Recognizing some of the UK offshore industry’s strongest talent, the shortlist for the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards has been announced today (Monday, 12 January 2015)
The annual awards, sponsored by TAQA, are organized and hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section and recognize exceptional performance across a range of categories. The 12 awards celebrate individual achievements, company performance and significant innovations in safety and technology.
Ian Phillips , SPE Aberdeen director and chief executive of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, said: “The 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards have again attracted an exceptionally high calibre of entrants and we are delighted to announce the very strong line-up of finalists this year. Once again, judges were impressed by the talent and performance demonstrated in the UK offshore industry.
“These awards are a great platform for companies and individuals to gain recognition and this year, we have had more entries than ever. There was a particular increase in nominations in the Emerging Technology and Small Company categories which is extremely encouraging. It is vital to the longevity of the energy industry that new technologies are continually being developed and new, smaller players often play a key role in this innovation.”
“We are also pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s new category, Outstanding Graduate Programme, and are confident that the initiatives devised by each company will inspire others to ‘grow their own’ skilled personnel.”
The 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards finalists are:
Innovator (sponsored by Maersk Oil)
Expro North Sea
Proserv
Return to Scene
WEB Rigging Services
Emerging Technology (sponsored by Nexen)
Churchill Drilling Tools
Delphian Ballistics
Paradigm Flow Services
Safety Innovations (sponsored by Met Office)
Nautronix
Senscient
The Survitec Group
Environmentalist (sponsored by TWMA)
CETCO Energy Services
Paradigm Flow Services
Sureclean
Export Achievement
Alba Power
Tekmar Energy
Wireline Engineering
Working Together (sponsored by OPITO)
Decom North Sea
Maersk Oil
Senscient
Outstanding Graduate Programme (sponsored by Robert Gordon University)
ACE Winches
Maersk Oil
Petrofac Offshore Projects and Operations
Young Professional (sponsored by Nalco Champion)
Brendan Forbes, Sparrows Group
Rory Gregor, Petrofac
Murray Kerr, SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions
Inspiring Leader (sponsored by MOL Group)
Murray Kerr, SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions
Mal Lowe, Petrofac
Dr Liane Smith, Wood Group Intetech
Great Small Company (sponsored by Wood Group PSN)
ASET International Oil & Gas Training Academy
Merlin ERD
SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions
Great Large Company (sponsored by Offshore Europe Partnership)
Aker Solutions
Proserv
Stork
Significant Achievement (sponsored by Aker Solutions)
Announced at the ceremony
More than 500 industry professionals are expected to attend the awards ceremony, taking place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) on Thursday 12 March 2015.