645 pounds) 
 
 (Reporting by Susan Mathew in Bengaluru; Editing by Byron Kaye 
and Richard Chang) 
 ((susan.mathew@thomsonreuters.com; +91-80-6749-1130; Reuters 
Messaging: susan.mathew.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: AMEC FOSTER M&A/WORLEYPARSONS