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mod
ule
s,w
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hw
illpr
otec
tw
orke
rsfr
omh
igh
tem
pera
ture
san
dex
cess
ive
hu
mid
ity
leve
lsw
hils
toff
shor
e.
The
new
HVA
Csy
stem
has
been
inst
alle
din
the
new
wor
kspa
cem
odul
esth
atar
een
-rou
teto
base
sin
the
Mid
dle
East
and
late
rto
Sing
apor
e.It
has
been
desi
gned
tom
aint
ain
tole
rabl
ew
orki
ngco
ndit
ions
for
offsh
ore
wor
kers
clos
eto
the
actu
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ellh
ead,
and
othe
rex
cess
ivel
yho
tan
dhu
mid
envi
ronm
ents
.Eve
nun
der
this
stre
ss,t
hein
teri
orof
the
wor
kspa
ceun
itre
mai
nsat
aco
nsta
ntte
mpe
ratu
re.
This
isdu
eto
apu
rpos
e-bu
iltsu
perc
harg
edH
VAC
syst
emw
hich
can
cope
wit
hte
mpe
ratu
res
inex
cess
of50
°C(fi
fty
degr
ees
Cel
sius
).St
affre
gula
rly
face
thes
ete
mpe
ratu
res
whe
nw
orki
ngoff
shor
ein
plac
essu
chas
the
Ara
bian
Gul
f,In
dian
Oce
anan
dth
eSo
uth
Chi
naSe
a.Th
ene
wH
VAC
syst
emen
sure
sth
atth
eoff
shor
est
affw
ork
ina
safe
and
tem
pera
ture
cont
rolle
den
viro
nmen
t,he
lpin
gth
emto
perf
orm
thei
rjo
b,no
mat
ter
how
high
the
tem
pera
ture
reac
hes.
Ferg
uson
Gro
up’s
engi
neer
ing
team
wan
ted
tofu
rthe
ren
hanc
ew
orks
pace
mod
ules
for
the
Mid
dle
East
and
Oce
ania
regi
ons.
They
conc
lude
dth
ata
crit
ical
impr
ovem
ent
wou
ldbe
toin
crea
seth
eH
VAC
unit
’sab
ility
tofu
ncti
oneffi
cien
tly
unde
rex
trem
ete
mpe
ratu
refl
uctu
atio
ns,p
arti
cula
rly
duri
ngst
art-
upor
purg
ese
quen
ces.
Oft
enth
eun
itw
ould
best
arti
ngfr
oma
very
low
tem
pera
ture
orbe
requ
ired
tost
art-
upan
dw
ork
atm
axim
umeffi
cien
cyin
ash
ort
spac
eof
tim
e,in
orde
rto
purg
eth
em
odul
eof
any
pote
ntia
llyto
xic
gase
s.Th
eun
itha
dto
beab
leto
wor
kfo
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ngpe
riod
sof
tim
ein
extr
eme
wea
ther
,par
ticu
larl
yex
trem
ehe
atan
dal
sodu
ring
exte
nded
peri
ods
ofhi
ghhu
mid
ity,
whi
char
eso
me
ofth
em
ost
chal
leng
ing
envi
ronm
enta
lcir
cum
stan
ces
for
unpr
otec
ted
pers
onne
lto
wor
kin
.The
team
wan
ted
tote
stth
atth
eir
new
syst
emw
ould
bem
ore
tole
rant
toth
ese
envi
ronm
enta
lcon
diti
ons.
The
syst
emw
asth
ente
sted
atth
ew
orld
-ren
owne
dM
otor
Indu
stry
Res
earc
hA
ssoc
iati
on(M
IRA
)in
Nun
eato
n,in
test
cham
bers
that
coul
dac
cura
tely
sim
ulat
eth
eex
trem
eco
ndit
ions
the
unit
had
been
desi
gned
tow
iths
tand
.The
unit
was
test
edto
wel
love
r50
°C,a
ccor
ding
toU
Km
ilita
ryst
anda
rdD
efSt
an00
-35
Elem
ent
4.Th
ese
stan
dard
sar
eso
me
ofth
em
ost
exac
ting
avai
labl
e,as
ther
eis
the
pres
umpt
ion
that
the
subj
ect
will
bew
orki
ngun
der
perm
anen
tst
ress
.The
unit
was
asse
mbl
edas
part
ofa
mod
ule
and
take
nto
ate
stch
ambe
rw
here
itw
assu
bjec
ted
toov
er50
°Can
d70
%hu
mid
ity
for
five
cont
inuo
usda
ys,w
itho
utan
yde
grad
atio
nof
effici
ency
inop
erat
ion.
The
HVA
Cun
its
wer
ete
sted
toth
eve
ryed
geof
thei
rca
pabi
litie
s,si
mul
atin
gso
me
ofth
ew
orst
extr
emes
whi
chca
nha
ppen
onea
rth.
Exce
ssiv
ete
mpe
ratu
reco
uple
dw
ith
very
high
hum
idit
yis
ara
reco
mbi
nati
on,b
utit
can
happ
enoff
shor
epa
rtic
ular
lyw
hen
drill
ing
isoc
curr
ing.
Dr
Julia
nPo
yner
,gro
upen
gine
erin
gdi
rect
orat
Ferg
uson
Gro
up,
expl
aine
dw
hyth
eyto
okth
eun
itto
the
edge
ofit
sca
pabi
litie
sin
the
dem
andi
ngU
KM
inis
try
ofD
efen
ceap
prov
edST
AN
test
s:“D
efSt
an00
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desc
ribe
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em
eteo
rolo
gica
land
biol
ogic
alen
viro
nmen
tslik
ely
tobe
expe
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ced
bym
ater
ials
used
for
shel
ters
,and
the
effec
tsof
thes
een
viro
nmen
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the
shel
ter
itse
lf.Th
eyar
eno
n-de
stru
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ete
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whi
chch
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nge
the
mat
eria
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used
.We
felt
that
ifw
eco
uld
sim
ulat
eth
ew
orst
poss
ible
clim
atic
envi
ronm
ents
inth
ete
stch
ambe
rov
eran
exte
nded
peri
od,t
hen
this
wou
ldm
ean
that
we
wou
ldha
vea
robu
stH
VAC
syst
emth
atco
uld
bein
stal
led
spec
ifica
llyon
thos
em
odul
esde
stin
edfo
roff
shor
elo
cati
ons
whi
chex
peri
ence
high
tem
pera
ture
san
dun
derc
onst
ant
stre
ssfo
ralo
ngpe
riod
ofti
me.”
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Poyn
erco
ntin
ued:
“The
HVA
C(a
irco
ndit
ioni
ng)s
yste
mca
nop
erat
eat
max
imum
effici
ency
ata
muc
hhi
gher
tem
pera
ture
than
the
indu
stry
stan
dard
.Our
HVA
Csy
stem
can
wor
kco
mfo
rtab
lyat
50°C
(fift
yde
gree
sC
elsi
us),
itca
nal
soco
pew
ith
very
hum
idco
ndit
ions
,up
to70
%hu
mid
ity
atth
esa
me
tim
eas
the
high
tem
pera
ture
,or
very
cold
tem
pera
ture
sw
itho
utlo
ssof
effici
ency
.Gas
leak
sof
flam
mab
lega
ses
are
part
icul
arly
com
mon
inth
eA
rcti
can
dth
eun
its
can
prot
ect
the
inha
bita
nts
from
the
effec
tsw
itho
utan
ych
ange
inth
eci
rcum
stan
ces
insi
deth
em
odul
es.T
his
mea
nsth
atth
em
odul
e’s
HVA
Csy
stem
can
cope
wit
htw
oof
the
wor
stpo
ssib
lew
orki
ngen
viro
nmen
tssi
mul
tane
ousl
y.
“We
have
also
re-e
ngin
eere
dth
efa
nsu
pply
syst
em,w
hich
gets
fres
hai
rin
toth
eca
bin
mor
eeffi
cien
tly.
This
isus
eful
for
the
purg
ese
quen
cew
hen
the
unit
sar
ebe
ing
inst
alle
das
itpu
rges
the
air
out
ofth
em
odul
em
uch
quic
ker
than
befo
re.”
This
unit
has
been
cons
truc
ted
inre
spon
seto
cust
omer
feed
back
,an
dha
sbe
ende
sign
edw
ith
the
Gul
fand
Sout
h-ea
stA
sian
mar
kets
inm
ind.
Dr
Poyn
erad
ded:
“We
are
valu
een
gine
erin
gou
ren
tire
prod
uct
rang
eto
furt
her
ensu
reth
atea
chpi
ece
ofeq
uipm
ent
can
mee
tit
sfu
ncti
onan
dm
ore
impo
rtan
tly
inve
stig
ate
whe
rew
eca
nen
hanc
esa
fety
feat
ures
.Cus
tom
erfe
edba
ckis
esse
ntia
lto
this
,and
we
then
look
atho
ww
eco
uld
build
the
best
tank
,con
tain
eror
acco
mm
odat
ion
spac
epo
ssib
le.”
The
HV
AC
(air
con
dit
ion
ing
)sy
stem
can
op
era
tea
tm
axi
mu
meffi
cien
cya
ta
mu
chh
igh
erte
mp
era
ture
tha
nth
ein
du
stry
sta
nd
ard
.Ou
rH
VA
Csy
stem
can
wo
rkco
mfo
rta
bly
at
50°C
(fift
yd
egre
esC
elsi
us)
,it
can
als
oco
pe
wit
hve
ryh
um
idco
nd
itio
ns,
up
to70
%h
um
idit
ya
tth
esa
me
tim
ea
sth
eh
igh
tem
per
atu
re,o
rve
ryco
ldte
mp
era
ture
sw
ith
ou
tlo
sso
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ove
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tive
lyan
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fely
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erat
ions
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obile
and
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onan
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logy
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stic
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erat
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and
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med
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ansf
orm
ing
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proc
ess
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agin
gas
sets
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preh
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pply
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nan
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erat
ions
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agem
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gned
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hm
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nts’
need
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cuse
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insi
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hich
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sts
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ngs,
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lst
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ovin
gsa
fety
.
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rins
ixes
sent
ially
help
sto
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geth
ega
pbe
twee
ncl
ient
s’offi
ce-b
ased
corp
orat
eop
erat
iona
ldat
aan
dth
e‘c
oalfa
ce’,u
sing
hand
held
tech
nolo
gyto
tran
sfor
mth
ew
ayop
erat
iona
ltas
ksar
epe
rfor
med
,hel
ping
toop
tim
ise
thei
rin
spec
tion
and
repa
irpr
oces
s,en
sure
com
plia
nce
wit
hin
dust
ryre
gula
tion
san
dm
anag
eas
sets
duri
ngth
een
tire
lifec
ycle
.
“As
am
arke
tle
ader
inth
isse
ctor
,Arn
lea
has
esta
blis
hed
aw
ealt
hof
expe
rtis
ean
dkn
owle
dge
insu
pply
chai
nan
dop
erat
ions
man
agem
ent,
and
inth
epa
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vegr
own
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ptio
nally
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hin
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sed
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alde
man
d,w
hich
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enab
led
usto
expa
ndou
rte
am,c
apab
iliti
esan
dre
sour
ces.
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chin
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trin
six
toth
em
arke
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anot
her
stag
ein
our
stra
tegi
cbu
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ans,
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eta
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her
grow
than
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rpr
oduc
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pmen
tto
prov
ide
clie
nts
wit
hth
ela
test
tech
nolo
gyso
luti
ons.”
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nM
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tt
STA
TOIL
AW
AR
DS
CO
NT
RA
CT
FOR
DR
ILLI
NG
AN
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NM
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INE
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OS
CH
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BE
RG
ER
OIL
FIE
LDU
KSt
atoi
lhas
onbe
hal
foft
he
Mar
iner
co-v
entu
rers
awar
ded
the
con
trac
tfo
rin
tegr
ated
drill
ing
and
wel
lser
vice
son
the
Mar
iner
fiel
don
the
UK
con
tin
enta
lsh
elf(
UK
CS)
toSc
hlu
mbe
rger
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eld
UK
Plc.
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sis
ave
rysi
gnifi
cant
agre
emen
tfo
rth
eM
arin
erpr
ojec
t,an
dth
ere
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vati
ve,n
ewpr
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emen
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proa
ch,
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reth
esu
pplie
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illw
ork
asan
inte
grat
edpa
rtof
the
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oilt
eam
deliv
erin
gm
ost
ofth
edr
illin
gan
dw
ells
ervi
ces
onth
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arin
erfi
eld,
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sm
anag
ing
dire
ctor
for
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oil
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ucti
onU
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unna
rB
reiv
ik.
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its
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rdee
nba
se,S
chlu
mbe
rger
will
deliv
eral
lthe
mai
ndr
illin
gan
dw
ells
ervi
ces
for
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iner
,inc
ludi
ngdr
illin
g,co
mpl
etio
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ectr
ical
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ersi
ble
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ps(E
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ent
and
flui
ds.A
tota
lof2
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illin
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ells
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ces
are
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uded
inth
esc
ope,
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udin
ga
logi
stic
ssu
ppor
tre
spon
sibi
lity
that
goes
beyo
ndth
eno
rmal
scop
efo
rsi
mila
rSt
atoi
lcon
trac
ts.
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cont
ract
will
com
men
cein
Janu
ary
2015
and
has
adu
rati
onof
four
year
s,pl
usop
tion
sfo
rse
vera
ladd
itio
nal
four
-yea
rpe
riod
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iner
fiel
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cate
dap
prox
imat
ely
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stof
the
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land
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entl
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der
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ent
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erat
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atoi
land
its
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rers
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pon
and
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s.M
arin
eris
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larg
est
fiel
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velo
pmen
ton
the
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Sin
mor
eth
ana
deca
de,a
ndw
illbe
inpr
oduc
tion
for
atle
ast
30ye
ars.
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lling
ispl
anne
dto
star
tin
2016
wit
hpr
oduc
tion
star
t-up
follo
win
gin
2017
.
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mai
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arin
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atfo
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illha
veon
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illin
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gan
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ew
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nter
vent
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and
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plet
ion
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addi
tion
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pri
gw
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loca
ted
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eM
arin
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stal
lati
on,w
orki
ngth
roug
hw
ells
lots
onth
epl
atfo
rmfo
rth
efi
rst
four
year
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ver
the
fiel
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lifet
ime
asm
any
as13
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ellt
arge
tsar
epl
anne
d.
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aim
for
this
cont
ract
isa
long
-ter
mpa
rtne
rshi
pw
ith
ape
rfor
man
ce-b
ased
com
pens
atio
nfo
rmat
rew
ardi
ngac
tual
perf
orm
ance
−m
etre
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illed
and
com
plet
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rath
erth
anus
age
ofti
me
and
mat
eria
l.To
geth
erw
ew
illno
wes
tabl
ish
anin
tegr
ated
oper
atio
nste
amin
our
Abe
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noffi
ce,
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king
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thth
ese
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rig
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plan
and
opti
mis
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erat
ions
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will
wor
ksi
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side
tom
eet
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chal
leng
esin
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mar
ket,
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ing
perf
orm
ance
,cr
eati
ngva
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and
divi
ding
risk
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ract
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berg
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ress
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erSt
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l-op
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eld
onth
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curr
entl
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the
conc
ept
eval
uati
onph
ase.
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herm
ore,
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illal
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ork
asa
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ewor
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reem
ent
for
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orat
ion
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ofth
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illin
gan
dw
ells
ervi
ces
cove
red
byth
esc
ope
ofth
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ct.
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OFV
IEW
The
ongo
ing
chal
len
geof
fin
din
gan
dre
tain
ing
good
peop
leto
secu
reth
efu
ture
ofou
rin
dust
ryis
som
eth
ing
we
allf
ace
ona
daily
basi
s,bu
tit
ispo
ssib
leto
look
insi
dey
our
own
orga
nis
atio
nto
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dth
ean
swer
s,w
rite
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OF
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eam
anag
ing
dire
ctor
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niC
orbe
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dw
ith
exac
tly
this
chal
leng
e,in
2013
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bsea
took
the
deci
sion
tonu
rtur
eta
lent
from
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hin
and
inve
stin
the
futu
reby
inve
stin
gin
peop
le,o
ffer
ing
aro
ute
toca
reer
prog
ress
ion
for
empl
oyee
sto
reac
hth
eir
full
pote
ntia
l–an
dso
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cade
my
was
born
.
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hal
mos
t22
,000
hour
sde
dica
ted
totr
aini
ngsi
nce
itw
asfo
unde
din
2013
,an
dov
er13
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urse
sar
rang
edin
2014
alon
e,D
OF
Aca
dem
yis
afr
amew
ork
ofst
rong
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ecti
ve,c
usto
mis
edle
arni
ngan
dde
velo
pmen
tpr
ogra
mm
esde
sign
edto
supp
ort
prof
essi
onal
deve
lopm
ent
wit
hop
tion
sm
atch
edto
the
indi
vidu
al’s
disc
iplin
ean
dca
reer
stag
e.
DO
FA
cade
my
isno
t,as
the
nam
esu
gges
ts,a
build
ing
full
ofcl
assr
oom
sbu
tit
does
mir
ror
the
com
pany
’sco
rebu
sine
ssac
tivi
ties
wit
hin
each
ofit
sth
ree
enti
ties
(DO
FSu
bsea
,DO
FSu
bsea
Surv
ey&
Posi
tion
ing
and
CSL
).D
OF
Aca
dem
yis
orga
nise
din
to‘s
choo
ls’e
ach
ofw
hich
offer
spr
ogra
mm
es,d
eliv
ered
bya
com
bina
tion
ofin
-hou
sean
dex
tern
alle
arni
ngpr
ovid
ers.
Ope
nto
alle
mpl
oyee
s,pr
ogra
mm
esar
eca
refu
llyde
sign
edto
mee
tin
dust
ryst
anda
rds
and
clie
ntex
pect
atio
ns,p
rovi
ding
empl
oyee
sw
ith
care
erm
anag
emen
tto
ols
and
oppo
rtun
itie
sto
achi
eve
inte
rnat
iona
llyre
cogn
ised
qual
ifica
tion
san
dex
peri
ence
.
We
belie
veth
atD
OF
Aca
dem
yis
uniq
uein
how
itpa
rtne
rscl
osel
yw
ith
the
busi
ness
toid
enti
fytr
aini
ngne
eds
and
mai
ntai
ncl
ose
rela
tion
ship
sw
ith
depa
rtm
ent
head
sto
deve
lop
targ
eted
trai
ning
solu
tion
sto
mee
tth
ene
eds
ofcu
rren
tbu
sine
ssan
dfu
ture
requ
irem
ents
,usi
ngfe
edba
ckto
fuel
apr
oces
sof
cont
inuo
usim
prov
emen
t.W
ear
eco
nsta
ntly
evol
ving
,gro
win
gan
dre
view
ing
our
inte
rnal
polic
ies
and
proc
edur
es,a
ndbe
nchm
arki
ngag
ains
tin
dust
ryst
anda
rds
tobe
the
best
and
offer
oppo
rtun
itie
sw
hich
are
rele
vant
.
DO
FA
cade
my
also
colla
bora
tes
wit
hin
tern
alan
dex
tern
alle
arni
ngsp
ecia
lists
,su
bjec
tm
atte
rex
pert
san
din
dust
rybo
dies
such
asO
PITO
and
IMC
Aus
ing
am
ixtu
reof
e-le
arni
ng,f
acili
tate
dle
arni
ng,
clas
sroo
mba
sed,
theo
ryan
dpr
acti
cal,
on-t
he-j
obsh
adow
ing,
coac
hing
and
men
tori
ngto
deliv
erco
st-e
ffec
tive
and
mea
ning
fult
rain
ing
and
com
pete
nce
solu
tion
s.Th
ese
incl
ude
com
mer
cial
and
cont
ract
awar
enes
s,fi
nanc
eaw
aren
ess,
heal
thsa
fety
envi
ronm
ent
and
qual
ity
trai
ning
.
Inad
diti
on,D
OF
Aca
dem
yis
deve
lopi
nga
flex
ible
two-
year
grad
uate
engi
neer
deve
lopm
ent
prog
ram
me
focu
ssin
gon
expa
ndin
gex
peri
ence
and
deve
lopi
ngkn
owle
dge.
The
prog
ram
me
has
been
deve
lope
dto
cove
ra
num
ber
ofdi
scip
lines
incl
udin
gon
shor
ean
doff
shor
eex
posu
rean
dal
sopr
ovid
esac
cess
toan
inte
rnat
iona
lexc
hang
eop
port
unit
y.
But
look
ing
insi
deou
ror
gani
sati
onfo
rso
luti
ons
has
not
stop
ped
uslo
okin
gou
tin
toth
ew
orld
–D
OF
Aca
dem
yop
erat
eson
are
gion
alle
velw
ith
agl
obal
outl
ook.
Are
gion
altr
aini
ngre
pres
enta
tive
isem
ploy
edat
each
site
,inc
ludi
ngoffi
ces
inN
orw
ay,U
K,W
est
Afr
ica,
Gul
fofM
exic
o,B
razi
land
Aus
tral
asia
and
ade
dica
ted
pers
onne
lbus
ines
spa
rtne
rw
ith
the
orga
nisa
tion
tode
velo
p,de
liver
and
impl
emen
ttr
aini
ngin
terv
enti
ons
inlin
ew
ith
corp
orat
est
rate
gy.
The
Aca
dem
y’s
over
alla
imis
toen
sure
we
mai
ntai
na
com
pete
ntw
orkf
orce
and
mec
hani
sms
inpl
ace
toeq
uip
empl
oyee
sw
ith
the
know
ledg
ean
dsk
ills
tofu
lfil
thei
rro
les.
We
achi
eve
this
thro
ugh
the
deve
lopm
ent
offi
t-fo
r-pu
rpos
etr
aini
ngan
dco
mpe
tenc
epr
ogra
mm
es,b
oth
tech
nica
land
non-
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5. E
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mar
keti
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prof
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onal
, Ast
rid
Bar
tlet
t,h
as jo
ined
th
e co
mpa
ny
as
anad
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g co
nsu
ltan
t.
In h
er n
ew r
ole
Ast
rid
will
wor
k w
ith
the
mag
azin
e’s
adve
rtis
ers
to e
nsur
eop
tim
um u
se o
f the
ir p
rom
otio
nal
budg
ets.
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will
pro
vide
adv
ice
and
guid
ance
on
the
adve
rtis
ing
and
edit
oria
lop
port
unit
ies
that
exi
st b
oth
wit
hin
the
mag
azin
e it
self
and
on it
s w
ebsi
te a
tw
ww
.ene
rgyi
nter
nat.
com
.
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stab
out
Ener
gy In
tern
atio
nal c
hair
man
and
man
agin
g di
rect
or, D
enni
s D
avid
son,
said
: “A
stri
d jo
ins
us a
t th
e st
art
ofan
othe
r ex
citi
ng y
ear
in t
he m
agaz
ine’
shi
stor
y. T
he e
nerg
y in
dust
ry is
faci
ngch
alle
ngin
g ti
mes
and
we
are
cont
inua
llyst
rivi
ng t
o ad
d va
lue
to t
he e
xpos
ure
we
prov
ide
for
our
adve
rtis
ers.
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t of
thi
spr
oces
s is
the
ong
oing
dev
elop
men
t of
ou
r w
ebsi
te, w
hich
con
tinu
es t
o at
trac
t a
grow
ing
num
ber
of v
isit
ors
from
ove
r 50
cou
ntri
es w
orld
wid
e.
“Our
mag
azin
e ad
vert
iser
s cu
rren
tly
bene
fit
from
an
addi
tion
al fr
ee p
rese
nce
onth
e w
ebsi
te. O
ver
the
com
ing
mon
ths
we
will
als
o be
see
king
to
regu
larl
y ad
d fr
esh
new
s co
nten
t to
the
web
site
, thu
s br
ingi
ngou
r si
te v
isit
ors
even
mor
e of
the
late
st
indu
stry
hea
dlin
es. P
art
of A
stri
d’s
role
w
ill b
e ke
epin
g ou
r re
ader
s an
d ad
vert
iser
sab
reas
t of
the
se s
uppl
emen
tary
oppo
rtun
itie
s.”
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men
ting
on
her
appo
intm
ent,
Ast
rid
said
: “I a
m v
ery
plea
sed
to b
e jo
inin
g th
eR
oust
abou
t En
ergy
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rnat
iona
l tea
m. I
am p
arti
cula
rly
look
ing
forw
ard
to g
etti
ngto
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w o
ur r
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rs a
nd a
dver
tise
rs t
oen
sure
tha
t w
e m
eet
− an
d ex
ceed
− t
heir
expe
ctat
ions
dur
ing
the
year
ahe
ad.”
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rid
Bar
tlet
t
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
I am
ver
y p
lea
sed
to
be
join
ing
th
e R
ou
sta
bo
ut
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erg
y In
tern
ati
on
al t
eam
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m p
art
icu
larl
y lo
oki
ng
forw
ard
to
get
tin
g t
o k
no
w
ou
r re
ad
ers
an
d a
dve
rtis
ers.
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arde
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ntr
acts
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h m
ajor
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and
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drill
ing
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trac
tor
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pan
ies
to t
he
valu
e of
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illio
n.
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pany
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plet
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wo
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ntro
l sys
tem
con
trac
tsw
ith
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o w
orth
mor
e th
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n eq
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ract
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aged
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reg
ion.
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up h
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lso
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aw
arde
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cont
ract
wor
th £
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han
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ard
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roup
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pply
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ntro
l sys
tem
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g sy
stem
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the
vess
el.
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con
trac
t aw
ard
follo
ws
the
com
plet
ion
of a
£1m
illio
n pr
ojec
tw
ith
the
sam
e cl
ient
last
yea
r, w
hich
saw
EFC
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up s
uppl
y a
BO
P&
Div
erte
r co
ntro
l sys
tem
for
anot
her
sem
i-su
bmer
sibl
e.
EFC
Gro
up C
EO, B
ob W
ill, s
aid:
“Th
ese
are
som
e m
ajor
con
trac
taw
ards
for
EFC
Gro
up, w
hich
invo
lve
the
deliv
ery
of e
quip
men
tcr
itic
al t
o en
suri
ng w
ell i
nteg
rity
. We
are
reco
gnis
ed fo
r ou
r ni
che
expe
rien
ce in
thi
s ar
ea a
nd o
ur s
afet
y ce
ntri
c ap
proa
ch, w
hich
has
been
furt
her
endo
rsed
by
our
inve
stm
ent
in A
PI m
onog
ram
min
glic
ense
s fo
r B
OP
and
chok
e co
ntro
l sys
tem
s. W
e ar
e de
light
ed w
eco
ntin
ue t
o se
cure
maj
or d
eals
as
a re
sult
of t
his
expe
rtis
e.
“Tog
ethe
r th
ese
four
pro
ject
s re
pres
ent
mor
e th
an £
3.65
mill
ion
of c
ontr
act
awar
ds fo
r ou
r su
bsea
con
trol
s di
visi
on. O
ur w
ork
inth
is a
rea
has
grow
n si
gnifi
cant
ly o
ver
the
last
few
yea
rs t
hank
s to
our
dem
onst
rabl
e su
cces
s in
pro
vidi
ng t
op q
ualit
y su
bsea
syst
ems
to t
he o
il an
d ga
s in
dust
ry.
“Our
exp
erie
nce
in w
ell c
ontr
ol s
yste
ms
is s
econ
d to
non
e an
d w
e ar
e pr
oud
of o
ur r
eput
atio
n w
hich
is c
entr
ed o
n re
gula
tory
com
plia
nce,
qua
lity
and
safe
ty. C
ompl
iant
sol
utio
ns a
re in
here
ntto
EFC
Gro
up, p
arti
cula
rly
give
n th
e ha
zard
ous
area
s in
whi
ch o
urcl
ient
s an
d pe
rson
nel a
re o
ften
wor
king
. We
are
plea
sed
that
thi
sco
mm
itm
ent
to s
afet
y is
bei
ng r
ecog
nise
d am
ongs
t so
me
of t
hein
dust
ry’s
maj
or p
laye
rs.”
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
EFC
Gro
up
subs
ea s
olu
tion
s off
er b
espo
ke B
OP
con
trol
upg
rade
s as
wel
l as
com
plet
e sy
stem
sol
uti
ons
SKY-
FUTU
RES
REC
EIV
ES U
K C
IVIL
AV
IATI
ON
AU
THO
RIT
Y N
ATI
ON
AL
QU
ALI
FIED
EN
TITY
STA
TUS
Sky
-Fu
ture
s, t
he
glob
al le
ader
s in
un
man
ned
air
craft
syst
em (
UA
S) in
spec
tion
s in
oil
and
gas,
has
bee
n g
ran
ted
UK
Civ
il A
viat
ion
Au
thor
ity
(C
AA
) N
atio
nal
Qu
alifi
ed E
nti
ty(N
QE)
sta
tus.
Th
is c
erti
fica
tion
aw
arde
d by
th
e U
K C
AA
, in
addi
tion
to
our
‘Per
mis
sion
’ to
oper
ate
UA
S h
eld
for
over
fou
r y
ears
, fu
rth
er a
ckn
owle
dges
Sky
-Fu
ture
s as
a g
loba
lle
ader
in U
AS
safe
ty, t
rain
ing
and
oper
atio
ns
exce
llen
ce.
NQ
E ap
prov
al c
erti
fyin
g th
e es
tabl
ishe
d Sk
y-Fu
ture
s tr
aini
ngpr
ogra
m fo
r sm
all U
AS
rem
ote
pilo
ts, i
s on
ly t
he t
hird
appr
oval
of i
ts t
ype
in t
he U
K, a
nd a
llow
s Sk
y-Fu
ture
s to
perf
orm
the
follo
win
g tr
aini
ng a
nd a
ppro
val f
unct
ions
:
1. T
rain
and
cer
tify
Sky
-Fut
ures
rem
ote
pilo
ts (S
-FR
P) fo
r vi
sual
line
of s
ight
ope
rati
ons,
reg
ardl
ess
of p
revi
ous
expe
rien
ce, t
o a
UK
CA
A r
ecog
nise
d st
anda
rd.
2. A
llow
s Sk
y-Fu
ture
s to
mak
e re
com
men
dati
ons
to t
he
CA
A fo
r pr
ospe
ctiv
e U
K o
pera
tors
wis
hing
to
gain
‘Per
mis
sion
’ sta
tus
to fl
y U
AS
visu
al li
ne o
f sig
ht
for
com
mer
cial
pur
pose
s. T
he S
ky-F
utur
es t
rain
ing
team
mus
t en
sure
tha
t an
y ex
tern
al o
pera
tor
has
the
follo
win
g cr
eden
tial
s be
fore
‘Per
mis
sion
’ sta
tus
can
be r
ecom
men
ded
to t
he C
AA
:
�
A fi
t-fo
r-pu
rpos
e op
erat
ions
man
ual;
�
An
unm
anne
d ai
rcra
ft s
yste
m a
ppro
pria
te t
o th
e op
erat
or’s
in
tend
ed c
omm
erci
al a
ctiv
ity
wit
h ap
plic
able
saf
ety
feat
ures
;�
P
ropo
sed
rem
ote
pilo
ts h
ave
sati
sfac
tori
ly c
ompl
eted
, to
the
req
uire
d st
anda
rd, t
he S
ky-F
utur
es g
roun
d sc
hool
an
d fl
ight
tra
inin
g sy
llabu
s on
the
ir d
esig
nate
d un
man
ned
airc
raft
sys
tem
.
Sky-
Futu
res
trai
ning
and
legi
slat
ion
dire
ctor
, Nic
k R
oger
s,sa
ys: “
We
are
delig
hted
tha
t th
e C
AA
NQ
E ap
plic
atio
n w
assu
cces
sful
at
the
firs
t at
tem
pt. T
his
NQ
E ap
prov
al g
rant
ed
by t
he C
AA
is o
nly
poss
ible
due
to
the
thou
sand
s of
hou
rs o
fdi
rect
unm
anne
d ai
rcra
ft t
rain
ing
and
oper
atio
nal e
xper
ienc
eth
at t
he g
row
ing
team
at
Sky-
Futu
res
poss
esse
s. T
his
is in
addi
tion
to
our
wor
ld-c
lass
tra
inin
g fa
cilit
ies
and
inst
ruct
ion
that
futu
re S
-FR
P an
d pr
ospe
ctiv
e U
AS
oper
ator
s w
ill r
ecei
vefr
om t
he p
rofe
ssio
nal,
high
ly q
ualifi
ed a
nd d
edic
ated
rem
ote
pilo
t in
stru
ctor
s at
Sky
-Fut
ures
.”
LEEA
(Li
ftin
g Eq
uip
men
t En
gin
eers
Ass
ocia
tion
) h
as la
un
ched
a n
ew w
ebsi
teth
at e
nab
les
rapi
d on
line
veri
fica
tion
of
an
yon
e pr
esen
tin
g a
TEA
M C
ard,
th
e re
gist
rati
on a
nd
iden
tity
sch
eme
for
wor
kers
qu
alifi
ed t
o te
st, e
xam
ine
and
mai
nta
in o
verh
ead
liftin
g eq
uip
men
t.
By
ente
ring
the
TEA
M C
ard’
s un
ique
ser
ial
num
ber
and
com
pany
nam
e in
to a
n on
line
tool
at
ww
w.le
eain
t.co
m, e
mpl
oyer
s w
illno
w b
e ab
le t
o vi
ew a
dig
ital
cop
y of
the
card
itse
lf, a
long
wit
h th
e ho
lder
’s L
EEA
Dip
lom
a qu
alifi
cati
ons
and
rele
vant
wor
kex
peri
ence
. As
a re
sult
, the
y ca
n co
nfirm
the
auth
enti
city
of t
he c
ard
and
the
hold
er’s
ski
lls a
nd e
xper
tise
, or
iden
tify
any
atte
mpt
s at
frau
d an
d de
cept
ion.
Part
of a
com
plet
e re
desi
gn o
f the
LEE
Aw
ebsi
te, t
he s
yste
m w
ill fu
rthe
r st
reng
then
the
fast
-gro
win
g TE
AM
Car
d pr
ogra
mm
e,w
hich
is n
ow u
sed
by t
hous
ands
of
wor
kers
in c
ount
ries
rig
ht a
roun
d th
ew
orld
. To
qual
ify fo
r a
TEA
M C
ard,
the
hold
er m
ust
have
pas
sed
LEEA
’s in
dust
ry-
reco
gnis
ed d
iplo
ma
qual
ifica
tion
and
be
empl
oyed
by
a LE
EA m
embe
r co
mpa
ny.
“The
TEA
M C
ard
is r
apid
ly b
ecom
ing
apr
ereq
uisi
te fo
r an
yone
inte
ndin
g to
te
st, e
xam
ine
or m
aint
ain
over
head
lift
ing
equi
pmen
t,”
com
men
ted
John
Will
iam
s,op
erat
ions
man
ager
for
LEEA
. “Th
is n
ewon
line
tool
refl
ects
our
com
mit
men
t to
ensu
ring
onl
y pr
oper
ly q
ualifi
ed w
orke
rsar
e ab
le t
o w
ork
on s
afet
y-cr
itic
aleq
uipm
ent
such
as
cran
es, h
oist
s,
slin
gs a
nd lo
ad li
ftin
g at
tach
men
ts.”
NE
W L
EE
A W
EB
SIT
E M
AK
ES
IT E
AS
Y T
O C
HE
CK
TH
E
CR
ED
EN
TIA
LS O
F LI
FTIN
G E
QU
IPM
EN
T E
XA
MIN
ER
S A
ND
TE
ST
ER
S
EN
TIÉ
R O
LIV
E H
OU
SE
, KIT
CH
EN
AN
D T
RA
ININ
G A
CA
DE
MY
LA
UN
CH
Enti
ér, t
he
larg
est
inde
pen
den
t co
ntr
act
cate
rin
g an
d su
ppor
tse
rvic
es c
ompa
ny
in S
cotl
and,
mor
e th
an d
oubl
ed t
he
size
an
dca
paci
ty o
f its
Abe
rdee
n o
ffice
aft
er r
eloc
atin
g to
th
e O
live
Hou
se in
Wes
thill
in 2
014.
Jan
uar
y s
aw t
he
mu
lti-
awar
dw
inn
ing
com
pan
y la
un
ch t
hei
r pu
rpos
e bu
ilt, s
tate
-of-
the-
art
prod
uct
ion
kit
chen
an
d tr
ain
ing
acad
emy
at
the
faci
lity
,su
ppor
tin
g th
e ex
cept
ion
al b
usi
nes
s gr
owth
an
d h
ousi
ng
the
wh
ole
busi
nes
s u
nde
r on
e ro
of.
Cab
inet
Sec
reta
ry fo
r R
ural
Aff
airs
, Foo
d an
d th
e En
viro
nmen
tR
icha
rd L
ochh
ead
MSP
, who
offi
cial
ly o
pene
d th
e En
tiér
kit
chen
,sa
id: “
I am
del
ight
ed t
o vi
sit
Enti
ér a
nd s
ee fo
r m
ysel
f the
gro
wth
of t
he c
ompa
ny o
ver
the
past
six
yea
rs. E
ntié
r be
gan
as a
sm
all
com
pany
bas
ed in
the
Nor
th-e
ast
of S
cotl
and
and
are
now
the
larg
est
inde
pend
ent
cont
ract
, cat
erin
g an
d su
ppor
t se
rvic
esco
mpa
ny in
Sco
tlan
d, s
uppo
rtin
g jo
bs a
nd b
usin
esse
s th
roug
hout
the
coun
try
and
inte
rnat
iona
lly.
“Sco
tlan
d is
hom
e to
som
e of
the
wor
ld’s
fine
st fo
od −
fant
asti
cfi
sh a
nd s
hellfi
sh, m
eats
, che
eses
and
whi
sky
amon
gst
othe
rs.
We
are
trul
y bl
esse
d w
ith
a la
rder
tha
t is
sec
ond
to n
one
and
it
is v
ital
tha
t du
ring
the
201
5 Ye
ar o
f Foo
d an
d D
rink
we
show
case
the
best
of w
hat
we
have
to
offer
.
“I w
as im
pres
sed
to h
ear
that
Ent
iér
sour
ce n
earl
y 70
% o
f all
prod
uce
from
Sco
tlan
d an
d I a
ppla
ud t
his
com
mit
men
t to
us
ing
loca
l, se
ason
al p
rodu
ce t
hrou
ghou
t th
eir
oper
atio
ns.
“The
ded
icat
ion
to d
evel
opin
g th
e sk
illse
t of
the
ir w
orkf
orce
and
build
ing
of t
his
fant
asti
c ne
w t
rain
ing
faci
lity
is a
lso
to b
e hi
ghly
com
men
ded.
Com
pani
es li
ke E
ntié
r w
ill h
elp
our
aim
of m
akin
gSc
otla
nd a
Goo
d Fo
od N
atio
n, a
nd I
wis
h th
em c
onti
nued
suc
cess
for
2015
and
bey
ond.
”
Enti
ér, w
ho w
ere
rece
ntly
list
ed in
the
Sun
day
Tim
es V
irgi
n Fa
stTr
ack
100
for
the
seco
nd y
ear
runn
ing,
ope
rate
inte
rnat
iona
llyw
ith
office
s in
Hou
ston
and
Hal
ifax
NS
as w
ell a
s th
eir
Abe
rdee
n
head
quar
ters
. The
com
pany
em
ploy
s ov
er 7
50 s
taff
, ope
rati
ng
22 o
nsho
re c
ontr
acts
to
loca
l bus
ines
ses
and
educ
atio
nes
tabl
ishm
ents
. Add
itio
nally
the
y op
erat
e 30
off
shor
e un
its
inei
ght
diff
eren
t co
untr
ies
supp
lyin
g ca
teri
ng a
nd h
otel
ser
vice
s to
the
offsh
ore
oil a
nd g
as in
dust
ry, a
nd a
chie
ved
£40m
illio
n sa
les
in t
he fi
nanc
ial y
ear
to 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2014
. The
com
pany
als
oha
s an
est
ablis
hed
even
ts a
nd d
eliv
ered
ser
vice
bus
ines
s.
Now
Tea
m E
ntié
r ca
n en
joy
the
bene
fits
of t
he £
600,
000
inve
stm
ent
in t
he n
ew 5
,000
sq.
ft. p
rodu
ctio
n an
d tr
aini
ngki
tche
n fa
cilit
ies,
offi
ces,
sto
rage
and
logi
stic
are
as a
ll un
der
one
roof
at
the
Oliv
e H
ouse
. Ent
iér’
s ap
pren
tice
che
fs (T
he F
resh
Oliv
es) w
ill r
elis
h le
arni
ng in
the
new
faci
lity.
In a
ddit
ion,
the
trai
ning
faci
litie
s w
ill b
e us
ed t
o su
ppor
t th
e Sc
otti
sh C
ulin
ary
Team
as
they
pre
pare
for
the
2016
Cul
inar
y O
lym
pic
Gam
es
and
the
2018
Cul
inar
y W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
led
and
man
aged
by
Ent
iér’
s ex
ecut
ive
chef
, Bru
ce L
awre
nce,
in c
onju
ncti
on w
ith
the
Fede
rati
on o
f Che
fs.
Bru
ce L
awre
nce
is e
xcep
tion
ally
pro
ud o
f the
com
pany
’s la
test
inve
stm
ent,
say
ing:
“Th
e be
spok
e co
okin
g su
ite
has
the
high
est
qual
ity
equi
pmen
t th
at w
ill a
llow
us
to d
o so
me
very
spe
cial
thin
gs fo
r ou
r cl
ient
s.”
Enti
ér’s
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
offi
cer,
Pete
r B
ruce
, sai
d: “
The
com
plet
ion
of t
his
uniq
ue fa
cilit
y si
gnifi
es a
noth
er m
ajor
mile
ston
e in
the
succ
essf
ul e
volu
tion
of o
ur c
ompa
ny a
nd o
ne t
hat
furt
her
rein
forc
es o
ur r
apid
ly-e
volv
ing
stat
us a
s a
lead
ing
cate
ring
an
d su
ppor
t se
rvic
es c
ompa
ny in
the
mar
ketp
lace
.
“The
Oliv
e H
ouse
pro
vide
s th
e ad
diti
onal
cap
abili
ty n
eces
sary
to
sup
port
an
incr
ease
in s
taff
num
bers
and
ser
vice
s, a
s ou
rop
erat
ions
exp
and
both
in t
he U
K a
nd in
tern
atio
nally
. Wit
h a
very
hea
lthy
and
exp
andi
ng c
lient
bas
e an
d as
we
look
to
laun
ch
a nu
mbe
r of
exc
itin
g ne
w v
entu
res,
201
5 lo
oks
set
to b
e an
othe
rsi
gnifi
cant
yea
r fo
r En
tiér
.
“I’v
e be
en e
xcit
ed b
y th
is b
usin
ess
ever
y da
y fo
r th
e pa
st s
ix y
ears
and
cont
inue
to
be n
othi
ng b
ut e
nthu
sed
by t
he o
ppor
tuni
ties
that
we
face
whi
lst
mai
ntai
ning
our
ded
icat
ion
to lo
cal s
uppl
iers
,ou
r so
lid c
lient
bas
e, a
nd o
ur e
xcep
tion
ally
hig
h st
anda
rds
inev
ery
area
of t
he b
usin
ess.”
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h th
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ts o
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ness
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ith
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tal o
f nin
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tego
ry a
war
ds a
nd a
spe
cial
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of W
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spon
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air.
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h H
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inat
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hort
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and
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agem
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turn
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p in
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njoy
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mon
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e an
d ov
er
50 s
hort
liste
d co
mpa
nies
in a
tten
danc
e, t
he H
i-Fo
rce
and
H.E
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Sale
s ta
ble
erup
ted
in c
eleb
rati
on a
s it
was
ann
ounc
ed t
hat
Hi-
Forc
e ha
d ba
gged
the
Tra
inin
g &
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elop
men
t aw
ard,
whi
chw
as t
he o
ne a
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oup
MD
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row
n, w
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d to
win
the
mos
t. K
evin
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ng w
ith
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e tr
aini
ng m
anag
er S
teve
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tepp
ed u
p to
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is a
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d be
caus
e it
rec
ogni
ses
and
dem
onst
rate
s th
e hi
ghim
port
ance
the
com
pany
pla
ces
on t
he d
evel
opm
ent
of o
urgr
eate
st a
sset
, our
peo
ple!
“Ste
ven
has
done
an
outs
tand
ing
job
in t
he p
ast
two
year
s,
putt
ing
toge
ther
a fi
rst
clas
s tr
aini
ng fa
cilit
y an
d a
spre
ad o
ftr
aini
ng c
ours
es, d
esig
ned
spec
ifica
lly fo
r de
velo
ping
bot
h ou
row
n em
ploy
ees
wor
ldw
ide,
as
wel
l as
thos
e of
our
cus
tom
ers
and
dist
ribu
tors
. May
I al
so p
lace
on
reco
rd m
y th
anks
to
Chr
isB
etts
, hea
d of
HR
, for
all
of t
he e
xcel
lent
wor
k sh
e co
ntin
ues
to
do in
sup
port
ing
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en w
ith
the
deve
lopm
ent
and
mot
ivat
ion
of o
ur g
loba
l tea
m.”
As
othe
r aw
ards
wer
e pr
esen
ted
to s
ever
al o
f our
hig
hly
resp
ecte
dpe
ers,
the
exc
item
ent
cont
inue
d to
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ld t
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ds t
he m
ain
awar
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the
nig
ht, t
he p
rest
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ess
of T
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awar
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d ag
ain
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as a
nnou
nced
as
win
ner
to r
aptu
rous
app
laus
e. G
roup
fina
nce
dire
ctor
, Mar
iean
ne M
eek,
join
ed K
evin
to
colle
ct t
his
awar
d an
d, im
med
iate
ly fo
llow
ing
the
pres
enta
tion
, hea
dlin
esp
onso
rs S
tana
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nnou
nced
tha
t H
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rce
had
also
won
the
Win
ner
of W
inne
rs a
war
d to
com
plet
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e ha
t tr
ick!
An
emot
iona
l Kev
in B
row
n su
mm
ed u
p th
e ni
ght
sayi
ng: “
Wha
t a
fant
asti
c ni
ght
for
Hi-
Forc
e an
d I a
m d
elig
hted
to
acce
pt t
hese
awar
ds o
n be
half
of o
ur a
maz
ing
team
of e
mpl
oyee
s w
orld
wid
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e co
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ny c
an o
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cces
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ngin
g gl
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mar
ket
for
UK
man
ufac
ture
rs, w
ith
a te
am o
fde
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ted,
mot
ivat
ed a
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ighl
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aine
d pe
ople
and
the
aw
ards
won
her
e to
nigh
t cl
earl
y re
flec
t th
at w
e ar
e ge
ttin
g it
rig
ht!
Con
grat
ulat
ions
to
all t
he o
ther
aw
ard
win
ners
and
fina
lists
als
o,as
cle
arly
oth
er b
usin
esse
s in
Nor
tham
pton
shir
e ar
e ge
ttin
g it
righ
t to
o!”
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TEE
NERG
Y
UPDA
TE
(l-r
) A
dam
Tu
rnbu
ll, C
hri
s D
icki
nso
n, K
evin
Bro
wn
an
dM
arie
ann
e M
eek
from
th
e H
i-Fo
rce
sen
ior
man
agem
ent
alon
g w
ith
Fal
klan
ds W
ar h
ero
Sim
on W
esto
n
MA
VE
N IN
VE
ST
S £
4.25
M IN
M
BO
OF
SU
BS
EA
TE
CH
NO
LOG
YC
OM
PA
NY
FA
TH
OM
SY
ST
EM
SM
aven
Cap
ital
Par
tner
s (M
aven
) h
as le
d th
e m
anag
emen
t bu
y-o
ut
of s
ubs
ea t
ech
nol
ogy
firm
, Fat
hom
Sy
stem
s Li
mit
ed.
The
£4.2
5mill
ion
inve
stm
ent
by M
aven
in t
he A
berd
eens
hire
busi
ness
rep
rese
nts
the
priv
ate
equi
ty fi
rm’s
15t
h po
rtfo
lioco
mpa
ny in
vest
men
t in
the
ene
rgy
serv
ice
sect
or. I
n th
e pa
st
12 m
onth
s M
aven
has
inve
sted
ove
r £1
5mill
ion
in R
MEC
, ISN
Solu
tion
s, R
&M
Eng
inee
ring
and
ach
ieve
d an
alm
ost
four
-fol
dre
turn
on
inve
stm
ent
follo
win
g th
e ex
it fr
om E
FC G
roup
.
Esta
blis
hed
in 2
005,
Fat
hom
eng
inee
rs h
ighl
y sp
ecia
lised
unde
rwat
er c
omm
unic
atio
n, c
ontr
ol a
nd in
stru
men
tati
onpr
oduc
ts a
nd s
ervi
ces
for
the
fast
-gro
win
g su
bsea
oil
and
gas
sect
or. W
ith
a tu
rnov
er o
f £5m
illio
n an
d em
ploy
ing
36 p
eopl
e,Fa
thom
is r
enow
ned
for
the
qual
ity
and
relia
bilit
y of
its
desi
gns
and
focu
s on
cus
tom
er a
nd o
pera
tion
al s
uppo
rt w
ith
a gl
obal
clie
nt b
ase
in t
he a
reas
of c
omm
erci
al d
ivin
g, R
OVs
and
unde
rwat
er e
ngin
eeri
ng.
Und
er t
he d
eal,
Mav
en’s
clie
nts
own
a m
ajor
ity
stak
e in
the
busi
ness
alo
ngsi
de c
urre
nt m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
, Gar
eth
Kerr
, who
will
con
tinu
e to
lead
a s
tron
g an
d ex
peri
ence
d m
anag
emen
t te
am.
Jock
Gar
dine
r, pa
rtne
r at
Mav
en, s
aid:
“W
e ar
e ve
ry im
pres
sed
wit
h th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
Fat
hom
Sys
tem
s an
d lo
ok fo
rwar
d to
wor
king
in p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith
Gar
eth
Kerr
and
his
tea
m t
o ta
ke t
hebu
sine
ss t
o th
e ne
xt le
vel.
Fath
om h
as a
n ex
celle
nt r
eput
atio
n fo
r‘b
est
in b
reed
’ pro
duct
s an
d se
rvic
e de
liver
y w
ith
genu
ine
grow
thpo
tent
ial.
The
tran
sact
ion
repr
esen
ts a
n ex
celle
nt o
ppor
tuni
ty fo
rou
r cl
ient
fund
s to
inve
st a
t an
att
ract
ive
pric
e in
a s
tron
g br
and
oper
atin
g in
a r
obus
t se
ctor
of t
he e
nerg
y se
rvic
es m
arke
t.”
Fath
om h
as r
ecen
tly
mov
ed t
o ne
w, l
arge
r pr
emis
es in
Port
leth
en’s
Bad
ento
y Pa
rk w
ith
office
acc
omm
odat
ion
and
a pr
ecis
ion
engi
neer
ing
wor
ksho
p to
acc
omm
odat
e it
s gr
owin
gw
orkf
orce
. Mav
en’s
inve
stm
ent
will
ena
ble
the
busi
ness
to
furt
her
its
inte
rnat
iona
l gro
wth
and
exp
and
its
prod
uct
line
into
oth
erhi
gh-e
nd e
ngin
eere
d sy
stem
s.
Gar
eth
Kerr
, man
agin
g di
rect
or a
t Fa
thom
, add
ed: “
The
Mav
ende
al h
as c
ome
at a
per
fect
tim
e fo
r Fa
thom
Sys
tem
s. O
ver
the
past
yea
r th
e bu
sine
ss h
as d
oubl
ed it
s tu
rnov
er a
nd s
taff
, and
sim
ilar
grow
th is
exp
ecte
d ov
er t
he n
ext
two
year
s. W
e ha
ve b
uilt
a st
rong
bra
nd s
ince
the
com
pany
’s fo
rmat
ion
in 2
005
and
this
will
be
the
foun
dati
on fo
r th
e ne
xt p
hase
in o
ur d
evel
opm
ent.
Our
repu
tati
on fo
r qu
alit
y pr
oduc
ts, e
ngin
eere
d sy
stem
s an
d se
rvic
eha
s gi
ven
our
clie
nts
the
confi
denc
e to
cho
ose
Fath
om fo
r th
eir
new
pro
ject
s an
d fl
eet
upgr
ades
.
“Wit
h th
e ba
ckin
g of
Mav
en a
nd t
he s
uppo
rt o
f a s
tren
gthe
ned
man
agem
ent
team
, we
will
exc
eed
clie
nt e
xpec
tati
ons
and
achi
eve
our
grow
th a
mbi
tion
s bo
th in
exi
stin
g an
d ne
w m
arke
ts.”
The
Ma
ven
dea
l ha
s co
me
at
a p
erfe
ct t
ime
for
Fath
om
Sy
stem
s. O
ver
the
pa
st y
ear
the
bu
sin
ess
ha
s d
ou
ble
d it
s tu
rno
ver
an
d s
taff
,a
nd
sim
ila
r g
row
th is
exp
ecte
d o
ver
the
nex
t tw
o y
ears
.
(l-r
) G
aret
h K
err
and
Jock
Gar
din
er
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
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16Figu
res
rele
ased
rec
entl
y s
how
an
oth
er b
um
per
yea
r fo
r A
berd
een
Inte
rnat
ion
al A
irpo
rt w
ith
ove
r 3.
76 m
illio
npa
ssen
gers
pas
sin
g th
rou
gh, m
akin
g it
th
e bu
sies
t y
ear
in t
he
airp
ort’
s h
isto
ry. T
his
bea
ts la
st y
ear’
s re
cord
hig
h
of 3
.48
mill
ion
, in
dica
tin
g an
8%
ris
e on
201
3 le
vels
.
Air
port
MD
, Car
ol B
enzi
e, s
aid:
“20
14 h
as b
een
anot
her
grea
t ye
arfo
r th
e ai
rpor
t, w
ith
the
who
le t
eam
wor
king
tog
ethe
r in
res
pons
e to
the
incr
ease
in p
asse
nger
s. It
’s a
gre
at a
chie
vem
ent
to s
ee u
s re
ach
such
a h
igh
pass
enge
r fig
ure
and
set
wha
t is
a n
ew r
ecor
d fo
r us
.
“The
yea
r ah
ead
will
bri
ng a
num
ber
of c
halle
nges
, but
alo
ng
wit
h th
ese,
ple
nty
of e
xcit
ing
deve
lopm
ents
. Fir
st a
nd fo
rem
ost,
we
look
forw
ard
to w
orki
ng w
ith
our
new
ow
ners
in c
onti
nuin
g to
dev
elop
the
air
port
and
our
off
er t
o pa
ssen
gers
.
“ We
will
con
tinu
e to
wor
k cl
osel
y w
ith
airl
ines
to
impr
ove
conn
ecti
vity
to
and
from
Abe
rdee
n, a
nd c
halle
nge
rele
vant
auth
orit
ies
on k
ey is
sues
incl
udin
g th
e de
volu
tion
of A
irPa
ssen
ger
Dut
y an
d su
rfac
e ac
cess
to
our
airp
ort.”
The
full
year
res
ults
hav
e be
en p
ublis
hed
alon
gsid
e th
e pa
ssen
ger
tota
ls fo
r th
e m
onth
of D
ecem
ber
whi
ch s
aw n
umbe
rs in
crea
se b
y6.
8% t
o 28
3,13
6. T
his
was
as
a re
sult
of g
row
th in
bot
h fi
xed-
win
g an
d he
licop
ter
oper
atio
ns.
AN
OT
HE
R R
EC
OR
D Y
EA
R F
OR
AB
ER
DE
EN
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L A
IRP
OR
T
INV
ES
TM
EN
T F
RO
M IN
DU
ST
RY
AN
D G
OV
ER
NM
EN
T C
RU
CIA
L FO
R U
KC
S, S
AY
S D
ELO
ITT
EFi
rms
urg
ed t
o ad
apt
and
con
tin
ue
thro
ugh
per
iod
of c
han
ge
The
Nor
th S
ea n
eeds
con
tin
ued
inve
stm
ent
from
bu
sin
esse
s an
dgo
vern
men
t th
rou
gh it
s cu
rren
t pe
riod
of t
ran
siti
on, a
ccor
din
gto
a n
ew r
epor
t fr
om D
eloi
tte,
th
e bu
sin
ess
advi
sory
firm
.
Del
oitt
e’s
Petr
oleu
m S
ervi
ces
Gro
up’s
late
st N
orth
Wes
t Eu
rope
Rev
iew
, whi
ch d
etai
ls d
rilli
ng, l
icen
sing
, and
dea
l act
ivit
y ac
ross
the
regi
on fo
r th
e w
hole
of 2
014,
follo
ws
a ye
ar o
f cha
nge
on t
heU
nite
d K
ingd
om C
onti
nent
al S
helf
(UKC
S), a
long
wit
h vo
lati
lity
inco
mm
odit
y pr
ices
ove
r th
e la
st fi
ve m
onth
s.
The
repo
rt fo
und
that
40
wel
ls w
ere
drill
ed o
ffsh
ore
UK
thr
ough
out
the
year
. Thi
s is
dow
n on
the
50
wel
ls r
epor
ted
in 2
013
but
larg
ely
cons
iste
nt w
ith
expe
ctat
ions
giv
en r
ecen
t tr
ends
and
mar
ket
cond
itio
ns.
Follo
win
g br
oad
acce
ptan
ce b
y go
vern
men
t an
d in
dust
ry o
f the
reco
mm
enda
tion
s m
ade
in S
ir Ia
n W
ood’
s “U
KCS
Max
imis
ing
Rec
over
y R
evie
w”, s
ubse
quen
t ch
ange
s ha
ve in
clud
ed a
djus
tmen
tsto
the
Nor
th S
ea’s
tax
reg
ime
and
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of
a n
ewin
dust
ry r
egul
ator
, the
Oil
and
Gas
Aut
hori
ty (O
GA
).
Gra
ham
Sad
ler,
man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f Del
oitt
e’s
Petr
oleu
mSe
rvic
es G
roup
, sai
d: “
Ove
r th
e la
st 1
2 m
onth
s, b
oth
indu
stry
an
d go
vern
men
t ha
ve r
ecog
nise
d th
e ne
ed fo
r ch
ange
on
the
UKC
S. W
e ha
ve s
tart
ed t
o se
e so
me
posi
tive
ste
ps t
aken
in t
hat
dire
ctio
n, w
ith
the
reco
mm
enda
tion
s m
ade
in t
he W
ood
Rev
iew
and
tax
chan
ges
anno
unce
d in
the
Aut
umn
Stat
emen
t am
ong
them
.
“We
cont
inue
to
see
stea
dy b
ut lo
w le
vels
of d
rilli
ng a
nd h
ope
this
will
incr
ease
. How
ever
, tha
t w
ill r
equi
re in
dust
ry d
ialo
gue
wit
h,an
d st
rong
gui
danc
e fr
om, t
he O
GA
. It
will
als
o ne
ed fu
rthe
r cl
arit
y fr
om g
over
nmen
t ov
er t
he fi
scal
ince
ntiv
es t
hat
will
be
mad
e av
aila
ble
to s
uppo
rt e
xplo
rati
on a
nd a
ppra
isal
act
ivit
y.
“To
sust
ain
its
futu
re, t
he N
orth
Sea
’s s
take
hold
ers
will
nee
d to
ada
pt t
o a
low
er o
il pr
ice
envi
ronm
ent
and
redu
ce c
osts
in
orde
r to
get
thr
ough
thi
s pe
riod
of t
rans
itio
n.”
The
Del
oitt
e re
port
als
o fo
und
ther
e w
as a
red
ucti
on in
the
num
ber
of fi
eld
star
t-up
s in
201
4, d
ecre
asin
g fr
om 1
3 in
20
13 t
o si
x th
is y
ear.
Ther
e w
ere
few
er d
eals
com
plet
ed in
the
last
12
mon
ths,
dro
ppin
gfr
om 6
3 in
201
3 to
23
in 2
014.
Far
m-i
ns w
ere
the
mos
t pr
eval
ent
type
of d
eal a
gain
thi
s ye
ar, r
epre
sent
ing
57%
of t
rans
acti
ons
(13
deal
s). T
he r
emai
ning
UK
off
shor
e de
als
cons
iste
d of
six
ass
etac
quis
itio
ns, t
wo
corp
orat
e ac
quis
itio
ns, a
nd t
wo
dive
stit
ures
.
Wit
h th
e pr
ice
of o
il dr
oppi
ng s
igni
fica
ntly
, man
y as
set
pric
es a
relik
ely
to b
e re
vise
d. D
erek
Hen
ders
on, D
eloi
tte’
s A
berd
een
office
seni
or p
artn
er, s
aid
this
cou
ld r
esul
t in
mor
e de
als
bein
gco
mpl
eted
in 2
015.
Der
ek s
aid:
“La
st y
ear
saw
a r
educ
tion
in t
he n
umbe
r of
dea
lsta
king
pla
ce in
the
Nor
th S
ea, d
espi
te a
larg
e nu
mbe
r of
ass
ets
bein
g av
aila
ble
on t
he m
arke
t. P
rice
pre
ssur
e an
d ac
cess
to
fina
nce
wer
e is
sues
for
the
mos
t lik
ely
buye
rs –
sm
alle
rco
mpa
nies
wit
h lim
ited
bud
gets
– c
reat
ing
a pr
ice
diff
eren
tial
in
the
mar
ket
and
stal
ling
deal
act
ivit
y.
“Whi
le it
is n
ot t
he o
nly
cons
ider
atio
n, it
is li
kely
tha
t if
the
oil
pric
e re
mai
ns lo
w a
sset
s w
ill b
ecom
e m
ore
affor
dabl
e to
som
e of
the
reg
ion’
s m
ore
cash
-ric
h pl
ayer
s w
ho m
ay b
e lo
okin
g to
inve
st in
the
UK
bas
in.
“As
a re
sult
, we
coul
d se
e m
ore
tran
sact
ions
in 2
015
as s
ome
busi
ness
es lo
ok t
o di
vest
and
focu
s on
oth
er a
reas
. Thi
s co
uld
also
bri
ng a
bout
furt
her
cons
olid
atio
n am
ong
som
e of
the
pla
yers
in t
he m
arke
t. T
here
are
defi
nite
ly fi
rms
on t
he lo
okou
t fo
r as
sets
and
deal
s w
ill b
e do
ne if
the
pri
ce is
rig
ht.”
Wh
ile
it is
no
t th
e o
nly
co
nsi
der
ati
on
, it
isli
kely
th
at
if t
he
oil
pri
ce r
ema
ins
low
ass
ets
wil
l bec
om
e m
ore
aff
ord
ab
le t
o s
om
e o
f th
ere
gio
n’s
mo
re c
ash
-ric
h p
lay
ers
wh
o m
ay
be
loo
kin
g t
o in
vest
in t
he
UK
ba
sin
.
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
From
Jan
uar
y 2
015
Mae
rsk
Trai
nin
gen
tere
d in
to a
glo
bal t
rain
ing
agre
emen
tw
ith
a le
adin
g off
shor
e dr
illin
g co
mpa
ny
,Tr
anso
cean
. Th
is w
ill m
ake
the
Dan
ish
-ba
sed
com
pan
y, M
aers
k Tr
ain
ing,
resp
onsi
ble
for
adm
inis
trat
ion
of a
ll an
d de
liver
y o
f cer
tain
tra
inin
g fo
rTr
anso
cean
’s o
ffsh
ore
crew
for
a pe
riod
of a
t le
ast
five
yea
rs.
The
agre
emen
t ad
ds a
ddit
iona
lop
erat
iona
l cen
tres
to
the
com
pany
tha
tst
arte
d sa
fety
and
tec
hnic
al t
rain
ing
for
the
offsh
ore
indu
stri
es in
the
late
197
0s.
Mae
rsk
Trai
ning
will
now
hav
e ce
ntre
s in
10
of t
he g
loba
l mar
itim
e an
d off
shor
epr
oduc
tion
hub
s in
the
wor
ld, s
uch
asD
enm
ark,
Nor
way
, Sin
gapo
re, B
razi
l, th
e U
nite
d A
rab
Emir
ates
, the
Uni
ted
Kin
gdom
, and
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
long
w
ith
faci
litie
s in
Wes
t A
fric
a.
“We
have
see
n a
subs
tant
ial p
erio
d of
grow
th w
ithi
n sa
fety
and
ope
rati
onal
trai
ning
, refl
ecti
ng t
he o
il an
d ga
sin
dust
ry’s
pus
h fo
rwar
d in
ter
ms
of s
afet
yan
d effi
cien
cy a
nd w
e ar
e ex
cite
d ab
out
this
agr
eem
ent,
feel
ing
conv
ince
d th
at it
will
rei
nfor
ce a
nd fu
rthe
r st
reng
then
sa
fety
and
ope
rati
onal
per
form
ance
in
the
offsh
ore
indu
stry
,” s
ays
Cla
us B
ihl,
CEO
of M
aers
k Tr
aini
ng.
The
agre
emen
t co
mes
as
the
offsh
ore
indu
stry
con
tinu
es t
o up
scal
eco
mpe
tenc
ies
of it
s w
orkf
orce
wit
hin
crea
sed
atte
ntio
n on
the
impo
rtan
ce
of o
vera
ll qu
alit
y an
d w
ell-
spec
ific
trai
ning
.Th
e si
gnifi
canc
e of
tra
inin
g is
bec
omin
gm
ore
evid
ent
as t
he in
dust
ry s
ets
out
to d
rill
in e
ver
hars
her
envi
ronm
ents
an
d in
dee
per
wat
ers.
MA
ER
SK
TR
AIN
ING
SIG
NS
TR
AIN
ING
AG
RE
EM
EN
T W
ITH
TR
AN
SO
CE
AN
HA
T T
RIC
K O
F C
ON
TR
AC
TS
SE
CU
RE
S S
UB
-AT
LAN
TIC
’SW
OR
LD-L
EA
DIN
G P
OS
ITIO
NSu
b-A
tlan
tic
has
sec
ure
d th
ree
inte
rnat
ion
al c
ontr
acts
wit
h
a co
mbi
ned
val
ue
of o
ver
£3.5
mill
ion
for
the
man
ufa
ctu
re
of t
hre
e sp
ecia
list
rem
otel
y-o
pera
ted
veh
icle
s (R
OV
s).
The
firm
will
pro
vide
IKM
Sub
sea
in N
orw
ay, I
taly
’s G
lobe
Expl
orat
ion
and
Tota
l Mar
ine
Tech
nolo
gy o
f Aus
tral
ia w
ith
stat
e-of
-the
-art
obs
erva
tion
cla
ss v
ehic
les
that
are
wid
ely
used
acr
oss
the
offsh
ore
ener
gy a
nd d
efen
ce in
dust
ries
.
Sub-
Atl
anti
c, w
hich
is p
art
of t
he F
orum
Ene
rgy
Tech
nolo
gies
grou
p, h
as it
s op
erat
ions
hub
in A
berd
een
and
a m
anuf
actu
ring
base
in K
irby
moo
rsid
e, Y
orks
hire
. The
com
pany
is t
he w
orld
-le
ader
in t
he d
esig
n an
d m
anuf
actu
re o
f pow
erfu
l and
man
oeuv
rabl
e el
ectr
ic R
OV
sys
tem
s an
d co
mpo
nent
s fo
r op
erat
ion
in t
he w
orld
’s h
arsh
est
envi
ronm
ents
.
This
ann
ounc
emen
t fo
llow
s a
sign
ifica
nt in
vest
men
t in
the
grou
p’s
Kir
bym
oors
ide
faci
lity
to c
reat
e a
man
ufac
turi
ng c
entr
eof
exc
elle
nce.
The
com
pany
is a
lso
on a
rec
ruit
men
t dr
ive
to b
oost
its
oper
atio
nal w
orkf
orce
in A
berd
een
and
add
20 m
anuf
actu
ring
jobs
in Y
orks
hire
whe
re it
em
ploy
s 30
0 pe
ople
.
Rya
n Lu
msd
en, g
loba
l pro
duct
dir
ecto
r fo
r Su
b-A
tlan
tic,
sai
d:
“By
brin
ging
Sub
-Atl
anti
c’s
man
ufac
turi
ng c
apab
iliti
es a
long
side
the
Perr
y fa
cilit
y in
Kir
bym
oors
ide
and
inve
stin
g si
gnifi
cant
ly in
addi
tion
al r
esou
rces
, pla
nt a
nd m
achi
nery
, we
have
cre
ated
a r
eal
cent
re o
f exc
elle
nce
whi
ch b
ring
s to
geth
er o
ur c
ombi
ned
expe
rtis
ean
d in
nova
tion
and
is u
nriv
alle
d w
ithi
n ou
r in
dust
ry g
loba
lly.
“Abe
rdee
n re
mai
ns a
cru
cial
cen
tre
of o
pera
tion
s fo
r us
and
we
are
look
ing
to s
tren
gthe
n th
e te
am t
here
to
ensu
re w
e co
ntin
ue
to m
eet
our
clie
nt’s
nee
ds.”
Supe
r M
ohaw
k
WO
RK
BE
GIN
S O
N £
25M
QU
AY
EX
TE
NS
ION
AT
PO
RT
OF
TY
NE
The
Por
t of
Ty
ne
has
app
oin
ted
the
mai
n c
ontr
acto
r fo
r th
e £2
5mill
ion
ext
ensi
on o
f Riv
ersi
de Q
uay
, th
e P
ort’
s m
ult
i-fu
nct
ion
al d
eep-
sea
faci
lity
at
Sou
th S
hie
lds.
The
mai
n co
ntra
ct fo
r ov
er 3
00m
of q
uay
wor
k in
clud
es a
125
mqu
ay e
xten
sion
, an
upgr
ade
of 1
18m
of e
xist
ing
quay
and
90m
of
qua
y w
all r
enew
al a
t th
e fo
rmer
McN
ulty
sit
e. T
he £
18.6
mill
ion
cont
ract
was
won
by
Tyne
side
-bas
ed S
outh
bay
Civ
il En
gine
erin
gLt
d w
ho w
ill s
tart
con
stru
ctio
n th
is m
onth
.
This
dev
elop
men
t is
req
uire
d to
sup
port
the
gro
wth
in c
argo
volu
mes
bei
ng h
andl
ed b
y th
e Po
rt, i
nclu
ding
the
rel
ativ
ely
new
woo
d pe
llet
impo
rts
used
by
pow
er s
tati
ons
as t
hey
conv
ert
from
coa
l to
rene
wab
le fu
els.
And
rew
Moff
at, P
ort
of T
yne
chie
f exe
cuti
ve o
ffice
r, sa
id: “
On
the
back
of g
row
th in
vol
umes
ove
r th
e pa
st fe
w y
ears
we
are
inve
stin
g in
new
infr
astr
uctu
re t
o m
ake
sure
the
Por
t is
abl
e to
mee
t th
e ne
eds
of b
oth
our
exis
ting
and
our
futu
re c
usto
mer
s.Th
is is
the
big
gest
sin
gle
inve
stm
ent
we
have
mad
e si
nce
we
built
Eur
ope’
s fi
rst
purp
ose-
built
woo
d pe
llet
faci
litie
s ba
ck in
2010
and
it w
ill s
igni
fica
ntly
incr
ease
the
Por
t’s
capa
city
to
hand
le in
crea
sed
volu
mes
of c
argo
es. E
xten
ding
the
leng
th o
f th
e qu
ay w
ill in
crea
se t
he b
erth
ing
capa
city
by
alm
ost
20%
enab
ling
up t
o fo
ur la
rge
carg
o sh
ips
to b
erth
sim
ulta
neou
sly.
“If w
e ar
e su
cces
sful
in a
chie
ving
our
pla
ns t
he a
dded
cap
acit
ypr
ovid
ed b
y th
e ex
tens
ion
of t
he q
uay
wou
ld d
eliv
er n
ew jo
bs
and
wou
ld a
dd a
roun
d £2
mill
ion
to t
he r
egio
nal g
ross
val
ue
adde
d ea
ch y
ear.
“I a
m d
elig
hted
tha
t a
Nor
th-e
ast-
base
d co
mpa
ny w
on t
he t
ende
rag
ains
t in
tern
atio
nal c
ompe
titi
on. T
he p
roje
ct it
self
coul
d ha
ve
a m
ajor
impa
ct in
the
reg
ion
– du
ring
con
stru
ctio
n it
will
add
£14.
8mill
ion
to t
he lo
cal e
cono
my.
”
Enab
ling
wor
k be
gan
in J
une
last
yea
r w
ith
near
ly £
3mill
ion
inve
sted
in u
nder
wat
er p
repa
rato
ry w
orks
and
inte
rnal
roa
ds
built
wit
hin
the
Port
to
redu
ce c
onst
ruct
ion
traffi
c ou
tsid
e an
dm
inim
ise
disr
upti
on fo
r ne
arby
bus
ines
ses
and
resi
dent
s.
The
proj
ect
cove
rs s
ome
300m
of q
uay,
incl
udin
g th
e co
nstr
ucti
onof
a b
rand
new
125
m q
uay
exte
nsio
n w
ith
a lo
ad c
apac
ity
of 1
0to
nnes
per
sq.
m. A
118
m s
ecti
on o
f exi
stin
g qu
ay w
hich
is o
ver
70-y
ears
-old
will
be
rem
oved
, and
the
old
fend
ers
will
be
repl
aced
wit
h ne
w b
efor
e th
e qu
ay it
self
can
be la
id. T
he r
enew
al o
f 90m
of
qua
y w
all a
t th
e fo
rmer
McN
ulty
sit
e al
so m
arks
the
sta
rt o
fin
vest
men
t to
ref
urbi
sh t
he s
ite
acqu
ired
by
the
Port
in 2
013.
In t
otal
240
ste
el p
iles
up t
o 33
m lo
ng a
nd w
eigh
ing
up t
o 21
ton
ne e
ach
will
be
need
ed t
o su
ppor
t th
e ne
w q
uay
and
will
be
driv
en in
to t
he r
iver
bed
ove
r th
e co
urse
of t
he p
roje
ct.
Paul
Ste
phen
son,
man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f Sou
thba
y C
ivil
Engi
neer
ing
Ltd,
sai
d: “
We
are
plea
sed
to h
ave
won
thi
s m
ajor
con
trac
t on
our
door
step
and
del
ight
ed t
hat
our
spec
ialis
t ci
vil e
ngin
eeri
ng s
kills
are
put
to g
ood
use
wit
h ou
r ex
peri
ence
d lo
cal s
taff
and
labo
ur.
It is
fant
asti
c to
be
part
of t
his
proj
ect
to b
ring
the
Por
t of
Tyn
eth
e vi
tal fl
exib
ility
it n
eeds
to
cont
inue
to
win
bus
ines
s,su
ppor
ting
jobs
and
the
Nor
th-e
ast
econ
omy.
”
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ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
21
ENERG
Y
UPDA
TE
FOR
GO
OD
NE
SS
SA
KE
,IT
’S O
NLY
A B
OX
…“F
indi
ng
the
tim
e to
net
wor
k is
chal
len
gin
g w
hen
you
are
bu
sy.
Att
endi
ng
a n
etw
orki
ng
even
t is
u
nlik
ely
to
solv
e th
at p
robl
em w
hic
hn
eeds
a s
olu
tion
in t
he
nex
t 48
hou
rs.
How
ever
, th
e pe
ople
you
mee
t at
nex
tw
eek’
s ev
ent
may
hel
p y
ou fi
nd
anan
swer
to
a fu
ture
pro
blem
wh
ich
you
hav
e n
ot y
et id
enti
fied
,” w
rite
s G
uy
Bro
mby
, dir
ecto
r of
Th
inJa
ck L
td.
For
Thin
Jack
, an
exce
llent
exa
mpl
e of
th
is c
ame
whe
n si
gnifi
cant
par
ts o
f the
solu
tion
to
an A
fric
an c
halle
nge
cam
e fr
om A
berd
eens
hire
.
In M
ay 2
012
we
look
ed, a
ghas
t, a
t th
ein
side
of t
he w
oode
n cr
ate
prec
isel
ysp
ecifi
ed b
y ou
r cu
stom
er. T
he T
hinJ
ack
syst
em in
side
, con
sist
ing
of t
hous
ands
of
com
pone
nt p
arts
, had
bee
n ch
ecke
d by
cus
tom
s an
d th
e co
nten
ts o
f a d
ozen
plas
tic
case
s st
rew
n in
side
the
cra
te.
Wor
se s
till,
the
cra
te w
as s
o ba
dly
repa
cked
tha
t se
vera
l ite
ms
had
alm
ost
smas
hed
out
of t
he s
ides
on
the
five
-hou
rro
ad jo
urne
y fr
om t
he c
apit
al’s
air
port
to
the
sea
bas
e.
We
had
soon
func
tion
tes
ted
and
repa
cked
the
equi
pmen
t in
to a
usa
ble
stat
e an
dfo
rtun
atel
y th
e it
ems
lost
wer
e of
low
valu
e; n
ot c
riti
cal b
ut s
till
frus
trat
ing.
Unf
ortu
nate
ly, t
he c
usto
mer
did
not
supp
ly h
is s
hipp
ing
cont
aine
r w
hich
wou
ldha
ve p
rovi
ded
us w
ith
a sa
fe, s
ecur
e an
dw
ater
tigh
t m
etho
d of
tra
nspo
rtin
g th
eeq
uipm
ent
from
the
bas
e to
the
pla
tfor
m.
Inst
ead,
we
man
aged
wit
h w
hat
we
had,
reco
gnis
ing
the
risk
s of
losi
ng e
quip
men
tfo
r th
e se
cond
tim
e be
fore
the
job
had
even
sta
rted
.
The
job
wen
t pe
rfec
tly
and
was
com
plet
edin
just
thr
ee h
ours
wit
hin
a ti
ght
wea
ther
win
dow
. The
cus
tom
er w
as d
elig
hted
.
Subs
eque
ntly
, how
ever
, our
thou
ghts
turn
edto
a m
etal
job
box
to re
duce
futu
re ri
sk. A
san
inno
vati
ve c
ompa
ny, T
hinJ
ack
is p
leas
edto
sol
ve p
robl
ems
to m
eet a
bus
ines
s ne
edbu
t nat
ural
ly lo
ok fo
r exi
stin
g so
luti
ons
first
.Fo
r som
e ye
ars
our U
SA c
usto
mer
s ha
dis
sued
us
wit
h a
sim
ple,
lidd
ed, a
lum
iniu
mbo
x w
hich
cou
ld b
e lift
ed b
y a
cran
e. T
his
was
a s
impl
e co
ncep
t but
did
not
com
ply
wit
h in
tern
atio
nal l
iftin
g re
gula
tion
s an
d ou
r des
ire
for a
sin
gle
tran
spor
t sol
utio
n:
� To
lift
by
fork
lift
or
cran
e�
Tr
ansp
orta
ble
by la
nd, a
ir
and
sea
frei
ght
� Lo
ckab
le s
tora
ge a
t ov
erse
as
and
rem
ote
base
s�
A
bilit
y to
low
er t
he b
ox t
hrou
gh t
he
plat
form
bea
ms
to t
he w
ork
site
� R
ust
free
mat
eria
l, w
itho
ut p
aint
ing,
re
duci
ng m
aint
enan
ce�
W
ater
tigh
t
Arm
ed w
ith
a lit
tle
bit
of k
now
ledg
e, w
eso
ught
out
side
hel
p an
d de
cide
d to
cal
l on
our
net
wor
k of
con
tact
s to
sol
ve t
hepr
oble
m. O
ur p
revi
ous
cert
ifica
tion
cons
ulta
nts,
Der
bysh
ire-
base
dC
onfo
rman
ce L
td, h
elpe
d sp
ecify
wha
t w
e ne
eded
acc
ordi
ng t
o th
e D
NV
2.7
-1re
gula
tion
s bu
t w
e st
ill n
eede
d a
com
pany
who
cou
ld d
esig
n an
d m
anuf
actu
re t
heD
NV
sta
ndar
d bo
x. In
201
3 w
e sp
oke
wit
hse
vera
l, w
ell-
know
n, m
anuf
actu
rers
of
offsh
ore
cont
aine
rs b
ut, u
nfor
tuna
tely
,
faile
d to
att
ract
the
ir a
tten
tion
for
wha
tco
uld
have
bee
n a
nice
five
-figu
re c
ontr
act!
Aft
er m
uch
sear
chin
g, w
e m
et w
ith
and
cont
ract
ed a
Pet
erhe
ad c
ompa
ny t
o m
ake
a pr
otot
ype
stee
l con
tain
er w
ith
a 4.
5cu
bic
met
re c
apac
ity
and
suffi
cien
t fo
rov
er 7
00 k
g of
our
equ
ipm
ent.
Thi
nJac
kLt
d pl
anne
d to
use
and
eva
luat
e th
epr
otot
ype,
focu
ssin
g on
the
lid,
doo
rs
and
liftin
g po
ints
and
to
mod
ify t
hede
sign
, wit
h ex
peri
ence
, bef
ore
mak
ing
furt
her
job
boxe
s. H
owev
er, w
e di
dn’t
ha
ve t
his
oppo
rtun
ity
as w
e im
med
iate
lyne
eded
to
orde
r tw
o m
ore
unit
s fo
r lo
ng-
term
con
trac
ts in
the
Nor
th S
ea a
nd S
ubSa
hara
n A
fric
a.
The
Pete
rhea
d su
pplie
r ha
d us
ed s
even
loca
l sub
-con
trac
tors
for
the
stee
l box
com
pone
nts
and
liftin
g st
rop
acce
ssor
ies.
Whe
n al
l thr
ee b
oxes
wer
e av
aila
ble
for
deliv
ery,
we
need
ed t
o re
nt s
ome
yard
stor
age
spac
e ne
arby
and
we
spok
e w
ith
seve
ral W
esth
ill-b
ased
com
pani
es, a
ndad
vert
ised
in lo
cal n
ewsp
aper
s an
d on
line
wit
hout
suc
cess
. Onc
e ag
ain,
how
ever
,co
ntac
ts m
ade
at n
etw
orki
ng e
vent
s (t
his
tim
e an
Abe
rdee
nshi
re C
ounc
il ev
ent)
wer
e ca
lled
into
act
ion
and
I got
in t
ouch
wit
h M
cInt
osh
Plan
t H
ire.
The
ups
hot
ofth
is is
tha
t w
e no
w le
ase
secu
re s
tora
gesp
ace
as w
ell a
s m
akin
g us
e of
fork
lift
and
tran
spor
t se
rvic
es. O
nce
agai
n, t
hene
twor
king
had
pai
d off
.
The
job
boxe
s ha
ve n
ow b
een
to W
est
Afr
ica
and
back
tw
ice
for
wel
l ser
vice
jobs
wit
hout
inci
dent
. Cri
tica
lly, T
hinJ
ack
Ltd
can
now
con
fide
ntly
and
cos
t-eff
ecti
vely
ship
and
sto
re e
quip
men
t w
orld
wid
e,m
inim
isin
g th
e ri
sk o
f los
ing
equi
pmen
tan
d el
imin
atin
g re
-pac
king
bet
wee
ndi
ffer
ent
cont
aine
r ty
pes.
The
box
, and
liftin
g st
rops
, are
rea
dily
acc
epte
d by
loca
lan
d ov
erse
as c
erti
fica
tion
aut
hori
ties
and
our
cust
omer
s lik
e w
hat
we
supp
ly. T
he a
irfr
eigh
t ca
n se
em e
xpen
sive
but
it is
far
less
than
for
a st
anda
rd c
onta
iner
. The
job
box
is a
cos
t-eff
ecti
ve “
equi
pmen
t ba
se”
for
seve
ral j
obs
in s
ucce
ssio
n in
a r
emot
e oi
l ind
ustr
y se
rvic
e ar
ea.
Mos
t of
the
job
box
part
s an
d se
rvic
es
have
com
e fr
om e
ight
Abe
rdee
nshi
re-
base
d co
mpa
nies
and
the
res
ult
of a
cont
act
mad
e at
a W
esth
ill b
usin
ess
brea
kfas
t. S
o th
is is
a b
ox w
ith
a lo
ng t
ale;
it t
ook
27 m
onth
s fr
om r
ealis
ing
the
need
to u
sing
the
firs
t bo
x, in
clud
ing
seve
ral
mon
ths
from
the
sta
rt o
f man
ufac
turi
ng
to d
eliv
ery,
and
we
are
still
eva
luat
ing
aso
luti
on t
o an
ann
oyin
g w
ater
leak
. So
noth
ing
is s
impl
e. N
ot e
ven
boxe
s.
The
bo
x, a
nd
lift
ing
str
op
s,
are
rea
dil
y a
ccep
ted
by
loca
la
nd
ove
rsea
s ce
rtifi
cati
on
au
tho
riti
es a
nd
ou
r cu
sto
mer
sli
ke w
ha
t w
e su
pp
ly. T
he
air
frei
gh
t ca
n s
eem
exp
ensi
ve
bu
t it
is f
ar
less
th
an
fo
r a
sta
nd
ard
co
nta
iner
.
Gu
y B
rom
by
We
are
ple
ase
d t
o h
ave
wo
n t
his
ma
jor
con
tra
ct o
n o
ur
do
ors
tep
an
d d
elig
hte
d
tha
t o
ur
spec
iali
st c
ivil
en
gin
eeri
ng
ski
lls
are
pu
t to
go
od
use
wit
h o
ur
exp
erie
nce
d
loca
l sta
ff a
nd
lab
ou
r.
(l-r
) A
ndr
ew M
offat
an
d P
aul S
teph
enso
n
REG
ISTR
ATI
ON
OP
ENS
FOR
EUR
OP
E’S
LAR
GES
T SU
BSE
A E
VEN
T
Big
gest
att
enda
nce
exp
ecte
d at
Su
bsea
Exp
o, d
espi
te d
rop
in o
il pr
ice
Reg
istr
atio
n h
as o
pen
ed fo
r Su
bsea
Exp
o, E
uro
pe’s
larg
est
ann
ual
su
bsea
con
fere
nce
an
d ex
hib
itio
n, w
hic
h t
akes
pla
ce
at t
he
Abe
rdee
n E
xhib
itio
n &
Con
fere
nce
Cen
tre
from
11-
13Fe
bru
ary
201
5.
The
flag
ship
eve
nt, o
rgan
ised
by
indu
stry
bod
y Su
bsea
UK
, is
exp
ecte
d to
att
ract
ove
r 6,
000
dele
gate
s an
d al
mos
t 20
0ex
hibi
tors
, mak
ing
it t
he s
econ
d bi
gges
t ev
ent
in A
berd
een
(aft
er O
ffsh
ore
Euro
pe).
This
big
gest
eve
r at
tend
ance
is a
ntic
ipat
ed d
espi
te t
he c
urre
ntch
alle
nges
faci
ng t
he in
dust
ry d
ue t
o th
e sh
arp
drop
in o
il pr
ices
.
Nei
l Gor
don,
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
of S
ubse
a U
K, s
aid:
“Th
ere
is m
uch
spec
ulat
ion
on h
ow m
uch
deep
er a
nd lo
nger
thi
s di
p in
oil
pric
ew
ill g
o. In
rec
ent
year
s, w
e ha
ve s
een
the
cost
of p
rodu
ctio
n pe
rba
rrel
ris
e fr
om 2
0% t
o 60
%. T
he d
rop
in c
omm
odit
y pr
ice
coup
led
wit
h th
ese
spir
allin
g co
sts,
is im
pact
ing
on p
roje
cts
glob
ally
and
we
are
in fo
r ch
alle
ngin
g ti
mes
wit
h th
e su
pply
chai
n un
der
grow
ing
pres
sure
to
redu
ce c
osts
.”
Mr
Gor
don
belie
ves
the
Cha
ncel
lor
has
gone
som
e w
ay t
o ea
sing
the
sit
uati
on in
the
Nor
th S
ea a
nd h
elpi
ng im
prov
e th
eco
mpe
titi
vene
ss a
nd t
here
fore
att
ract
iven
ess
of t
he p
rovi
nce,
but
says
his
bud
get
stat
emen
t di
d no
t co
ntai
n th
e ra
dica
l ove
rhau
l of
the
fisc
al r
egim
e m
any
had
hope
d fo
r. “T
he in
dust
ry s
till
requ
ires
furt
her
redu
ctio
ns in
the
ove
rall
tax
rate
and
mor
e m
easu
res
toin
crea
se e
xplo
rati
on a
ctiv
ity,
”he
said
. “A
gain
st t
his
back
drop
, the
subs
ea s
ecto
r pe
rfor
med
rea
sona
bly
wel
l in
2014
, but
we
are
wel
law
are
of t
he c
halle
nges
ahe
ad a
nd S
ubse
a Ex
po w
ill a
llow
the
indu
stry
to
disc
uss
thes
e in
som
e de
pth.
”
The
mai
n to
pics
to
be e
xplo
red
at t
he e
vent
are
max
imis
ing
glob
alop
port
unit
ies,
key
pro
ject
s ar
ound
the
wor
ld, t
he m
arin
ere
new
able
s m
arke
t, s
tand
ardi
sati
on a
nd o
ptim
isat
ion,
pip
elin
es,
RO
V a
nd in
spec
tion
and
tec
hnol
ogy
and
R&
D.
“The
se a
re t
he m
ain
area
s of
focu
s fo
r th
e su
bsea
sec
tor
in t
hene
xt fe
w y
ears
,” s
aid
Mr
Gor
don.
“In
our
ple
nary
ses
sion
, we
will
belo
okin
g at
the
cur
rent
and
futu
re c
halle
nges
wit
h se
nior
indu
stry
lead
ers
from
com
pani
es s
uch
as A
pach
e N
orth
Sea
, EnQ
uest
,Su
bsea
7 a
nd P
rose
rv. W
ith
inte
nsifi
ed s
crut
iny
on c
ost
and
valu
e,st
anda
rdis
atio
n an
d pr
oduc
tion
opt
imis
atio
n be
com
e bi
g ti
cket
agen
da it
ems
and
we
will
be
look
ing
at h
ow o
ur c
ompa
nies
are
appr
oach
ing
thes
e ar
eas
and
how
the
y ca
n ca
pita
lise
on g
loba
lop
port
unit
ies.”
The
Subs
ea B
usin
ess
Act
ivit
y R
epor
t in
201
3, r
evea
led
that
the
indu
stry
gen
erat
ed a
roun
d £9
billi
on in
rev
enue
s an
d su
ppor
ted
60,0
00 jo
bs a
cros
s th
e co
untr
y w
ith
the
cent
re o
f exc
elle
nce
inA
berd
een
supp
orte
d by
gro
win
g cl
uste
rs o
f sub
sea
busi
ness
es
in t
he S
cott
ish
cent
ral b
elt,
the
Nor
th-e
ast,
Nor
th-w
est
and
Sout
h-ea
st o
f Eng
land
. Alm
ost
50%
of U
K s
ubse
a ou
tput
isex
port
ed a
nd t
he U
K b
oast
s 45
% o
f glo
bal m
arke
tsha
re.
“The
UK
sub
sea
supp
ly c
hain
is n
ot ju
st d
epen
dent
on
the
Nor
thSe
a. M
ost
subs
ea c
ompa
nies
are
ope
rati
ng g
loba
lly, p
arti
cula
rly
in e
mer
ging
and
dee
pwat
er r
egio
ns s
uch
as A
ustr
alia
, Bra
zil
and
Wes
t A
fric
a. W
hile
thi
s m
eans
tha
t ri
sk is
mor
e eff
ecti
vely
spre
ad, t
here
will
sti
ll be
sig
nifi
cant
cha
lleng
es a
head
and
tho
seco
mpa
nies
whi
ch c
an b
est
dem
onst
rate
inno
vati
on a
nd a
dded
-va
lue
alon
gsid
e co
st-e
ffici
enci
es w
ill b
e w
ell-
plac
ed t
o w
eath
er
the
stor
m,”
cont
inue
d M
r G
ordo
n.
Subs
ea E
xpo
has
grow
n in
siz
e an
d st
atur
e si
nce
2004
, bec
omin
ga
glob
ally
rec
ogni
sed
even
t. T
his
year
, She
ll is
the
con
fere
nce
spon
sor
wit
h offi
cial
med
ia p
artn
ers,
Ene
rgy
and
Ener
gy V
oice
an
d pr
inci
pal m
edia
spo
nsor
, Off
shor
e En
gine
er w
ith
supp
ort
from
man
y ot
hers
.
UK
Tra
de &
Inve
st (U
KTI
) ret
urns
to
Subs
ea E
xpo
in 2
015
wit
h an
area
focu
sed
on g
loba
l opp
ortu
niti
es w
hich
will
hel
p co
mpa
nies
look
ing
to e
xplo
it n
ew m
arke
ts. A
s w
ell a
s pr
ovid
ing
supp
ort
to U
Kfi
rms,
UK
TI a
nd S
DI w
ill a
lso
wel
com
e vi
sito
rs o
n in
war
d m
issi
ons
from
key
sub
sea
mar
kets
incl
udin
g W
est
Afr
ica,
Asi
a an
d So
uth
Am
eric
a.
The
Subs
ea U
K B
usin
ess
Aw
ards
will
be
pres
ente
d at
a g
ala
dinn
er,
spon
sore
d by
For
um, C
osta
in, G
enes
is a
nd S
ETS
on t
he e
veni
ng o
fth
e op
enin
g da
y of
Sub
sea
Expo
, wit
h gu
est
spea
ker
broa
dcas
ter
and
expl
orer
, Mon
ty H
alls
, pro
vidi
ng t
he k
eyno
te s
peec
h.
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ance
to
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ibit
ion
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ee o
f ch
arge
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DE
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EA
TE
TR
OP
HY
FOR
UP
CO
MIN
G O
FFS
HO
RE
AC
HIE
VE
ME
NT
AW
AR
DS
Ale
xan
dra
Pat
e, a
Rob
ert
Gor
don
Un
iver
sity
stu
den
t, h
as
won
a c
ompe
titi
on t
o de
sign
th
e tr
oph
y fo
r th
is y
ear’
s O
ffsh
ore
Ach
ieve
men
t A
war
ds, t
akin
g pl
ace
in M
arch
.
The
brie
f was
to
desi
gn a
tro
phy
whi
ch e
ncom
pass
ed t
he k
eyth
emes
of t
he O
ffsh
ore
Ach
ieve
men
t A
war
ds –
inno
vati
on,
crea
tivi
ty a
nd o
ut o
f the
box
thi
nkin
g.
The
pane
l of j
udge
s w
ere
impr
esse
d by
Ale
xand
ra’s
aw
ard
desi
gn,
whi
ch w
as in
spir
ed b
y th
e un
derg
roun
d pa
tter
n of
dev
iate
d w
ells
and
will
be
mad
e fr
om a
com
bina
tion
of s
tain
less
ste
el a
ndgr
anit
e. T
he p
roto
type
will
now
be
deve
lope
d in
to a
fina
l pro
duct
whi
ch w
ill b
e pr
esen
ted
to w
inne
rs a
t th
e bl
ack
tie
awar
dsce
rem
ony.
The
chal
leng
e w
as p
rese
nted
to
thir
d ye
ar s
tude
nts
stud
ying
3-D
desi
gn (c
eram
ics
and
glas
s, je
wel
lery
, pro
duct
des
ign)
at
Gra
y’s
Scho
ol o
f Art
in N
ovem
ber
by t
he o
rgan
iser
s of
the
aw
ards
, the
Soci
ety
of P
etro
leum
Eng
inee
rs (S
PE) A
berd
een
Sect
ion.
Ian
Phill
ips,
SPE
Abe
rdee
n bo
ard
mem
ber
and
chie
f exe
cuti
ve
of t
he O
il &
Gas
Inno
vati
on C
entr
e, s
aid:
“O
nce
agai
n, t
his
com
peti
tion
has
sho
wca
sed
the
supe
rb t
alen
t th
at G
ray’
s Sc
hool
of A
rt s
tude
nts
have
to
offer
. The
qua
lity
of t
he e
ntri
es e
ach
year
mak
es it
ext
rem
ely
diffi
cult
to
pick
a w
inne
r an
d th
is y
ear
was
no
diff
eren
t, w
ith
four
out
stan
ding
pro
posa
ls.
“Ale
xand
ra’s
tro
phy
desi
gn w
as fa
ntas
tic
and
real
ly in
corp
orat
esw
hat
the
Off
shor
e A
chie
vem
ent
Aw
ards
are
all
abou
t. W
e lo
okfo
rwar
d to
see
ing
the
fina
l tro
phy
bein
g pr
esen
ted
to n
ext
year
’sw
inne
rs.”
Twen
ty-y
ear-
old
Ale
xand
ra, f
rom
Dun
oon,
sai
d: “
I am
abs
olut
ely
delig
hted
tha
t m
y tr
ophy
des
ign
has
been
cho
sen
and
will
be
pres
ente
d to
som
e of
the
mos
t su
cces
sful
com
pani
es a
ndin
divi
dual
s in
the
off
shor
e en
ergy
indu
stry
. My
pare
nts
are
blac
ksm
iths
and
our
fam
ily b
usin
ess
has
been
in o
pera
tion
fo
r m
ore
than
a c
entu
ry. T
his
was
whe
re m
y in
spir
atio
n to
inco
rpor
ate
stee
l int
o m
y de
sign
cam
e fr
om.
“I w
ould
like
to
than
k SP
E A
berd
een
for
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to p
ut
our
desi
gn s
kills
to
the
test
and
I ho
pe t
hat
all o
f the
fina
lists
enjo
y th
e ev
enin
g.”
The
blac
k ti
e ev
ent
will
tak
e pl
ace
on T
hurs
day
12 M
arch
201
5 at
the
Abe
rdee
n Ex
hibi
tion
and
Con
fere
nce
Cen
tre.
Lea
ding
com
edia
n/m
agic
ian,
Pet
e Fi
rman
, will
pro
vide
the
eve
ning
’sen
tert
ainm
ent.
Pete
’s s
kill
for
fusi
ng m
agic
and
com
edy
has
mad
e hi
m o
ne o
f the
mos
t re
cogn
ised
and
sou
ght
after
mag
icia
ns w
orki
ng o
n B
riti
shte
levi
sion
, wri
ting
and
per
form
ing
in a
num
ber
of m
agic
sho
ws.
He
mos
t re
cent
ly s
tarr
ed in
BB
C1’
s pr
ime-
tim
e Sa
turd
ay n
ight
show
‘The
Mag
icia
ns’.
Pete
has
bee
n in
vite
d to
per
form
on
a nu
mbe
r of
tel
evis
ion
prog
ram
mes
incl
udin
g ‘T
he O
ne S
how
’ and
‘Cel
ebri
tyM
aste
rmin
d’. H
is c
riti
cally
acc
laim
ed li
ve p
erfo
rman
ces
incl
ude
eigh
t co
nsec
utiv
e Ed
inbu
rgh
Frin
ge F
esti
vals
, mos
t re
cent
ly t
his
year
wit
h hi
s ne
w s
how
‘Tri
ckst
er’.
He
is a
lso
one
of t
he fe
w U
Kac
ts in
vite
d to
per
form
at
Mon
trea
l’s ‘J
ust
For
Laug
hs’ c
omed
yfe
stiv
al.
Ale
xan
dra
Pat
e w
ith
th
e pr
otot
ype
of
her
win
nin
g tr
oph
y d
esig
n
DR
ILLI
NG
DA
TA A
NA
LYS
IS –
A
WA
Y T
O S
TR
EA
MLI
NE
CO
ST
S
IN T
HE
CU
RR
EN
T C
LIM
AT
E?
Wit
h a
n o
il pr
ice
dipp
ing
belo
w $
50 fo
r th
e fi
rst
tim
e in
six
yea
rs, o
pera
tors
are
look
ing
at n
ew a
ppro
ach
es t
o st
ream
linin
gco
sts
in w
ays
that
not
on
ly h
elp
duri
ng
the
curr
ent
cycl
e, b
ut
are
sust
ain
able
an
d ad
d va
lue
wh
en t
he
pric
e ri
ses
agai
n.
Dr
Car
los
Dam
ski,
in h
is b
ook
Dri
lling
Dat
a Vo
rtex
– “
Whe
re t
hebi
ts m
eet
the
bits
”, sug
gest
s th
at o
ne a
rea
whe
re v
alue
can
be
adde
d to
red
uce
drill
ing
cost
s is
in b
ette
r an
alys
is o
f cur
rent
da
ta, l
ooki
ng fo
r op
port
unit
ies
to r
educ
e op
erat
iona
l tim
e, t
hus
redu
cing
cos
ts.
Expl
aini
ng a
ll co
ncep
ts in
a v
ery
sim
ple
way
and
avo
idin
gex
cess
ive
tech
nica
lity
this
boo
k is
des
igne
d fo
r a
broa
d au
dien
ce,
incl
udin
g dr
illin
g pe
rson
nel,
man
ager
s, d
ata
anal
ysts
and
all
prof
essi
onal
s in
volv
ed in
the
use
of d
ata
to im
prov
e dr
illin
gop
erat
ions
.
“In
the
wor
ld o
f dri
lling
the
re a
re m
any
face
ts t
o be
inte
rpre
ted
in t
he d
igit
al m
odel
,” s
ays
Dr
Dam
ski.
“The
gap
bet
wee
n th
ese
wor
lds
is n
arro
win
g as
the
indu
stry
gai
ns c
ompu
ting
pow
er
to r
un c
ompl
ete
mod
els
wit
h m
ore
sens
ors
to c
olle
ct d
ata.
”
Dri
lling
Dat
a Vo
rtex
can
be
purc
hase
d as
a c
olou
r ha
rd c
opy
or a
n eb
ook
from
ww
w.d
rilli
ngda
tavo
rtex
.com
. It
is a
lso
avai
labl
eon
Am
azon
Kin
dle
and
othe
r on
line
stor
es.
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Y
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TS G
rou
p, t
he
Abe
rdee
nsh
ire-
base
doi
l an
d ga
s pi
pelin
e en
gin
eeri
ng
spec
ialis
t, is
pre
pari
ng
for
furt
her
inte
rnat
ion
al e
xpan
sion
aft
er s
ecu
rin
gan
add
itio
nal
£4.
3mill
ion
inve
stm
ent
from
th
e B
usi
nes
s G
row
th F
un
d (B
GF)
.
The
man
agem
ent
team
beh
ind
STAT
S ha
sal
so in
vest
ed m
ore
mon
ey in
the
bus
ines
s,w
hich
rec
eive
d an
init
ial £
7.8m
illio
n of
grow
th c
apit
al fr
om B
GF
in M
arch
201
2.
Sinc
e th
e in
itia
l fun
ding
dea
l, ST
ATS
has
doub
led
its
annu
al t
urno
ver
to a
roun
d£3
0mill
ion,
has
cre
ated
145
add
itio
nal
jobs
and
has
ope
ned
oper
atio
nal b
ases
in
Can
ada,
the
Mid
dle
East
and
the
US.
The
addi
tion
al g
row
th c
apit
al w
ill fu
el t
heco
ntin
ued
rate
of e
xpan
sion
, esp
ecia
lly in
the
US,
whe
re S
TATS
ope
ned
a ne
w fa
cilit
yin
201
4 an
d re
cent
ly w
on c
ontr
acts
wor
thm
ore
than
$15
mill
ion
(£9.
9mill
ion)
to
prov
ide
inte
rven
tion
and
isol
atio
n se
rvic
esto
one
of t
he la
rges
t en
ergy
infr
astr
uctu
reco
mpa
nies
in N
orth
Am
eric
a.
BG
F’s
inve
stm
ent
will
als
o ai
d gr
owth
in
the
Mid
dle
East
, whe
re S
TATS
has
pion
eere
d th
e us
e of
em
erge
ncy
isol
atio
nto
ols
as a
n in
sura
nce
polic
y ag
ains
tda
mag
e to
vit
al p
ipel
ine
infr
astr
uctu
re,
both
sub
sea
and
on-l
and,
wit
h cl
ient
sin
clud
ing
nati
onal
oil
com
pani
es a
cros
sth
e re
gion
.
Sim
on M
unro
, BG
F re
gion
al d
irec
tor
Scot
land
, sai
d: “
I’m d
elig
hted
tha
t w
e ar
e in
vest
ing
mor
e ca
pita
l in
STAT
S an
dco
ntin
uing
to
back
Pet
e D
ugui
d an
d hi
ste
am. S
ince
our
init
ial i
nves
tmen
t in
201
2,th
e co
mpa
ny h
as g
one
from
str
engt
h to
stre
ngth
, dou
blin
g tu
rnov
er, c
reat
ing
jobs
and
expa
ndin
g gl
obal
ly.
“Fol
low
-on
inve
stm
ents
are
an
impo
rtan
tpa
rt o
f the
BG
F m
odel
. By
supp
orti
ngbu
sine
sses
tha
t w
e kn
ow a
nd h
ave
apr
oven
tra
ck-r
ecor
d, w
e ca
n he
lp t
hem
to g
row
eve
n fu
rthe
r.”
Pete
Du
guid
, ch
ief
exec
uti
ve o
ffic
er o
fST
ATS
Gro
up,
add
ed: “
Sim
on a
nd
his
team
at
BG
F h
ave
been
ver
y s
upp
orti
vesi
nce
ou
r fi
rst
inve
stm
ent.
Th
ey h
ave
not
just
inje
cted
cas
h in
to t
he
busi
nes
s bu
th
ave
also
off
ered
adv
ice
and
supp
ort
duri
ng
our
glob
al e
xpan
sion
. Th
e la
test
fun
din
g w
ill h
elp
us
to m
ain
tain
th
e pa
ceof
ou
r ex
pan
sion
in t
he
US
and
the
Mid
dle
East
.”
Pete
Dug
uid
foun
ded
STAT
S in
199
8 w
ith
his
sist
er, L
orra
ine
Port
er. T
he c
ompa
nyha
s si
nce
grow
n to
em
ploy
265
peo
ple
atit
s he
ad o
ffice
in K
into
re, n
ear
Abe
rdee
n,an
d at
its
othe
r ba
ses
in In
veru
rie,
Ken
dal,
Can
ada,
Mal
aysi
a, Q
atar
, the
Uni
ted
Ara
bEm
irat
es a
nd t
he U
S.
Last
yea
r ST
ATS
inve
sted
£50
0,00
0 in
open
ing
a gl
obal
tra
inin
g ce
ntre
at
its
head
offi
ce in
Kin
tore
to
mai
ntai
n an
dim
prov
e qu
alit
y an
d co
mpe
tenc
y st
anda
rds
thro
ugh
in-h
ouse
spe
cial
ist
trai
ning
.
Rec
ent
wor
k ca
rrie
d ou
t by
the
gro
up
has
incl
uded
isol
atin
g th
e Fo
rtie
s Pi
pelin
eSy
stem
on
beha
lf of
Apa
che
Nor
th S
ea
so t
hat
a su
bsea
isol
atio
n va
lve
coul
d be
saf
ely
inst
alle
d on
thi
s m
ajor
pip
elin
e,re
spon
sibl
e fo
r tr
ansp
orti
ng o
ver
a th
ird
of t
he U
K’s
oil
prod
ucti
on.
A N
orth
-eas
t h
ydr
aulic
sol
uti
ons
spec
ialis
t h
as a
nn
oun
ced
the
addi
tion
of
a n
ew r
enta
l div
isio
n t
o it
s gr
owin
gse
rvic
e off
erin
g.
Abe
rdee
nshi
re-b
ased
ITC
Hyd
raul
ics
has
inve
sted
ove
r £2
00,0
00 in
the
new
divi
sion
, whi
ch h
as b
een
esta
blis
hed
inre
spon
se t
o an
incr
ease
in d
eman
d fo
r th
e re
ntal
of e
quip
men
t.
The
mov
e w
ill n
ow s
ee t
he c
ompa
ny
take
the
ent
ire
proc
ess
in-h
ouse
hav
ing
prev
ious
ly s
ub-c
ontr
acte
d va
riou
s as
pect
sof
its
rent
al w
ork.
The
rent
al ra
nge,
whi
ch is
to
incl
ude
a w
ide
sele
ctio
n of
equ
ipm
ent
incl
udin
g bo
th z
oned
and
safe
are
a hy
drau
lic p
ower
uni
ts a
nd
hot
oil fl
ushi
ng u
nits
, will
dov
etai
l wit
h th
eco
mpa
ny’s
abi
lity
to s
ervi
ce a
nd m
aint
ain
all t
ypes
of h
ydra
ulic
and
mec
hani
cal u
nits
acro
ss a
rang
e of
indu
stri
es.
Ian
Cla
rk, m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
of I
TCH
ydra
ulic
s, s
aid:
“Th
e cr
eati
on o
f our
new
,in
-hou
se r
enta
l div
isio
n re
ally
is t
he n
ext
logi
cal s
tep
in t
he g
row
th o
f ITC
and
it’s
exci
ting
tha
t th
ings
hav
e fi
nally
com
e to
frui
tion
.
“Pre
viou
sly
we
wer
en’t
in a
pos
itio
n to
dea
lw
ith
vari
ous
rent
al r
eque
sts
sole
ly o
n ou
row
n an
d w
e w
ere
rely
ing
on o
utso
urci
ngce
rtai
n jo
bs, a
s an
d w
hen
they
cam
e in
.N
ow, u
sing
a m
ix o
f pur
chas
ed a
sset
s an
dpu
rpos
e-bu
ilt e
quip
men
t by
our
spe
cial
ist
team
, we’
ve e
stab
lishe
d a
rang
e of
hydr
aulic
pro
duct
s th
at w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
for
both
sho
rt-t
erm
and
long
-ter
m r
ent.
“The
cor
e IT
C s
ervi
ce w
ill r
emai
n th
ede
sign
, man
ufac
ture
and
ser
vice
of a
llty
pes
of h
ydra
ulic
equ
ipm
ent
but
we
belie
ve t
he r
enta
l asp
ect
will
be
a w
elco
me
addi
tion
to
our
serv
ice
offer
ing.
It w
ill a
llow
us t
o be
bet
ter
plac
ed t
o m
eet
the
vary
ing
need
s of
bot
h ou
r ex
isti
ng a
nd fu
ture
clie
nts.”
ITC
, whi
ch o
ver
the
last
tw
o ye
ars
has
seen
its
turn
over
dou
ble
from
£79
7,00
0 to
£1.5
9mill
ion,
has
als
o re
cent
ly c
ompl
eted
an e
xpan
sion
of i
ts m
ezza
nine
wor
kspa
ceas
it p
repa
res
for
futu
re g
row
thth
roug
hout
201
5.
Ian
Cla
rk a
dded
: “W
e’ve
rec
entl
y do
uble
dth
e si
ze o
f our
mez
zani
ne w
orks
pace
at
our
head
quar
ters
nea
r O
ldm
eldr
um in
am
ove
that
aga
in c
onso
lidat
es o
ur c
lient
offer
ing.
“We
wan
t to
rem
ain
as a
lead
ing
prov
ider
of h
ydra
ulic
sol
utio
ns t
o a
rang
e of
indu
stri
es a
nd c
lient
s, w
heth
er t
hey
are
maj
or o
il an
d ga
s fi
rms
or lo
cal f
arm
ers
and
its
deve
lopm
ents
suc
h as
the
new
divi
sion
and
wor
kspa
ce e
xpan
sion
tha
t w
ill a
llow
ITC
to
do t
his.”
ITC
INT
RO
DU
CE
S N
EW
RE
NTA
L D
IVIS
ION
TO
SE
RV
ICE
OFF
ER
ING
STA
TS G
RO
UP
CO
NTI
NU
ES O
VER
SEA
S EX
PA
NSI
ON
(l-r
) Si
mon
Mu
nro
an
d P
ete
Du
guid
CLA
XT
ON
INC
RE
AS
ES
NO
RT
H S
EA
’SLA
RG
ES
T S
UR
FAC
ER
ISE
R S
TO
CK
FO
RU
LTR
A-H
EA
VY
DU
TY
JAC
K-U
PS
Cla
xton
, an
Act
eon
com
pan
y, i
sex
ten
din
g it
s la
rge
surf
ace
rise
rin
ven
tory
to
mee
t op
erat
ors’
nee
ds a
sm
ore
hea
vy d
uty
jack
-up
rigs
en
ter
the
Nor
th S
ea. T
he
com
pan
y, w
hic
h a
lrea
dyh
as m
ore
than
560
ft o
f rap
id c
all-
offsu
rfac
e ri
ser
stoc
k, is
add
ing
new
join
tsin
th
e si
ze a
nd
pres
sure
req
uir
ed t
oin
terf
ace
wit
h t
he
blow
out
prev
ente
r(B
OP
) st
acks
on
th
e n
ew r
igs.
Mar
tin
Jolle
y, v
ice
pres
iden
t sa
les
and
com
mer
cial
, Cla
xton
, sai
d: “
Soon
the
re w
illbe
six
ult
ra-h
eavy
dut
y ja
ck-u
ps o
pera
ting
alon
gsid
e th
e 44
oth
er ja
ck-u
ps in
the
Nor
th S
ea. T
he n
ew r
igs
all r
equi
re s
urfa
ceri
sers
wit
h 18
.3/4
” ID
and
15k
pre
ssur
e
rati
ngs.
We
are
bols
teri
ng o
ur in
vent
ory
in t
his
area
to
supp
ort
our
clie
nts.
“Our
sur
face
ris
er s
uppl
y ca
pabi
lity
has
alw
ays
been
bro
ad; w
e co
ver
13.3
/5”
thro
ugh
to 2
1.1/
4” in
tern
al d
iam
eter
opti
ons,
whi
ch a
re a
vaila
ble
in a
ran
ge
of lo
w a
nd h
igh
pres
sure
opt
ions
up
to
15k
rati
ngs.
Our
new
18.
3/4”
15k
sto
ckw
ill fu
rthe
r st
reng
then
our
pos
itio
n as
ale
adin
g su
pplie
r of
sur
face
ris
ers
for
the
Nor
th S
ea a
nd b
eyon
d.
“Cla
xton
has
a b
road
ran
ge o
f sup
port
ing
rent
al e
quip
men
t to
man
age
rise
rin
terf
aces
, so
we’
re c
onfid
ent
that
ou
r su
rfac
e ri
ser
pack
ages
and
rap
idm
obili
sati
on c
apab
ility
will
con
tinu
e to
mee
t th
e ne
eds
of o
pera
tors
and
dri
lling
cont
ract
ors.
Cla
xton
’s fu
ll ri
ser
capa
bilit
yco
vers
sub
sea
and
surf
ace
rise
rs, r
iser
hand
ling
and
tens
ioni
ng. T
he c
ompl
ete
rang
e of
bor
e, p
ress
ure
and
syst
em o
ptio
nsw
e su
pply
is u
nmat
ched
in t
he N
orth
Sea
.”
Cla
xton
pro
vide
s th
e va
st m
ajor
ity
of w
ell
cont
rol i
nter
face
s, w
ith
mor
e th
an 4
,000
surf
ace
rise
r an
d as
soci
ated
ran
ge o
f
rent
al a
dapt
ors,
con
nect
ors,
han
dlin
gto
olin
g an
d an
cilla
ry it
ems.
Wor
king
alo
ngsi
de s
iste
r ri
ser
busi
ness
esin
the
Act
eon
grou
p, C
laxt
on’s
sur
face
and
subs
ea r
iser
sup
ply
capa
bilit
y is
use
d by
oper
ator
s in
the
Nor
th S
ea a
nd b
eyon
d.C
laxt
on s
uppl
ied
the
firs
t 10
,000
psi
subs
ea r
iser
sys
tem
to
a N
orth
Sea
oper
ator
and
del
iver
ed a
com
plet
e ri
ser
syst
em fo
r th
e de
epes
t w
ater
s ev
er t
ackl
edfr
om a
jack
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in S
tato
il’s
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lfaks
fiel
d.
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on
th
ere
wil
l be
six
ult
ra-
hea
vy d
uty
jack
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s o
per
ati
ng
alo
ng
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e th
e 4
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ther
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ps
in t
he
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rth
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. Th
e n
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gs
all
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uir
e su
rfa
ce r
iser
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ith
18
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d 1
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re r
ati
ng
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e a
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ols
teri
ng
ou
r in
ven
tory
in t
his
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a t
o s
up
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rt o
ur
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nts
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ar h
as p
redi
cted
th
at it
s ec
onom
yw
ill g
row
by
7.7
% in
201
5, s
ign
allin
g th
ew
orld
's t
op e
xpor
ter
of li
quefi
ed n
atu
ral
gas
expe
cts
very
litt
le d
isru
ptio
n t
o it
sfi
nan
ces
from
th
e oi
l pri
ce p
lun
ge w
hic
his
wor
ryin
g m
any
en
ergy
exp
orte
rs.
The
tum
blin
g oi
l pri
ce h
as a
dded
pre
ssur
eto
the
fina
nces
of e
nerg
y ex
port
ers
arou
ndth
e w
orld
but
as
an e
xpor
ter
of m
ainl
y ga
s,Q
atar
is o
nly
part
ially
aff
ecte
d by
wea
k oi
l pri
ces.
Even
at
curr
ent
oil p
rice
s, a
naly
sts
esti
mat
e Q
atar
's s
tate
bud
get
mig
ht b
reak
even
in 2
015
as it
has
hug
e fi
scal
res
erve
sto
cov
er a
ny d
efici
ts.
Dom
esti
c ri
sks
to t
he e
cono
my
are
mai
nly
cent
red
on t
he s
cale
and
com
plex
ity
ofQ
atar
's p
lann
ed in
fras
truc
ture
pro
ject
sbe
fore
it h
osts
the
202
2 W
orld
Cup
soc
cer
tour
nam
ent,
rai
sing
its
2015
infl
atio
nfo
reca
st t
o 3.
5% fr
om 3
.4%
.
Qat
ar is
con
fide
nt t
hat
desp
ite
low
erin
gco
mm
odit
y pr
ices
, its
eco
nom
y is
gro
win
gan
d st
able
.
This
can
pre
sent
exc
elle
nt o
ppor
tuni
ties
for
the
UK
oil
and
gas
supp
ly c
hain
to
ente
r in
to a
wel
l-es
tabl
ishe
d oi
l ind
ustr
yw
ith
a si
gnifi
cant
vol
ume
of o
ffsh
ore
acti
viti
es a
nd a
n in
crea
sing
dem
and
for
high
tec
hnol
ogy
solu
tion
s al
ong
wit
h hi
ghly
ski
lled
prof
essi
onal
s.
Figu
res
Des
pite
bei
ng o
ne o
f the
sm
alle
st c
ount
ries
in t
he M
iddl
e Ea
st in
ter
ms
of la
nd m
ass
and
popu
lati
on, Q
atar
has
the
wor
ld’s
high
est
GD
P pe
r ca
pita
(est
imat
ed a
t$9
6,90
3 la
st y
ear)
and
a fa
st-g
row
ing
econ
omy,
incr
easi
ng b
y 6.
5% in
201
3.
Acc
ordi
ng t
o th
e Q
atar
Nat
iona
l Ban
k(Q
NB
), Q
atar
's e
arni
ngs
from
its
hydr
ocar
bons
sec
tor
has
acco
unte
d fo
r60
% o
f the
cou
ntry
's t
otal
gov
ernm
ent
reve
nues
ove
r th
e pa
st fi
ve fi
scal
yea
rs(t
hrou
gh t
o fi
scal
yea
r 20
12-1
3).
The
coun
try
prod
uced
nea
rly
1.6
mill
ion
bpd
of li
quid
fuel
s (c
rude
oil,
con
dens
ates
,na
tura
l gas
pla
nt li
quid
s, g
as-t
o-liq
uids
,
and
othe
r liq
uids
) in
2013
, of w
hich
730,
000
bpd
was
cru
de o
il an
d th
ere
mai
nder
was
non
-cru
de li
quid
s.
Bas
ed o
n st
atem
ents
from
gov
ernm
ent
offici
als,
som
e in
dust
ry s
ourc
es b
elie
veQ
atar
's c
onde
nsat
e pr
oduc
tion
cou
ld
pass
800
,000
bbl
d by
201
5 an
d re
ach
near
ly o
ne m
illio
n bp
d by
201
6.
Oil
Wit
h pr
oven
res
erve
s of
cru
de o
iles
tim
ated
at
25.2
bill
ion
barr
els,
Qat
arho
lds
the
9th
larg
est
rese
rves
in O
PEC
an
d th
e 13
th la
rges
t in
the
wor
ld.
Its
oil p
rodu
ctio
n co
mes
from
just
a fe
wfi
elds
, led
by
the
Al S
hahe
en, D
ukha
n, a
ndId
d al
-Sha
rgi w
hich
, com
bine
d, a
ccou
nt
for
mor
e th
an 8
5% o
f the
cou
ntry
's c
rude
oil p
rodu
ctio
n ca
paci
ty.
The
last
maj
or d
isco
very
in Q
atar
cam
e in
1994
(the
Al R
ayya
n fi
eld)
, and
any
sup
ply
grow
th in
the
nea
r te
rm is
like
ly t
o co
me
from
incr
ease
d ou
tput
at
Qat
ar's
exi
stin
gfi
elds
, par
ticu
larl
y th
roug
h th
e us
e of
enha
nced
oil
reco
very
(EO
R) t
echn
ique
s.
Ope
rato
rs h
ave
used
EO
R in
sev
eral
fiel
ds,
incl
udin
g A
l-Sh
ahee
n, D
ukha
n, B
u H
anin
e,an
d M
ayda
n M
arja
m.
Nat
ural
gas
Nat
ural
gas
is a
t th
e ce
ntre
of Q
atar
'sen
ergy
sec
tor.
As
of J
anua
ry 2
014,
Q
atar
had
the
thi
rd la
rges
t pr
oved
re
serv
es o
f nat
ural
gas
in t
he w
orld
at
885t
cf, a
ccor
ding
to
the
Oil
& G
as J
ourn
al.
Nea
rly
all o
f Qat
ar's
nat
ural
gas
rese
rves
are
in t
he c
ount
ry's
Nor
th F
ield
, whi
ch is
part
of t
he w
orld
's la
rges
t na
tura
l gas
depo
sit.
Iran
's S
outh
Par
s an
d Q
atar
's N
orth
Fiel
d to
geth
er c
ompr
ise
the
enti
re d
epos
it.
Ther
e is
cur
rent
ly a
mor
ator
ium
on
new
proj
ects
in t
he m
assi
ve N
orth
Fie
ld w
hile
oper
ator
s co
ntin
ue t
o ex
amin
e w
ays
ofsu
stai
ning
hig
h le
vels
of o
utpu
t ov
er t
helo
nger
ter
m.
The
mor
ator
ium
was
init
ially
sch
edul
ed
to e
nd in
200
8 bu
t w
ill r
un t
hrou
gh t
o at
leas
t 20
15, a
fter
sev
eral
ext
ensi
ons.
Nev
erth
eles
s gr
owth
from
oth
er fi
elds
and
new
pro
ject
s co
uld
resu
lt in
ove
rall
outp
utgr
owth
, alt
houg
h lik
ely
at lo
w le
vels
.
Wit
h it
s re
lati
vely
low
dom
esti
c en
ergy
dem
and,
Qat
ar is
abl
e to
exp
ort
near
ly
all o
f its
nat
ural
gas
pro
duct
ion.
The
elec
tric
ity
and
wat
er (d
esal
inis
atio
n)se
ctor
s ac
coun
t fo
r m
ost
of t
he n
atur
alga
s co
nsum
ptio
n in
Qat
ar.
Qat
ar w
as t
he w
orld
's fo
urth
larg
est
dry
natu
ral g
as p
rodu
cer
in 2
012
(beh
ind
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, R
ussi
a an
d Ir
an),
and
has
been
the
wor
ld's
lead
ing
lique
fied
nat
ural
gas
(LN
G) e
xpor
ter
sinc
e 20
06.
Qat
ar is
als
o at
the
fore
fron
t of
gas
-to-
liqui
ds (G
TL) p
rodu
ctio
n, a
nd t
he c
ount
ryis
hom
e to
the
wor
ld's
larg
est
GTL
faci
lity
(Ras
Laff
an).
The
stat
e-ow
ned
Qat
ar P
etro
leum
(QP)
is
the
dom
inan
t pl
ayer
in t
he c
ount
ry's
natu
ral g
as s
ecto
r.
The
natu
ral g
as r
esou
rces
are
dev
elop
edby
inte
grat
ed m
ega
proj
ects
in a
ssoc
iati
onw
ith
fore
ign
play
ers,
incl
udin
g Ex
xonM
obil,
Shel
l and
Tot
al. Q
P ho
lds
maj
or s
hare
inth
ese
proj
ects
. Qat
arga
s an
d R
asG
as
are
the
maj
or L
NG
com
pani
es o
pera
ting
in
Qat
ar.
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Fran
cesc
a B
erto
lini,
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
de t
eam
lead
er, A
berd
een
& G
ram
pian
Cha
mbe
r of
Com
mer
ce
QA
TAR
: AN
ES
TAB
LIS
HE
D O
IL A
ND
GA
S P
RO
VIN
CE
W
ITH
SIG
NIF
ICA
NT
GR
OW
TH
PO
TE
NT
IAL
Qat
ar p
redi
cts
boom
ing
econ
omy
in 2
015
desp
ite
oil p
rice
slid
e
OIL
AN
D G
AS
TR
AV
EL
SP
EC
IALI
ST
OP
EN
SO
FFIC
E IN
LA
GO
S
Oil
and
gas
com
pan
ies
base
d in
Nig
eria
now
hav
e ac
cess
to
loca
l spe
cial
ist
busi
nes
s tr
avel
su
ppor
t fo
llow
ing
Win
gs®
Trav
el M
anag
emen
t’s
lau
nch
of
an
offi
ce in
Lag
os t
o se
rvic
e ke
ycl
ien
ts in
th
is m
arke
t.
The
addi
tion
of N
iger
ia m
eans
Win
gs n
owow
ns a
nd c
ontr
ols
oper
atio
ns in
thr
eeA
fric
an c
ount
ries
– A
ngol
a, N
iger
ia a
ndSo
uth
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ica
– an
d ha
s st
rate
gic
busi
ness
inte
rest
s in
15
othe
r co
untr
ies
on t
heA
fric
an c
onti
nent
.
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laun
ch o
f the
Nig
eria
ope
rati
onco
inci
des
wit
h th
e ap
poin
tmen
t of
Fra
nkPa
lapi
es a
s ch
ief o
pera
ting
offi
cer
for
Win
gs T
rave
l Man
agem
ent’
s A
fric
a/M
iddl
eEa
st r
egio
n, b
ased
in J
ohan
nesb
urg.
Pala
pies
boa
sts
over
20
year
s’ e
xper
ienc
ew
ithi
n th
e gl
obal
hos
pita
lity,
air
line,
tra
vel
proc
urem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy s
ecto
rs. H
isca
reer
incl
udes
10
year
s w
ith
Am
adeu
s IT
Gro
up S
A fr
om 2
000
to 2
010
whe
re
he h
eld
seni
or p
osit
ions
as
head
of g
loba
lco
mm
erci
al o
pera
tion
s ba
sed
in G
erm
any
and
gene
ral m
anag
er S
outh
Afr
ica
base
din
Joh
anne
sbur
g. P
alap
ies
also
spe
nt s
ixye
ars
as m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
of L
uftha
nsa
Cit
y C
ente
r In
tern
atio
nal G
mbH
inFr
ankf
urt
from
199
5.
“Win
gs h
as b
een
serv
icin
g oi
l and
gas
and
othe
r st
rate
gic
clie
nts
in N
iger
ia fo
r ov
er
a de
cade
rem
otel
y vi
a ou
r U
K a
nd o
ther
Afr
ican
ope
rati
ons
wit
h ou
r ac
coun
tm
anag
ers
regu
larl
y on
the
gro
und
inLa
gos,
” sa
id F
rank
Pal
apie
s. “
It t
here
fore
mad
e se
nse
to fi
nally
laun
ch a
full
oper
atio
n he
re t
o en
hanc
e ou
r lo
cal
supp
ort
for
key
clie
nts
whe
re s
ervi
ce is
crit
ical
to
thei
r bu
sine
ss. I
t al
so r
einf
orce
sou
r co
mm
itm
ent
to lo
cal c
onte
ntre
quir
emen
ts.
“How
ever
Nig
eria
is a
cha
lleng
ing
mar
ket
wit
h si
gnifi
cant
ent
ry b
arri
ers
such
as
BSP
not
acc
epti
ng c
redi
t ca
rds,
pro
hibi
tive
bond
ing
requ
irem
ents
, bi-
mon
thly
BSP
rem
itta
nce
cycl
es a
nd h
igh
oper
atin
gco
sts.
We
ther
efor
e ne
eded
to
appr
oach
this
new
loca
tion
pru
dent
ly in
ord
er t
oem
brac
e an
d ov
erco
me
thes
e ch
alle
nges
whi
lst
conc
urre
ntly
ens
urin
g th
at o
urva
lue
prop
osit
ion
to s
elec
ted
clie
nts
was
not
com
prom
ised
.”
As
the
Lago
s offi
ce is
ow
ned
and
cont
rolle
dby
Win
gs, a
nd n
ot m
anag
ed b
y a
part
ner
or fr
anch
isee
, clie
nts
will
ben
efit
from
cons
iste
nt t
echn
olog
y an
d se
rvic
ing
acro
ss W
ings
’ sta
ndar
dise
d gl
obal
oper
atio
nal p
latf
orm
. In
addi
tion
clie
nts
in N
iger
ia g
ain
from
loca
l inv
oici
ng a
ndpa
ymen
ts s
olut
ions
, as
wel
l as
loca
lco
nten
t co
mpl
ianc
e. T
he la
tter
ises
peci
ally
sig
nifi
cant
for
oil a
nd g
asco
mpa
nies
bec
ause
man
y of
the
cou
ntri
esin
whi
ch t
hey
oper
ate
man
date
ape
rcen
tage
of l
ocal
man
pow
er u
sage
to
help
dev
elop
ski
lls a
nd t
rans
fer
know
ledg
eto
the
loca
l wor
kfor
ce. T
his
has
beco
me
part
of m
ost
oil a
nd g
as c
ompa
ny’s
corp
orat
e so
cial
res
pons
ibili
ty in
itia
tive
s,en
suri
ng t
hey
are
help
ing
to b
uild
loca
lca
paci
ty in
sup
port
of l
ong-
term
deve
lopm
ent
in e
mer
ging
mar
ket
sect
ors.
Win
gs T
rave
l Man
agem
ent’
s C
EO, T
ony
Sofi
anos
, sai
d: “
Win
gs w
ill c
onti
nue
toin
vest
in a
reas
whe
re o
ur c
lient
s ar
eop
erat
ing
as t
his
is a
fund
amen
tal p
art
of o
ur c
omm
itm
ent
to b
ecom
ing
the
best
-in
-cla
ss s
ervi
ce p
rovi
der
to t
he o
il an
d ga
sin
dust
ry. T
he la
unch
of W
ings
’ Lag
os o
ffice
com
es c
lose
on
the
heel
s of
our
rec
ent
acqu
isit
ion
of V
7 V
iage
ns in
Rio
de
Jane
iro.
Our
mis
sion
is n
ot t
o be
com
e a
meg
a TM
C,
but
to b
ecom
e th
e pr
emie
r TM
C fo
r th
e oi
l and
gas
indu
stry
as
wel
l as
othe
rin
dust
ries
whe
re b
usin
ess
trav
el a
ndlo
gist
ics
is a
cri
tica
l par
t of
the
ir b
usin
ess
mod
el.
“As
the
Win
gs b
rand
gai
ns m
omen
tum
glob
ally
, our
focu
s re
mai
ns o
n ow
ned
and
cont
rolle
d op
erat
ions
ver
sus
fran
chis
esan
d jo
int
vent
ures
so
that
we
can
ensu
reco
nsis
tenc
y of
ser
vice
, qua
lity
and
data
inte
grit
y,”
adde
d So
fian
os. “
Thes
e ar
e al
lfa
ctor
s w
hich
are
cri
tica
l to
our
ener
gy-
rela
ted
cust
omer
s an
d se
rvic
e-cr
itic
alco
mpa
nies
whe
re t
rave
l is
an in
tegr
al p
art
of t
heir
bus
ines
s m
odel
. It’
s ab
out
keep
ing
our
bran
d pr
omis
e of
pro
vidi
ng t
he s
ame
met
icul
ous
Win
gs c
usto
mer
exp
erie
nce
to t
hese
com
pani
es w
here
ver
they
are
loca
ted
in t
he w
orld
.”
Fran
k P
alap
ies
Acc
essE
SP h
as in
stal
led
the
firs
t ri
gles
s ES
P c
onve
yan
cesy
stem
in N
iger
ia in
th
e U
kpok
iti #
4 off
shor
e w
ell f
or S
heb
ahEx
plor
atio
n a
nd
Pro
duct
ion
Com
pan
y L
imit
ed (
SEP
CO
L).
This
inst
alla
tion
was
per
form
ed u
sing
Acc
essE
SP’s
375
ser
ies,
190
HP
Perm
anen
t M
agne
t M
otor
and
wet
con
nect
or s
yste
m.
The
ESP
syst
em w
as d
eplo
yed
thro
ugh
4.5”
tub
ing
on c
onve
ntio
nal
0.12
5” s
lickl
ine
after
inst
alla
tion
of t
he t
ubin
g st
ring
.
The
Acc
essE
SP s
yste
m o
ffer
s si
gnifi
cant
ly lo
wer
inte
rven
tion
cost
s, r
educ
es lo
st p
rodu
ctio
n an
d pr
ovid
es fu
ll-bo
re a
cces
s to
the
res
ervo
ir b
y el
imin
atin
g th
e ne
ed fo
r a
wor
kove
r ri
g.
“Th
is c
olla
bora
tion
bet
wee
n A
cces
sESP
an
d SE
PCO
L de
liver
ed
a fl
exib
le s
olu
tion
tai
lore
d to
th
e co
mpa
ny
’s s
peci
fic
nee
ds
in t
his
reg
ion
,” s
aid
Dav
id M
alon
e, c
hie
f ex
ecu
tive
off
icer
,A
cces
sESP
.
“We
are
plea
sed
to w
ork
alon
gsid
e SE
PCO
L an
d pr
ovid
e th
iseff
ecti
ve s
olut
ion
for
thei
r fi
rst
use
of a
rig
less
con
veya
nce
syst
em.”
The
Ukp
okit
i #4
syst
em w
as d
eplo
yed
via
slic
klin
e to
a d
epth
of
5,9
00 ft
and
too
k le
ss t
han
15 h
ours
to
inst
all.
The
wel
l has
been
in p
rodu
ctio
n fo
r m
ore
than
40
days
sin
ce in
stal
lati
on.
AC
CE
SS
ES
P IN
STA
LLS
NIG
ER
IA’S
FIR
ST
RIG
LES
S C
ON
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YAN
CE
SY
ST
EM
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NAL
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ON
SH
OR
E R
IG M
AR
KE
TC
ON
FIR
MIN
G T
HE
ST
RA
IN O
FFA
LLIN
G O
IL P
RIC
EG
affn
ey, C
line
& A
ssoc
iate
s (G
CA
), t
he
glob
al o
il an
d ga
sad
viso
ry fi
rm, h
as in
stit
ute
d a
new
wee
kly
com
men
tary
an
dtr
acki
ng
serv
ice
look
ing
at U
S on
shor
e an
d G
ulf
of M
exic
o (G
oM)
rig
acti
vity
. Bas
ed o
n t
he
Bak
er H
ugh
es r
ig c
oun
t it
will
hig
hlig
ht
the
repo
rted
wee
k on
wee
k ch
ange
s, a
nd
com
pare
thes
e to
th
e ev
olvi
ng
fall
seen
in 2
009
duri
ng
the
fin
anci
alcr
isis
.
Figu
res
rele
ased
on
9 Ja
nuar
y 20
15 c
onfi
rmed
a fa
ll of
60
in t
heon
shor
e ri
g co
unt,
the
larg
est
wee
kly
drop
sin
ce e
arly
200
9. T
heco
unt
has
now
dec
lined
by
180
from
a y
ear
high
of 1
,876
inN
ovem
ber
2014
to
1,69
6.
The
com
men
tary
follo
ws
two
arti
cles
pub
lishe
d by
the
com
pany
in t
he fi
nal q
uart
er o
f 201
4: t
he fi
rst
revi
ewin
g th
e ec
onom
ics
ofth
e U
S sh
ale
oil d
evel
opm
ent
at a
tim
e w
hen
pric
es w
ere
test
ing
US$
80 p
er b
arre
l (ht
tp:/
/gaff
ney-
clin
e-fo
cus.
com
/oil-
pric
e-an
d-th
e-us
-unc
onve
ntio
nal-
boom
), th
e se
cond
on
the
econ
omic
s of
both
unc
onve
ntio
nal a
ctiv
ity
and
GoM
act
ivit
y as
oil
pric
esap
proa
ched
US$
60 p
er b
arre
l (ht
tp:/
/gaff
ney-
clin
e-fo
cus.
com
/pa
in-l
ikel
y-in
-201
5-bu
t-de
ep-w
ater
-gom
-sho
uld-
be-
bett
er-p
lace
d-th
an-u
ncon
). Th
e la
tter
art
icle
not
ed U
Sun
conv
enti
onal
act
ivit
y w
as li
kely
to
be t
he h
arde
r hi
t se
ctor
if
pric
es c
onti
nued
to
wea
ken
into
201
5.
GC
A e
xecu
tive
dir
ecto
r an
d se
nior
str
ateg
ic a
dvis
or, B
ob G
eorg
e,co
mm
ente
d: “
The
drop
is s
igni
fica
nt a
nd a
ltho
ugh
it is
not
unus
ual t
o se
e dr
ops
at t
his
tim
e of
yea
r it
is n
ow c
hasi
ng d
own
the
50%
dro
p in
oil
pric
e th
at h
as t
aken
pla
ce s
ince
mid
201
4.
“If i
t fo
llow
s th
e tr
end
seen
in 2
008-
2009
follo
win
g th
e fi
nanc
ial
cris
is, t
he d
rop
is li
kely
to
be v
ery
shar
p in
deed
.”
In c
ontr
ast
wit
h th
e on
shor
e ri
g co
unt,
GC
A n
oted
the
off
shor
e G
oMri
g co
unt
is o
nly
show
ing
a m
odes
t dr
op. T
otal
rig
s dr
illin
g ha
vedr
oppe
d fr
om a
hig
h of
63
in A
ugus
t 20
14 t
o 53
now
. How
ever
, rig
sfo
cuse
d on
oil
drill
ing
havi
ng d
ropp
ed b
y on
ly 2
to
42, a
nd h
ave
actu
ally
sho
wed
a s
mal
l inc
reas
e si
nce
the
star
t of
the
yea
r.
Seni
or g
eosc
ient
ist
and
anal
yst,
Nei
l Abd
alla
, add
ed: “
Pric
ehe
dgin
g fo
r m
any
com
pani
es h
as a
llow
ed t
hem
to
cont
inue
selli
ng t
heir
pro
duce
d oi
l at
pric
es fa
r ab
ove
curr
ent
WTI
tra
ding
rang
es, o
ften
in t
he U
S$80
-90
per
barr
el r
ange
. How
ever
the
sepr
ice
hedg
es w
ill r
un o
ut h
eadi
ng in
to Q
2 of
201
5, p
utti
ng fu
rthe
rpr
essu
re o
n ac
tivi
ty.
“Wit
h oi
l pri
ces
havi
ng p
lum
met
ed fu
rthe
r in
the
ope
ning
day
s of
the
New
Yea
r an
d no
w d
ippe
d be
low
US$
50 p
er b
arre
l on
both
side
s of
the
Atl
anti
c, w
e ar
e in
stit
utin
g a
wee
kly
wat
ch o
n bo
th
US
onsh
ore
and
Gul
f of M
exic
o ri
g ac
tivi
ty le
vels
to
asse
ss h
owac
tivi
ty e
volv
es.”
GC
A’s
wee
kly
mon
itor
ing
repo
rt w
ill b
e is
sued
by
emai
l and
can
be
foun
d at
htt
p://
gaff
ney-
clin
e-fo
cus.
com
/cat
egor
y/u.
s.-o
il-ga
s-m
onit
or. T
he fi
rm w
ill a
lso
dist
ribu
te t
he u
pdat
e vi
a tw
itte
r@
GC
A_M
onit
or.
HA
RR
IS C
AP
RO
CK
CO
MM
UN
ICA
TIO
NS
NA
ME
D T
OP
IND
EP
EN
DE
NT
OP
ER
ATO
R F
OR
FO
UR
TH
CO
NS
EC
UT
IVE
YE
AR
For
the
fou
rth
con
secu
tive
yea
r, H
arri
sC
apR
ock
Com
mu
nic
atio
ns
has
bee
nra
nke
d n
um
ber
one
on T
he
Inde
pen
den
tTo
p Tw
enty
list
ing
by t
he
Wor
ld T
elep
ort
Ass
ocia
tion
(W
TA).
Th
e co
mpa
ny
als
ora
nke
d fi
fth
on
Th
e G
loba
l Top
Tw
enty
in
201
4 ba
sed
on t
otal
rev
enu
e an
d y
ear-
over
-yea
r gr
owth
.
“The
WTA
’s a
nnua
l Dec
embe
ran
noun
cem
ent
serv
es a
s a
defi
niti
vem
arke
r of
the
sta
te o
f the
indu
stry
an
d th
e di
rect
ion
of it
s le
adin
g se
rvic
epr
ovid
ers
in t
he y
ear
to c
ome,
” sa
id
Trac
ey H
asla
m, p
resi
dent
, Har
ris
Cap
Roc
k C
omm
unic
atio
ns.
“Wit
h te
lepo
rts
on s
ix c
onti
nent
s, w
epr
ovid
e se
rvic
e co
vera
ge t
o ne
arly
any
poin
t on
the
glo
be. O
ur p
rem
ier
posi
tion
in
The
Top
Tel
epor
t O
pera
tor
Ran
king
sre
flec
ts o
ur a
bilit
y to
con
sist
entl
y de
liver
relia
ble
sate
llite
com
mun
icat
ions
ser
vice
to o
ur c
usto
mer
s no
mat
ter
how
rem
ote
or v
aria
ble
thei
r en
viro
nmen
ts m
ay b
e.”
Har
ris
Cap
Roc
k’s
tele
port
s co
nsis
tent
lym
eet
the
high
est
requ
irem
ents
for
Dep
artm
ent
of D
efen
se a
nd N
atio
nal
Inst
itut
e of
Sta
ndar
ds a
nd T
echn
olog
yco
mpl
ianc
e fo
r co
nfide
ntia
lity,
inte
grit
yan
d av
aila
bilit
y. A
ll it
s te
lepo
rts
are
desi
gned
wit
h fu
lly a
utom
atic
1:1
redu
ndan
cy t
o ac
hiev
e m
axim
umav
aila
bilit
y an
d fu
lly m
anag
ed 2
4 ho
urs
a da
y, s
even
day
s a
wee
k.
In M
arch
201
4, H
arri
s C
apR
ock
anno
unce
dth
at s
ervi
ces
from
its
new
est
cust
omer
serv
ice
cent
re (C
SC) i
n M
acaé
, Bra
zil,
wer
e fu
lly o
pera
tion
al w
ith
a te
am o
f lo
cal e
ngin
eers
and
tec
hnic
ians
ava
ilabl
ear
ound
the
clo
ck t
o pr
ovid
e te
chni
cal
supp
ort
in b
oth
Port
ugue
se a
nd E
nglis
h.Th
e ne
w C
SC a
nd it
s lo
cal s
taff
opt
imis
edth
e co
mm
unic
atio
n an
d tr
eatm
ent
ofti
cket
s fo
r cu
stom
ers
in a
geo
grap
hica
l are
aof
dra
mat
ic g
row
th a
nd e
nerg
y ex
plor
atio
n.
“Our
cus
tom
ers
dem
and
the
high
est
qual
ity
of s
ervi
ce w
here
ver
thei
r
oper
atio
ns t
ake
them
aro
und
the
wor
ld,”
Has
lam
sai
d. “
Freq
uent
cha
nges
inlo
cati
on a
nd e
volv
ing
serv
ice
requ
irem
ents
are
typi
cal,
and
our
deep
exp
erti
se in
man
agin
g te
lepo
rt o
pera
tion
s an
d sa
telli
teca
paci
ty e
nabl
es u
s to
add
ress
the
seco
mpl
ex r
equi
rem
ents
sha
red
amon
gst
our
cust
omer
s.”
Com
preh
ensi
ve li
stin
gs fo
r Th
eIn
depe
nden
t To
p Tw
enty
, The
Glo
bal
Top
Twen
ty a
nd T
he F
ast
Twen
ty o
f 201
4as
wel
l as
all y
ears
sin
ce t
he r
anki
ngs
debu
t in
200
4 ca
n be
foun
d at
ww
w.w
orld
tele
port
.org
.
Wit
h t
elep
ort
s o
n s
ixco
nti
nen
ts, w
e p
rovi
de
serv
ice
cove
rag
e to
nea
rly
an
y p
oin
to
n t
he
glo
be.
AS
CO
SE
CU
RE
SS
TATO
IL C
ON
TR
AC
T
IN N
OR
WA
YLe
adin
g in
tern
atio
nal
oil
and
gas
serv
ice
com
pan
y, A
SCO
, has
sec
ure
d a
new
con
trac
t fo
r th
e pr
ovis
ion
of s
upp
ly
base
ser
vice
s in
San
dnes
sjøe
n, N
orw
ayby
Sta
toil,
com
men
cin
g in
Ju
ly 2
015.
The
10-y
ear
cont
ract
, wit
h a
valu
e of
betw
een
US$
22m
illio
n an
d U
S$25
mill
ion
(NO
K 1
00-1
30 m
illio
n), i
s fo
r su
pply
bas
ese
rvic
es in
sup
port
of S
tato
il’s
drill
ing
and
oper
atio
nal a
ctiv
itie
s in
the
Nor
ther
n pa
rtof
the
Nor
weg
ian
Sea
from
San
dnes
sjøe
n,
incl
udin
g th
e N
orne
, Urd
and
Aas
taH
anst
een
fiel
ds.
The
cont
ract
sco
pe-o
f-su
pply
incl
udes
th
e pr
ovis
ion
of w
areh
ouse
man
agem
ent,
term
inal
han
dlin
g, o
il co
untr
y tu
bula
rgo
ods
(OC
TG) h
andl
ing,
as
wel
l as
man
agem
ent
of S
tato
il an
d B
P’s
join
tsu
bsea
bas
e in
San
dnes
sjøe
n. In
add
itio
n,th
e si
x-ye
ar c
ontr
act
has
two
furt
her
t wo-
year
opt
ions
.
Run
ar H
atle
tved
t, m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
for
ASC
O N
orge
, sai
d: “
This
is a
sig
nifi
cant
w
in fo
r A
SCO
Nor
ge t
hat
high
light
s th
est
reng
th o
f our
exp
erti
se a
s w
ell a
s ou
rpr
oven
tra
ck r
ecor
d in
oilfi
eld
supp
ort
serv
ices
in t
he r
egio
n. W
e lo
ok fo
rwar
d
to w
orki
ng w
ith
Stat
oil i
n Sa
ndne
ssjø
en.”
ASC
O a
lso
man
ages
a s
uppl
y ba
se in
Mtw
ara,
Tan
zani
a, o
n be
half
of S
tato
il,
BG
, Pet
robr
as a
nd O
phir.
ASC
O S
andn
essj
øen
bas
e
Ald
erle
y F
ZE, a
su
bsid
iary
of A
lder
ley
plc
, has
sec
ure
d a
con
trac
t to
su
pply
nin
e oi
l met
erin
g sy
stem
s an
d sm
all v
olu
me
prov
ers
for
the
Jaza
n R
efin
ery
Pac
kage
14,
Mar
ine
Term
inal
proj
ect
in S
audi
Ara
bia.
Th
e co
nta
ct w
as a
war
ded
by t
he
Han
wh
a En
gin
eeri
ng
and
Con
stru
ctio
n C
orp.
The
Jaza
n R
efine
ry a
nd T
erm
inal
pro
ject
is e
xpec
ted
to s
uppo
rtth
e fu
ture
dev
elop
men
t of
Jaz
an E
cono
mic
Cit
y. T
he a
ddit
iona
lre
fine
d pr
oduc
ts fr
om t
he n
ew fa
cilit
y w
ill s
atis
fy t
he g
row
th in
dom
esti
c de
man
d w
ithi
n th
e K
ingd
om o
f Sau
di A
rabi
a.
Ald
erle
y FZ
E’s
scop
e of
sup
ply
is fo
r ni
ne m
eter
ing
syst
ems
that
will
uti
lise
turb
ine
met
erin
g te
chno
logy
to
each
mea
sure
a s
peci
fic
liqui
d: H
S di
esel
, vac
uum
gas
oil,
nap
htha
, MTB
E (M
ethy
lTer
t-B
utyl
Eth
er),
fuel
oil,
gas
olin
e, U
LS (u
ltra
low
sul
phur
) die
sel,
benz
ene
and
para
xyle
ne. E
ach
of t
he s
yste
ms
will
be
supp
lied
wit
h a
fast
loop
sys
tem
, aut
o sa
mpl
ing
syst
em, s
mal
l vol
ume
prov
er a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d co
ntro
l sys
tem
s.
Adr
ian
Phill
ips,
man
agin
g di
rect
or, A
lder
ley
FZE,
com
men
ts:
“Ald
erle
y ar
e pl
ease
d to
be
able
to
supp
ort
the
Saud
i ind
ustr
ial
infr
astr
uctu
re b
y pr
ovid
ing
vita
l equ
ipm
ent
for
the
mea
sure
men
tof
hyd
roca
rbon
s.”
The
syst
ems
will
be
engi
neer
ed, d
esig
ned
and
man
ufac
ture
d at
Ald
erle
y’s
Dub
ai fa
cilit
ies
wit
h su
ppor
t fr
om o
ur lo
cal S
audi
faci
lity
in D
amm
am. T
he m
eter
ing
syst
ems
have
a p
lann
edde
liver
y of
Sep
tem
ber
2015
.
Ald
erle
y FZ
E is
par
t of
the
Ald
erle
y G
roup
and
is t
he fi
rm’s
larg
est
oper
atin
g co
mpa
ny o
vers
eas.
Ald
erle
y FZ
E pr
ovid
es t
he fu
ll ra
nge
of s
ervi
ces
for
engi
neer
ing,
sup
ply
and
oper
atio
n of
be
spok
e m
eter
ing
and
prod
uced
wat
er t
reat
men
t so
luti
ons
to t
he o
il an
d ga
s in
dust
ry.
ALD
ER
LEY
FZ
E T
O S
UP
PLY
NIN
E M
ET
ER
ING
SY
ST
EM
S
FOR
TH
E J
AZ
AN
MA
RIN
E T
ER
MIN
AL
PR
OJE
CT
Ald
erle
y a
re p
lea
sed
to
be
ab
le t
o s
up
po
rt t
he
Sa
ud
i in
du
stri
al i
nfr
ast
ruct
ure
by
pro
vid
ing
vita
l eq
uip
men
t fo
r th
e m
easu
rem
ent
of
hy
dro
carb
on
s.
Jaza
n P
acka
ge 1
4 fu
el o
il m
eter
ing
syst
em
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N
EW
S
30Lam
prel
l, a
lead
ing
prov
ider
of f
abri
cati
on, e
ngi
nee
rin
g an
dco
ntr
act
ing
ser
vice
s to
th
e o
nsh
ore
an
d o
ffsh
ore
en
erg
yin
du
stry
, an
no
un
ces
the
com
ple
tio
n o
f co
nst
ruct
ion
on
afu
rth
er ja
ck-u
p d
rill
ing
rig
, th
e “S
hu
weh
at”,
an
d it
s d
eliv
ery
to A
bu
Dh
ab
i’s
Na
tio
na
l Dri
llin
g C
om
pa
ny
sa
fely
, wit
hin
bu
dg
et a
nd
as
sch
edu
led
.
This
fol
low
s th
e re
cen
t an
nou
nce
men
t on
12
Nov
embe
r w
hen
the
Gro
up
rece
ived
a n
ew c
ontr
act
awar
d fr
om N
DC
for
th
eco
nst
ruct
ion
of
two
furt
her
jack
-up
drill
ing
rigs
of
a si
mila
rde
sign
an
d h
igh
spe
cifi
cati
on, w
hic
h is
val
ued
at
appr
oxim
atel
yU
S$3
65
mill
ion
.
The
con
trac
t fo
r th
e “S
hu
weh
at”
rig
was
sig
ned
in A
pril
20
12
and
this
is t
he
fift
h in
a s
erie
s of
eig
ht
rigs
wit
h t
he
LeTo
urn
eau
Supe
r 1
16
E (E
nh
ance
d) C
lass
des
ign
wh
ich
are
bei
ng
built
an
dde
liver
ed b
y L
ampr
ell t
o N
DC
. Th
is la
test
rig
has
bee
n d
eliv
ered
to t
he
clie
nt
follo
win
g th
e co
mpl
etio
n o
f th
e th
ird
and
fou
rth
rigs
, th
e “Q
arn
in”
and
the
“Mar
aww
ah”
resp
ecti
vely
, ear
lier
this
yea
r. L
ampr
ell h
as a
chie
ved
anot
her
com
pan
y r
ecor
d w
ith
th
ede
liver
y o
f th
ree
drill
ing
un
its
to o
ne
clie
nt
in a
sin
gle
yea
r.
The
“Sh
uw
ehat
” ri
g is
th
e 1
1th
Su
per
11
6E
jack
-up
drill
ing
un
itth
at t
he
Gro
up
has
del
iver
ed t
o va
riou
s cl
ien
ts d
uri
ng
the
last
six
yea
rs. T
he
jack
-up
rig
was
off
icia
lly n
amed
, an
d co
mpl
etio
nm
arke
d, a
t a
cere
mon
y h
eld
at L
ampr
ell’s
Ham
riy
ah f
acili
ty
in t
he
Un
ited
Ara
b Em
irat
es, p
rior
to
depa
rtu
re f
or o
pera
tion
sat
its
drill
ing
loca
tion
in A
bu D
hab
i.
ND
C c
hie
f ex
ecu
tive
off
icer
, Mr
Abd
alla
Sae
ed A
l Su
wai
di,
com
men
ted:
“W
e ar
e pr
oud
to h
ave
wit
nes
sed
the
com
plet
ion
of r
ig S
hu
weh
at, a
tru
e te
chn
olog
ical
mar
vel.
This
rig
repr
esen
ts a
gre
at a
ddit
ion
to
the
ND
C f
leet
of
mod
ern
rig
s,
and
it w
ill h
elp
the
com
pan
y m
ain
tain
th
e h
igh
est
leve
ls o
fre
liabi
lity
an
d ef
fici
ency
. A f
ew y
ears
bac
k, w
e pa
rtn
ered
wit
hLa
mpr
ell t
o st
art
build
ing
offs
hor
e ja
ck-u
p ri
gs in
th
e U
AE.
W
e ar
e pr
oud
that
we
mad
e su
ch a
str
ateg
ic d
ecis
ion
, an
d th
e fo
ur
prev
iou
s ri
gs, n
amel
y M
akas
ib, M
uh
aiy
imat
, Qar
nin
,an
d M
araw
wah
are
wor
kin
g sa
fely
an
d dr
illin
g fo
r A
DM
A-O
PCO
.
“Wh
ile w
e as
pire
to
ach
ieve
ou
r fu
ture
obj
ecti
ves,
an
d as
we
cele
brat
e ou
r cu
rren
t ac
hie
vem
ents
, I’d
like
to
exte
nd
sin
cere
appr
ecia
tion
to
AD
NO
C h
igh
er m
anag
emen
t an
d th
e N
DC
bo
ard
of d
irec
tors
for
th
eir
guid
ance
an
d co
nti
nu
ous
supp
ort.”
Com
men
tin
g on
th
e de
liver
y, J
im M
offa
t, c
hie
f ex
ecu
tive
of
fice
r, La
mpr
ell,
said
: “La
mpr
ell’s
pro
ject
exe
cuti
on t
his
yea
rco
nti
nu
es t
o be
of
the
hig
hes
t st
anda
rds
and
I am
ple
ased
to
ann
oun
ce t
he
deliv
ery
of
this
fif
th ja
ck-u
p ri
g to
ND
C, o
ur
lon
g-st
andi
ng
clie
nt.
“We
hav
e be
en a
ble
to p
rove
on
ce a
gain
ou
r ab
ility
to
com
plet
ea
maj
or p
roje
ct t
o w
orld
-cla
ss s
tan
dard
s of
saf
ety
an
d qu
alit
y,
and
we
are
prou
d to
con
stru
ct t
his
late
st p
roje
ct in
th
e U
AE,
fo
r u
se in
th
e U
AE,
wh
ere
we
hav
e su
ch s
tron
g ti
es.
“Th
e “S
hu
weh
at”
rig
is t
he
thir
d ri
g h
ande
d ov
er t
o N
DC
in2
01
4 a
nd
we
are
sch
edu
led
to d
eliv
er t
he
nex
t N
DC
rig
to
the
clie
nt
wit
hin
a m
atte
r of
mon
ths.
We
belie
ve t
hat
th
e re
cen
t co
ntr
act
awar
d of
tw
o ri
gs w
ith
th
ree
opti
ons
by
ND
C d
emon
stra
tes
our
clie
nt’
s co
nti
nu
ing
con
fide
nce
in
our
abili
ty t
o m
ain
tain
ou
r st
ron
g pr
ojec
t ex
ecu
tion
tra
ckre
cord
on
a c
onsi
sten
t ba
sis
and
we
look
for
war
d to
wor
kin
g cl
osel
y w
ith
ND
C in
th
e co
min
g y
ears
.”
An
add
itio
nal
Fu
gro
vess
el h
as b
een
com
mis
sion
ed t
o ca
rry
ou
t u
nde
rwat
er s
earc
h a
ctiv
itie
s fo
r m
issi
ng
Mal
aysi
a A
irlin
esfl
igh
t M
H37
0.
Fugr
o Su
ppor
ter,
a m
ulti
-pur
pose
off
shor
e su
rvey
ves
sel,
iscu
rren
tly
on it
s w
ay t
o th
e So
uthe
rn In
dian
Oce
an s
earc
h ar
ea,
havi
ng c
ondu
cted
tri
als
in B
ali.
The
vess
el is
equ
ippe
d w
ith
aKo
ngsb
erg
HU
GIN
450
0 au
tono
mou
s un
derw
ater
veh
icle
(AU
V)
whi
ch w
ill b
e us
ed t
o sc
an t
hose
por
tion
s of
the
sea
rch
area
tha
tca
nnot
be
sear
ched
eff
ecti
vely
by
the
equi
pmen
t on
oth
er v
esse
ls.
The
addi
tion
of t
he F
ugro
Sup
port
er, w
hich
is e
xpec
ted
toco
mm
ence
sea
rch
acti
viti
es in
late
Jan
uary
, is
join
tly
fund
ed b
yth
e go
vern
men
ts o
f Aus
tral
ia a
nd M
alay
sia.
In D
ecem
ber
2014
, 65m
sur
vey
vess
el F
ugro
Equ
ator
com
plet
ed
a ba
thym
etri
c su
rvey
of a
roun
d 20
8,00
0km
² of
the
sea
floo
r,co
llect
ing
seab
ed d
ata
and
tran
smit
ting
the
m t
o th
e AT
SB fo
rpr
oces
sing
by
Geo
scie
nce
Aus
tral
ia. T
he r
esul
ting
bat
hym
etri
cm
aps
of t
he s
eabe
d as
sist
ed in
pla
nnin
g su
bseq
uent
sta
ges
of
the
MH
370
sear
ch a
nd e
nsur
ed s
afe
and
effec
tive
ope
rati
on
of t
he u
nder
wat
er s
earc
h eq
uipm
ent.
The
six-
mon
th b
athy
met
ric
surv
ey o
f the
rel
ativ
ely
unch
arte
dse
arch
are
a off
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia h
as r
evea
led
prev
ious
lyun
know
n fe
atur
es in
clud
ing
rugg
ed t
erra
in a
nd d
eep
tren
ches
.
Fugr
o D
isco
very
has
bee
n co
nduc
ting
dee
pwat
er s
earc
hop
erat
ions
sin
ce O
ctob
er 2
014.
The
70m
ves
sel i
s eq
uipp
ed
wit
h sp
ecia
list
deep
tow
sur
vey
syst
ems
incl
udin
g si
de s
can
sona
r an
d un
derw
ater
vid
eo a
s w
ell a
s av
iati
on fu
el d
etec
tion
sens
ors.
Fug
ro E
quat
or w
as r
econ
figur
ed t
o ac
com
mod
ate
sim
ilar
spec
ialis
t eq
uipm
ent
and
has
been
mob
ilise
d to
the
sea
rch
area
to jo
in t
he u
nder
wat
er s
earc
h op
erat
ions
.
In a
ddit
ion
to lo
cati
ng t
he m
issi
ng B
oein
g 77
7 ai
rcra
ft, t
heun
derw
ater
sea
rch
aim
s to
map
the
MH
370
debr
is fi
eld
in
orde
r to
iden
tify
and
pri
orit
ise
the
reco
very
of s
peci
fic
airc
raft
com
pone
nts,
incl
udin
g fl
ight
dat
a re
cord
ers,
whi
ch w
ill a
ssis
t w
ith
the
Mal
aysi
an in
vest
igat
ion.
FUG
RO
PR
OV
IDE
S T
HIR
D V
ES
SE
L T
O J
OIN
S
EA
RC
H F
OR
MIS
SIN
G F
LIG
HT
MH
370
DE
LIV
ER
Y O
F FI
FTH
DR
ILLI
NG
UN
IT T
O N
AT
ION
AL
DR
ILLI
NG
CO
MP
AN
YTh
e G
rou
p de
liver
s it
s 11
th S
upe
r 11
6E ja
ck-u
p dr
illin
g u
nit
Asp
ectu
s P
R, a
glo
bal c
omm
un
icat
ion
sag
ency
hea
dqu
arte
red
in L
ondo
n, h
asen
tere
d in
to a
str
ateg
ic p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith
Pai
ge P
R, a
lead
ing
oil a
nd
gas
publ
icre
lati
ons
firm
in H
oust
on, t
o co
mpl
emen
tit
s U
S off
erin
g. T
his
par
tner
ship
will
enh
ance
bot
h fi
rms’
pu
blic
rel
atio
ns
and
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
supp
ort
to in
tern
atio
nal
oil a
nd
gas
clie
nts
.
“We
have
sec
ured
a n
umbe
r of
new
ene
rgy
clie
nts
over
the
pas
t ye
ar, m
any
of w
hich
have
a s
tron
g U
S pr
esen
ce le
d fr
omH
oust
on. T
his
agre
emen
t be
twee
nA
spec
tus
and
Paig
e PR
com
plem
ents
bot
hco
mpa
nies
’ str
engt
hs, a
nd w
e’re
con
fide
nt
we’
ll se
rve
our
clie
nts
bett
er a
s a
resu
lt.
The
med
ia la
ndsc
ape
has
chan
ged
beyo
ndre
cogn
itio
n ov
er t
he la
st fe
w y
ears
and
the
inte
grat
ion
of s
earc
h w
ith
med
ia, f
uelle
dby
qua
lity,
cre
ativ
e co
nten
t is
bec
omin
gin
crea
sing
ly im
port
ant,
” sa
id K
ate
Gar
ratt
,he
ad o
f Asp
ectu
s PR
’s e
nerg
y pr
acti
ce.
“Pai
ge P
R r
eally
und
erst
ands
the
new
med
ia w
orld
, mak
ing
it t
he p
erfe
ctpa
rtne
r.”
“The
ben
efits
of t
his
agre
emen
t ar
een
dles
s,”
said
Pai
ge D
onne
ll, p
rinc
ipal
an
d fo
unde
r of
Pai
ge P
R. “
Our
par
tner
ship
com
es a
t a
tim
e w
hen
the
glob
al e
nerg
ym
arke
t is
ent
erin
g a
part
icul
arly
vol
atile
phas
e an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n to
all
stak
ehol
ders
is e
ssen
tial
. Thi
s jo
int
vent
ure
now
allo
ws
clie
nts
on b
oth
side
s of
the
pon
d to
hav
e on
-the
-gro
und
supp
ort
at a
ny m
omen
t, s
omet
hing
we
wer
en’t
able
to
offer
pre
viou
sly.
”
Toge
ther
, Asp
ectu
s PR
and
Pai
ge P
R h
ave
been
pro
vidi
ng c
omm
unic
atio
ns s
ervi
ces
to c
lient
s si
nce
Sept
embe
r 20
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he t
wo
com
pani
es h
ave
wor
ked
alon
gsid
e ea
chot
her
at g
loba
l ind
ustr
y ev
ents
incl
udin
gth
e 20
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PE A
nnua
l Tec
hnic
al C
onfe
renc
ean
d Ex
hibi
tion
in A
mst
erda
m a
nd w
illpr
ovid
e jo
int
supp
ort
at t
he 2
015
Off
shor
eTe
chno
logy
Con
fere
nce
in H
oust
on.
AS
PE
CT
US
PR
AN
D P
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E P
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NIT
E IN
ST
RA
TE
GIC
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RT
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RS
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s jo
in fo
rces
to
prov
ide
supe
rior
pu
blic
rel
atio
ns
supp
ort
in w
orld
’s e
ner
gy c
apit
als
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gner
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fact
ure
r of
inst
rum
enta
tion
,m
onit
orin
g, c
ontr
ol a
nd
han
dlin
gsy
stem
s fo
r th
e gl
obal
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
, has
com
plet
ed a
£1.
3mill
ion
($2.
2mill
ion
) co
ntr
act
to d
esig
n a
nd
build
a B
OP
an
d di
vert
er c
ontr
ol s
yst
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r C
hin
a-ba
sed
Dal
ian
Sh
ipbu
ildin
gIn
dust
ry O
ffsh
ore
Co
(DSI
C O
ffsh
ore)
.
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syst
em is
inst
alle
d on
boar
d D
SIC
’sne
w b
uild
jack
-up
drill
ing
rig,
JU
2000
E-13
.D
SIC
is s
uppl
ying
the
rig
to
drill
ing
cont
ract
or A
pexi
ndo,
whe
re it
will
be
know
n as
‘Tas
ha’.
Bob
Will
, CEO
at
EFC
Gro
up, s
aid:
“Th
is
is a
maj
or c
ontr
act
for
EFC
, con
tinu
ing
our
grow
th p
lan
to b
ecom
e w
orld
-cla
ssle
ader
in c
ontr
ol s
yste
ms
for
both
rig
upgr
ades
and
new
bui
lds
alik
e. It
is a
lso
asi
gnifi
cant
pro
ject
tha
t’s
been
sup
port
edby
our
man
ufac
turi
ng b
ase
in F
orre
s w
hich
give
s us
the
add
itio
nal c
apac
ity
requ
ired
to u
nder
take
pro
ject
s of
thi
s sc
ale.
“EFC
aim
s fo
r th
is t
o be
the
sta
rt o
f ast
rong
rel
atio
nshi
p w
ith
DSI
C. I
n th
e ne
wbu
ild m
arke
t as
a w
hole
, we
know
the
re
is a
hig
h de
man
d on
shi
pyar
ds a
nd t
heir
curr
ent
vend
ors
to d
eliv
er o
n ti
me
and
on b
udge
t an
d w
e ha
ve in
vest
ed in
our
faci
litie
s an
d re
sour
ces
to s
uppo
rt t
his.”
The
BO
P an
d di
vert
er c
ontr
ol s
yste
mde
liver
s a
robu
st s
olut
ion
wit
h ce
ntra
lar
chit
ectu
re o
n a
fibr
e op
tic
netw
ork.
Thes
e sy
stem
s ar
e us
ed t
o co
ntro
l the
blow
out
prev
ente
r to
sea
l, co
ntro
l and
mon
itor
the
wel
l and
are
cri
tica
l for
ensu
ring
the
saf
ety
of t
he c
rew
, the
rig
,w
ell i
nteg
rity
and
the
env
iron
men
t.
The
EFC
Gro
up d
esig
ned
syst
em p
rovi
des
full
func
tion
alit
y fr
om t
wo
or m
ore
loca
tion
s, t
ypic
ally
loca
l hyd
raul
icco
ntro
l, dr
iller
s’ e
lect
ric
and
tool
push
ers’
elec
tric
rem
ote
pane
ls. A
sol
enoi
d va
lve
encl
osur
e is
incl
uded
to
prov
ide
anin
terf
ace
from
the
ele
ctri
c si
gnal
s fr
omth
e re
mot
e pa
nel a
nd p
rovi
de p
neum
atic
or p
ilote
d hy
drau
lic s
igna
ls t
o th
e B
OP
cont
rol a
ctua
tors
. A h
ydra
ulic
pow
er u
nit
can
be in
clud
ed a
s pa
rt o
f sys
tem
sup
ply,
or it
can
be
limit
ed t
o hy
drau
lic c
ontr
olsk
id o
nly.
Rep
rese
ntat
ives
from
Ape
xind
o vi
site
d EF
CG
roup
’s b
ase
in F
orre
s w
here
the
sys
tem
was
bui
lt d
urin
g it
s Fa
ctor
y A
ccep
tanc
eTe
st (F
AT).
Kenn
eth
Gib
bs a
nd J
ean
Woj
cik
atA
pexi
ndo,
sai
d: “
We
are
plea
sed
that
DSI
Cch
ose
EFC
Gro
up t
o su
pply
its
BO
P co
ntro
lste
chno
logy
as
part
of t
he r
ig p
acka
ge.
The
high
qua
lity
of t
he e
quip
men
t us
ed a
ndth
e st
ring
ent
safe
ty le
vels
tha
t EF
C G
roup
wor
ks t
o w
ere
impo
rtan
t fa
ctor
s fo
r us
.”
EFC
Gro
up d
esig
ns a
nd m
anuf
actu
res
BO
P co
ntro
l sys
tem
s fo
r bo
th s
urfa
ce a
ndsu
bsea
sta
cks.
BO
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ntro
l pro
ject
s ca
nbo
th u
pdat
e an
d co
nver
t co
ntro
ls s
yste
ms,
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hey
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ly s
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rted
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hefu
ture
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wel
l as
mee
t A
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ompl
ianc
e.Su
rfac
e B
OP
cont
rol s
yste
ms
can
also
be
API
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mon
ogra
mm
ed.
EFC
’s s
urf
ace
BO
P H
PU
can
be
supp
lied
mod
ula
ror
as
one
inte
grat
ed u
nit
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ents
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dle
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rms
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mac
hin
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te s
ervi
ce
busi
nes
ses
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ew d
ivis
ion
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cier
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ch p
rovi
des
spec
ialis
t se
rvic
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r en
ergy
infr
astr
uctu
re, i
s on
e of
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fast
est-
grow
ing
prov
ider
s of
spe
cial
ist
onsi
te m
achi
ning
and
equ
ipm
ent
to
the
inte
rnat
iona
l ene
rgy
sect
or a
nd is
ram
ping
up
its
pres
ence
inth
e M
iddl
e Ea
st a
nd A
sia
Paci
fic.
Rob
erts
Mac
hini
ng S
olut
ions
has
bee
nfo
rmed
to
cons
olid
ate
the
acti
viti
es o
fin
dust
ry-l
eadi
ng b
usin
esse
s R
ober
tsPi
pelin
e M
achi
ning
, one
the
wor
ld’s
lead
ing
man
ufac
ture
rs a
nd s
uppl
iers
of p
reci
sion
port
able
mac
hini
ng, fl
ange
faci
ng a
ndpi
pe-c
oati
ng r
emov
al e
quip
men
t, a
nd S
ite
Mac
hini
ng S
ervi
ces,
the
spe
cial
ist
onsi
teen
gine
erin
g se
rvic
e pr
ovid
er.
The
new
div
isio
n is
led
by m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
Mar
k D
erry
, pre
viou
sly
head
of
Gla
cier
’s o
ffsh
ore
divi
sion
, who
lead
sth
e bu
sine
ss a
s it
bui
lds
on it
s in
dust
ry-
lead
ing
repu
tati
on in
the
UKC
S an
d m
oves
into
new
mar
kets
.
Und
er a
new
par
tner
ship
, lea
ding
Aus
tral
ian
com
pany
Sco
pe E
ngin
eeri
ng
will
pro
vide
ons
ite
serv
ices
and
off
ertr
aini
ng o
n be
half
of R
ober
ts M
achi
ning
Solu
tion
s, in
clud
ing
trai
ning
for
clie
nts’
tech
nici
ans,
wor
king
clo
sely
wit
h G
laci
er’s
Sout
h-ea
st A
sia
base
in S
inga
pore
.
Scot
t M
arti
n, e
xecu
tive
cha
irm
an o
fG
laci
er, s
ays:
“M
ark’
s ap
poin
tmen
t as
M
D o
f Rob
erts
Mac
hini
ng S
olut
ions
is a
key
mov
e fo
llow
ing
his
wor
k at
the
hel
m
of o
ur o
rigi
nal o
ffsh
ore
divi
sion
, as
we
grow
the
com
bine
d bu
sine
ss in
the
Mid
dle
East
and
Asi
a Pa
cifi
c, b
uild
ing
on t
heir
dom
esti
c su
cces
s in
the
UKC
S.
“Sco
pe E
ngin
eeri
ng p
rovi
de a
n ex
celle
ntst
rate
gic
link,
aug
men
ting
the
ons
ite
mac
hini
ng d
ivis
ion
as it
s sp
ecia
list
team
deliv
ers
expe
rtis
e ac
ross
the
reg
ion
and
its
reso
urce
bas
e is
a s
igni
fica
nt a
ddit
ion
to o
ur n
etw
ork
as w
e se
cure
new
con
trac
tsth
roug
h R
ober
ts M
achi
ning
Sol
utio
ns.”
Gla
cier
has
als
o ap
poin
ted
Kevi
n St
rach
anas
reg
iona
l man
ager
for
the
Mid
dle
East
,ba
sed
in D
ubai
, for
Rob
erts
Mac
hini
ngSo
luti
ons.
He
has
mor
e th
an s
ix y
ears
’ex
peri
ence
in t
he r
egio
n, a
fter
beg
inni
ng
his
care
er in
ene
rgy
in A
berd
een
and
the
Cas
pian
.
Mar
k D
erry
, man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f Rob
erts
Mac
hini
ng S
olut
ions
, say
s: “
Ther
e is
mas
sive
pot
enti
al a
cros
s th
e M
iddl
e Ea
stan
d A
sia
Paci
fic,
whe
re w
e ar
e al
read
yde
liver
ing
solu
tion
s fo
r m
ajor
cap
ital
proj
ects
whi
ch p
lay
a ke
y ro
le in
del
iver
ing
to t
he e
nerg
y ne
eds
of t
he r
egio
n.
“We
rece
ntly
sec
ured
a s
igni
fica
nt c
ontr
act
to p
rovi
de R
ober
ts m
achi
nes
to t
wo
clos
ely-
linke
d pr
ojec
ts in
the
reg
ion
– th
eco
nstr
ucti
on o
f the
Dam
pier
to
Ban
bury
gas
pipe
line,
and
the
maj
or W
heat
ston
esu
bsea
pro
ject
whi
ch fe
eds
into
the
pipe
line
from
the
Car
narv
on B
asin
.
“Acr
oss
all o
f our
act
ivit
ies
our
focu
s is
on
deliv
erin
g re
late
d, c
ompl
emen
tary
ser
vice
sun
der
one
roof
, pro
vidi
ng a
dded
val
ue t
oop
erat
ors
and
othe
r se
rvic
e co
mpa
nycl
ient
s by
mob
ilisi
ng, o
ften
at
very
sho
rtno
tice
, bes
poke
and
off
-the
-she
lf so
luti
ons
whi
ch m
inim
ise
non-
prod
ucti
ve t
ime
onke
y as
sets
in e
xplo
rati
on a
nd p
rodu
ctio
nop
erat
ions
.”
(l-r
) Sc
ott
Mar
tin
wit
h S
cope
En
gin
eeri
ng’
sG
rey
Rou
ghan
at
Gla
cier
’s A
berd
een
faci
lity
Orw
ell O
ffsh
ore
and
FES
Inte
rnat
iona
l ha
ve la
nde
d a
mu
lti-
mill
ion
dol
lar
con
trac
t fr
om T
H H
eavy
Eng
inee
ring
Ber
had
for
the
supp
ly o
f an
exte
rnal
turr
et s
yste
m fo
r th
e FP
SO L
ayan
g.
The
com
bine
d co
ntra
ct v
alue
ises
tim
ated
at
$40m
illio
n.
As
part
of t
he c
omm
issi
on, n
aval
arc
hite
ctur
ean
d off
shor
e en
gine
erin
g se
rvic
es fi
rm, O
rwel
lO
ffsh
ore,
will
del
iver
the
exte
rnal
turr
et a
ndm
oorin
g sy
stem
, whi
le fl
uid
tran
sfer
solu
tions
pro
vide
r, FE
S In
tern
atio
nal,
will
supp
ly th
e flu
id tr
ansf
er s
yste
m, s
wiv
el s
tack
and
mec
hani
cal c
ompo
nent
s.
The
FPSO
Lay
ang,
form
erly
Dee
p Pr
oduc
er 1
,is
con
trac
ted
to J
X N
ippo
n O
il &
Gas
Expl
orat
ion
(Mal
aysi
a) L
imit
ed a
nd
will
ope
rate
at
the
Laya
ng fi
eld
offsh
ore
Sara
wak
, Mal
aysi
a.
The
turr
et is
to
be a
n ex
tern
ally
bow
mou
nted
des
ign
and
will
ena
ble
FPSO
oper
atio
ns in
wat
er d
epth
s of
up
to 9
0m.
Orw
ell’s
des
ign
will
pro
vide
the
FPS
O
wit
h a
perm
anen
t m
oori
ng a
nd fr
eew
eath
erva
ning
cap
abili
ty, a
s w
ell a
sen
ablin
g fl
exib
ility
for
re-d
eplo
ymen
t to
oth
er s
ites
. FES
will
pro
vide
the
sw
ivel
.
The
proj
ect
is e
xpec
ted
to b
e co
mpl
eted
by
Q4
2015
.
Mar
k Ev
ans,
man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f Orw
ell
Off
shor
e, s
aid:
“W
e co
nsid
er t
his
asi
gnifi
cant
mile
ston
e in
our
bus
ines
sm
odel
for
the
turn
key
supp
ly o
f FPS
Om
oori
ng s
yste
ms.
“Wor
king
wit
h ou
r lo
ng-t
erm
col
leag
ues
at F
ES, a
llow
s us
to
offer
the
opt
imum
solu
tion
to
our
clie
nt w
ith
the
confi
denc
eth
at it
can
be
deliv
ered
wit
hin
the
proj
ect
cons
trai
nts.”
Rob
And
erso
n, m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
of F
ESIn
tern
atio
nal,
said
: “W
e’ve
a lo
ng-s
tand
ing
rela
tion
ship
and
pro
ven
trac
k-re
cord
wor
king
wit
h O
rwel
l Off
shor
e an
d ar
e
delig
hted
to
be w
orki
ng in
par
tner
ship
w
ith
them
aga
in o
n su
ch a
sig
nifi
cant
proj
ect.
Tog
ethe
r w
e’re
pro
vidi
ng a
tech
nica
l and
inno
vati
ve s
olut
ion
that
w
ill b
ring
bot
h pr
acti
cal a
nd c
omm
erci
albe
nefi
ts t
o th
e pr
ojec
t.”
The
Laya
ng fi
eld
was
dis
cove
red
in 1
990
and
is lo
cate
d in
Blo
ck S
K10
off
shor
eSa
raw
ak, M
alay
sia.
Com
mer
cial
prod
ucti
on fr
om t
he L
ayan
g fi
eld
isex
pect
ed t
o co
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ence
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umm
er 2
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h o
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ues
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ow
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s to
off
er t
he
op
tim
um
so
luti
on
to
ou
r cl
ien
t w
ith
th
e co
nfi
den
ceth
at
it c
an
be
del
iver
ed w
ith
inth
e p
roje
ct c
on
stra
ints
.
2H
Off
shor
e, a
n A
cteo
n c
omp
an
y, w
ill d
eliv
er a
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t’s
pro
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d by
thr
ee 3
0”
wel
l con
duct
ors.
A b
oat
land
ing
and
cran
e w
ill a
lso
be p
rovi
ded.
The
plat
form
will
be
tied
bac
k w
ith
an 8
km lo
ng fl
exib
le p
ipel
ine
to t
he e
xist
ing
Wes
t Lu
tong
-A fa
cilit
y, a
nd w
ill b
e fa
bric
ated
loca
lly in
Mal
aysi
a. In
stal
lati
on is
pla
nned
for
Q1/
Q2
2015
.
2H
’s s
cope
of w
ork
incl
udes
all
plat
form
and
con
duct
or d
etai
led
engi
neer
ing,
equ
ipm
ent
proc
urem
ent,
fabr
icat
ion,
inst
alla
tion
supp
ort
and
offsh
ore
com
mis
sion
ing.
Feis
al A
lhad
y, e
xecu
tive
dir
ecto
r of
2H
’s K
uala
Lum
pur
office
,co
mm
ente
d: “
Dur
ing
the
six
year
s w
e ha
ve b
een
esta
blis
hed
inKu
ala
Lum
pur,
we
have
dev
elop
ed a
suc
cess
ful t
rack
rec
ord
inco
nduc
tor-
supp
orte
d pl
atfo
rm e
ngin
eeri
ng. T
his,
cou
pled
wit
hou
r ex
peri
ence
of t
he lo
cal f
abri
cati
on m
arke
t, w
ill e
nabl
e us
to
effec
tive
ly d
eliv
er t
his
light
wei
ght
plat
form
for
Enqu
est.”
2H O
FFS
HO
RE
TO
DE
LIV
ER
LIG
HT
WE
IGH
T C
ON
DU
CT
OR
-S
UP
PO
RT
ED
PLA
TFO
RM
OFF
SH
OR
E M
ALA
YS
IA
Acr
oss
all
of
ou
r a
ctiv
itie
s o
ur
focu
s is
on
del
iver
ing
rel
ate
d,
com
ple
men
tary
ser
vice
s u
nd
ero
ne
roo
f, p
rovi
din
g a
dd
edva
lue
to o
per
ato
rs a
nd
oth
erse
rvic
e co
mp
an
y c
lien
ts..
.
Lead
ing
inte
rnat
ion
al o
ilfiel
d se
rvic
es c
ompa
ny
, Exp
ro,
has
sec
ure
d a
sign
ifica
nt
Euro
pe C
IS (
Com
mon
wea
lth
of
Inde
pen
den
t St
ates
) co
ntr
act,
pro
vidi
ng
fully
inte
grat
ed w
ell
test
ing
and
flu
id s
ampl
ing
serv
ices
for
Stat
oil P
etro
leu
m A
S in
the
Nor
weg
ian
Con
tin
enta
l Sh
elf (
NC
S).
The
init
ial f
our-
year
con
trac
t w
hich
sta
rted
on
1 Ja
nuar
y 20
15 is
valu
ed a
t $2
00m
illio
n w
ith
opti
ons
to e
xten
d fo
r a
furt
her
six
year
s.
The
cont
ract
will
incl
ude
the
prov
isio
n of
dow
nhol
e to
ols,
gau
ges,
tubi
ng, s
urfa
ce w
ell t
esti
ng, r
ig c
oolin
g an
d su
bsea
ser
vice
s. T
his
is c
ompl
emen
ted
by a
ran
ge o
f flui
d sa
mpl
ing
serv
ices
, inc
ludi
ngdo
wnh
ole
sam
pler
s, s
urfa
ce s
ampl
ing,
and
spe
cial
ised
ana
lysi
san
d m
eter
ing
serv
ices
. Thi
s ex
tend
s ac
ross
the
exp
lora
tion
,ap
prai
sal a
nd d
evel
opm
ent
acti
vity
for
Stat
oil’s
mob
ile o
ffsh
ore
drill
ing
unit
s an
d fi
xed
plat
form
s w
ithi
n th
e N
CS.
Expr
o’s
new
$10
mill
ion
base
, due
to
open
in T
anan
ger,
Nor
way
insu
mm
er 2
015,
pos
itio
ns t
he c
ompa
ny w
ell t
o su
ppor
t th
is n
ewco
ntra
ct. T
he 1
9,00
0 sq
. m. f
acili
ty c
onso
lidat
es E
xpro
’s t
hree
curr
ent
loca
tion
s in
Sta
vang
er, a
nd is
com
plem
ente
d by
exi
stin
goffi
ces
in B
erge
n an
d H
auge
sund
. The
10,
600
sq. m
. wor
ksho
pha
s th
e ca
paci
ty t
o ri
g-up
four
wel
l tes
t pa
ckag
es, a
nd s
ervi
ce a
furt
her
six,
sim
ulta
neou
sly.
Mik
e Ja
rdon
, chi
ef o
pera
ting
offi
cer,
com
men
ts: “
We
are
abso
lute
ly d
elig
hted
to
cont
inue
our
long
-sta
ndin
g re
lati
onsh
ipw
ith
Stat
oil,
a co
rner
ston
e op
erat
or in
the
Nor
weg
ian
Con
tine
ntal
Shel
f, pr
ovid
ing
long
-ter
m a
ctiv
ity
over
the
com
ing
year
s.
“Thi
s co
ntra
ct a
war
d is
an
impo
rtan
t ac
hiev
emen
t fo
r Ex
pro.
We
have
pro
ven
our
posi
tion
as
the
lead
ing
wel
l flow
man
agem
ent
com
pany
in N
orw
ay, w
ith
a fi
rm fo
cus
on d
eliv
erin
g sa
fe, h
igh
qual
ity
serv
ices
to
our
cust
omer
s.
“We
look
forw
ard
to s
tren
gthe
ning
our
rel
atio
nshi
p w
ith
Stat
oil,
whi
lst
grow
ing
the
busi
ness
thr
ough
our
inve
stm
ent
in n
ewfa
cilit
ies,
equ
ipm
ent
and
high
ly s
kille
d em
ploy
ees.”
EX
PR
O S
EC
UR
ES
US
D$2
00M
CO
NT
RA
CT
WIT
H S
TATO
IL
Mik
e Ja
rdon
TH
E S
AFE
LIFT
SO
LUT
ION
…“M
anu
al h
andl
ing
is s
till
one
of t
he
mos
tco
mm
on c
ause
s of
inju
ry a
t w
ork
and
cau
ses
over
a t
hir
d of
all
wor
kpla
cein
juri
es. B
y o
nly
pro
vidi
ng
prop
erly
fit-
for-
purp
ose
man
ual
han
dlin
g ai
ds t
his
is
just
on
e pi
ece
of t
he
jigsa
w t
owar
ds
a co
mpl
ete
solu
tion
to
redu
ce t
he
risk
of
inci
den
ts,”
com
men
ts R
itch
ie B
arro
n,
dire
ctor
, Saf
elift
Off
shor
e.
The
Nor
th S
ea o
il an
d ga
s se
ctor
is a
rela
tive
ly y
oung
indu
stry
, and
whe
re
we
have
a n
ew g
ener
atio
n of
dec
k cr
ew,
scaff
olde
rs, p
late
rs a
nd w
elde
rs a
ll us
ing
offsh
ore
man
ual h
andl
ing
equi
pmen
t as
part
of t
heir
dai
ly d
utie
s, it
onl
y ta
kes
asi
mpl
e m
ista
ke o
r m
isun
ders
tand
ing
in
the
wor
kpla
ce t
o le
ad t
o w
hat
can
bede
vast
atin
g co
nseq
uenc
es, i
nclu
ding
inju
ry, l
oss
of li
fe, d
amag
e to
pla
nt o
req
uipm
ent,
loss
of p
rodu
ctiv
ity
and
envi
ronm
enta
l pol
luti
on. H
avin
g a
skill
ed,
com
pete
nt a
nd k
now
ledg
eabl
e w
orkf
orce
can
only
impr
ove
offsh
ore
safe
ty.
As
a le
adin
g m
anuf
actu
rer
and
supp
lier
of m
anua
l han
dlin
g an
d de
ck e
quip
men
tpr
oduc
ts w
ith
over
20
year
s’ e
xper
ienc
e in
the
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
, Saf
elift
are
of
the
opi
nion
tha
t th
ere
is a
maj
orre
quir
emen
t fo
r sp
ecifi
c tr
aini
ng a
ndpr
oduc
t aw
aren
ess
to r
educ
e th
e ri
sk
of in
cide
nt o
ffsh
ore.
Wit
h Sa
felift
’s t
echn
ical
exp
erti
se in
thi
sar
ea, g
ener
ally
if t
here
has
bee
n an
acci
dent
or
inci
dent
rel
atin
g to
man
ual
hand
ling
oper
atio
ns o
ffsh
ore
then
Saf
elift
are
cont
acte
d by
the
ass
et o
wne
r to
prov
ide
a fu
ll te
chni
cal i
nves
tiga
tion
to
get
to t
he r
oot
caus
e. R
egre
tful
ly o
ne o
fth
e m
ain
caus
es o
f thi
s ty
pe o
f inc
iden
t is
due
to o
pera
tor
erro
r. R
esea
rch
show
s th
athu
man
err
or s
till
acco
unts
for
over
90%
of
inci
dent
s in
the
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
.
The
man
ual h
andl
ing
aids
the
mse
lves
are
norm
ally
ade
quat
e to
do
the
job
they
hav
ebe
en d
esig
ned
for.
Inci
dent
s oc
cur
whe
nth
e pr
oper
equ
ipm
ent
has
not
been
sele
cted
and
the
ope
rato
r ha
s ha
d no
form
al t
rain
ing
to m
ake
them
aw
are
of t
he li
mit
atio
ns a
nd p
rope
r us
e of
th
e eq
uipm
ent.
In t
he m
ain,
rou
tine
man
ual h
andl
ing
task
s ar
e be
ing
cove
red
by p
erm
its,
wri
tten
pro
cedu
res
and
risk
ass
essm
ents
.
This
doe
s no
t ta
ke in
to c
onsi
dera
tion
the
com
pete
ncy
of t
he o
pera
tor
wit
h th
atpa
rtic
ular
pie
ce o
f equ
ipm
ent,
whi
ch
can
enco
urag
e th
e op
erat
or t
o be
com
eco
mpl
acen
t w
ith
the
belie
f tha
t th
ey a
reco
mpl
etel
y sa
fe a
nd p
rote
cted
dur
ing
the
job
and
noth
ing
can
go w
rong
.
Wit
h m
anua
l han
dlin
g ta
sks
in p
arti
cula
rth
ere
are
cert
ain
area
s to
be
cons
ider
ed in
rega
rds
to p
rodu
ct s
elec
tion
to
ensu
re t
hesu
itab
ility
of t
he e
quip
men
t pr
ovid
ed.
Is it
fit-
for-
purp
ose
for
an o
ffsh
ore
envi
ronm
ent?
Is it
the
rig
ht e
quip
men
t fo
r th
e jo
b in
han
d? H
as t
he d
evic
e be
ensu
itab
ly m
aint
aine
d? C
an a
ll op
erat
ors
carr
y ou
t a
prop
er p
re-u
se c
heck
? A
ll of
thes
e ar
eas
can
be a
ddre
ssed
wit
h th
eri
ght
know
ledg
e an
d pr
oduc
t aw
aren
ess,
ie. t
rain
ing.
In a
n eff
ort
to b
ridg
e th
e kn
owle
dge
gap
and
to a
ssis
t al
l our
clie
nts
to r
emai
n in
full
com
plia
nce
wit
h SI
230
7 LO
LER
and
SI
230
6 PU
WER
legi
slat
ive
requ
irem
ents
,Sa
felift
hav
e de
velo
ped
a ra
nge
of t
rain
ing
cour
ses
whi
ch c
an b
e ta
ilore
d to
mee
t th
eir
clie
nt’s
req
uire
men
ts.
The
rang
e of
pra
ctic
al t
rain
ing
cour
ses
isde
sign
ed t
o ge
t Sa
felift
’s B
E SA
FE m
essa
geac
ross
and
cov
ers
all t
he m
oder
n da
y de
ckeq
uipm
ent
item
s in
reg
ular
use
onb
oard
any
offsh
ore
plat
form
, dri
lling
rig
, FPS
O,
serv
ice
vess
el, r
efine
ry a
nd t
erm
inal
. Th
e co
urse
can
be
tailo
red
to t
he m
anua
lha
ndlin
g ai
ds c
urre
ntly
in u
se o
n ea
ch o
fth
e si
tes
for
each
clie
nt. T
here
fore
Saf
elift
can
deliv
er a
con
sist
ent
leve
l of t
rain
ing
onth
e ac
tual
man
ual h
andl
ing
aids
use
d by
the
clie
nt in
pra
ctic
e. T
his
can
be a
chie
ved
by a
full
offsh
ore
surv
ey w
hich
iden
tifi
esth
e cu
rren
t eq
uipm
ent
in u
se o
ffsh
ore.
Th
e su
rvey
is c
arri
ed o
ut b
y on
e of
Safe
lift’s
off
shor
e te
chni
cal c
oord
inat
ors
who
pro
vide
s a
com
preh
ensi
ve r
epor
t on
the
equ
ipm
ent
onbo
ard.
The
trai
ning
cou
rses
are
to
com
plim
ent
the
rece
ntly
dev
elop
ed S
afel
ift P
rodu
ctM
atri
x fo
r al
l com
mon
off
shor
e m
anua
lha
ndlin
g eq
uipm
ent.
Thi
s de
tails
the
full
com
plex
ity
rati
ng o
f eac
h pr
oduc
t fo
cusi
ngon
any
saf
ety
crit
ical
mov
ing
part
s an
din
spec
tion
per
iod
requ
irem
ents
.
Ther
e is
als
o gu
idan
ce fo
r re
turn
ing
the
equi
pmen
t (n
orm
ally
eve
ry t
wo
year
s)
to c
arry
out
maj
or in
spec
tion
and
mai
nten
ance
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
the
man
ufac
ture
rs o
verh
aul p
roce
dure
(MO
P).
The
prod
uct
mat
rix
incl
udes
man
dato
ry
insp
ecti
on p
erio
ds a
nd t
he s
uita
ble
leve
lsof
tra
inin
g re
quir
ed. I
t is
vit
al t
hat
the
oper
ator
, sup
ervi
sor
and
insp
ecti
onen
gine
er a
ll ha
ve t
he n
eces
sary
tra
inin
g to
car
ry o
ut t
heir
tas
ks c
ompe
tent
ly.
Thre
e le
vels
of t
rain
ing
are
avai
labl
e:
LLeve
l 1–
Any
one
likel
y to
be
invo
lved
w
ith
or m
ay b
e re
quir
ed t
o us
e th
e pr
oduc
t as
par
t of
the
ir p
latf
orm
dut
ies.
Leve
l 2–
Any
one
likel
y to
be
resp
onsi
ble
for
or h
eavi
ly in
volv
ed w
ith
ensu
ring
the
safe
ope
rati
ons
and
mai
nten
ance
of t
hepr
oduc
t. P
erso
ns c
arry
ing
out
plat
form
mai
nten
ance
rou
tine
s, L
OLE
R fo
cal
poin
ts o
r sa
fety
per
sonn
el.
Leve
l 3–
The
base
leve
l of t
rain
ing
for
pers
ons
carr
ying
out
SI 2
306
PUW
ER
and
SI 2
307
LOLE
R in
spec
tion
s.
The
cour
ses
are
in c
ompl
ianc
e w
ith
SI23
07 L
OLE
R, S
I 230
6 PU
WER
and
SI
279
3 M
anua
l Han
dlin
g O
pera
tion
s.
The
trai
ning
is c
ondu
cted
by
Safe
lift’s
expe
rien
ced
in-h
ouse
tra
iner
s an
d is
com
plet
ed w
ith
a w
ritt
en e
xam
inat
ion
to d
emon
stra
te k
now
ledg
e an
dun
ders
tand
ing.
Safe
lift h
ave
a st
anda
rd c
ours
e kn
own
as t
he ‘S
afel
ift C
ert’
or
can
tailo
r be
spok
etr
aini
ng p
acka
ges
for
any
spec
ific
oper
ator
or in
stal
lati
on.
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n v
isit
th
e tr
ain
ing
sect
ion
on
th
e w
ebsi
te,
ww
w.s
afel
ift.c
o.u
k/tr
ain
ing
or fe
el fr
ee t
o co
nta
ct t
he
trai
nin
gde
part
men
t di
rect
ly o
n 0
1224
775
774.
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lift O
ffsh
ore
− Tr
aini
ng
that
mak
es a
diff
eren
ce
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bsea
an
d h
ydr
aulic
trai
nin
g, c
onti
nu
es it
s gr
owth
, exp
ands
its
trai
nin
g de
part
men
t an
d ad
ds a
new
cou
rse
to it
s co
urs
e po
rtfo
lio.
SUB
C c
onti
nues
its
expa
nsio
n an
d th
eha
nds-
on s
ubse
a tr
aini
ng c
entr
e w
ill
be o
ffici
ally
ope
ned
in t
he fi
rst
quar
ter
of 2
015.
The
SU
BC
tra
inin
g ce
ntre
islo
cate
d ne
xt t
o th
e m
ain
office
in E
ast
Tullo
s, A
berd
een.
The
cen
tre
has
real
subs
ea e
quip
men
t, in
clud
ing
BO
P co
ntro
l pa
nel,
dive
rter
pan
el, a
nnul
ar, c
onne
ctor
,hy
drau
lic li
ft c
ylin
der,
accu
mul
ator
s an
d a
full
size
blo
wou
t pr
even
ter
and
ther
efor
eit
will
faci
litat
e th
e gr
owin
g in
dust
ry n
eeds
for
spec
ialis
ed h
ands
-on
subs
ea t
rain
ing.
Man
agin
g di
rect
or, C
olin
Bur
ney,
add
s:“S
UB
C is
und
ergo
ing
a m
ajor
exp
ansi
on
in it
s tr
aini
ng d
ivis
ion.
We
belie
ve o
ur n
ewtr
aini
ng c
entr
e an
d re
al o
ffsh
ore
equi
pmen
tw
ill a
llow
us
to p
rovi
de m
ore
hand
s-on
prac
tica
l exp
erie
nce,
whi
ch is
so
high
lyim
port
ant
for
the
offsh
ore
indu
stry
.”
In O
ctob
er 2
014
SUB
C u
nder
wen
t th
e fu
llIA
DC
aud
it a
nd b
ecam
e th
e on
ly S
cott
ish
com
pany
and
just
the
13t
h or
gani
sati
onw
orld
wid
e to
rec
eive
full
Inte
rnat
iona
lA
ssoc
iati
on o
f Dri
lling
Con
trac
tors
Dri
lling
Indu
stry
Tra
inin
g (IA
DC
DIT
) acc
redi
tati
on.
SUB
C a
lso
offici
ally
ope
ned
SUB
C U
SA L
LCin
Hou
ston
to
deal
wit
h lo
cal m
arke
t ne
eds
in N
ovem
ber
2014
. The
offi
ce is
hea
ded
upby
vic
e pr
esid
ent
Dav
id H
oke,
who
bri
ngs
ava
st a
rray
of o
il an
d ga
s in
dust
rym
anag
emen
t ex
peri
ence
. Wit
h lo
cal
mar
ket
know
ledg
e he
will
pla
y an
inte
gral
part
in t
he g
row
th a
nd e
xpan
sion
pla
ns o
fth
e co
mpa
ny.
At
the
end
of t
he y
ear
SUB
C a
dded
a n
ewth
ree-
day
Man
aged
Pre
ssur
e D
rilli
ng a
ndA
dapt
ive
Dri
lling
Met
hods
cou
rse
to it
scu
rren
t co
urse
por
tfol
io, w
hich
is c
reat
ed
to m
eet
a gr
owin
g in
tere
st a
ndin
volv
emen
t in
man
aged
pre
ssur
e dr
illin
gan
d th
e va
riet
y of
new
ada
ptiv
e dr
illin
gm
etho
ds.
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n a
bou
t SU
BC
an
d it
sse
rvic
es, p
leas
e vi
sit
ww
w.s
ubc
eng.
com
SUB
C t
rain
ing
cen
tre
NS
L P
RO
DU
CT
S
GO
DIG
ITA
L!Fe
bru
ary
201
5 w
ill s
ee a
not
her
indu
stry
firs
t fo
r lift
ing
expe
rts
NSL
, as
they
mak
eth
eir
indu
stry
sta
nda
rd R
iggi
ng
& L
iftin
gH
andb
ook
avai
labl
e as
a d
own
load
able
App
for
smar
tph
ones
an
d ta
blet
s.
Bas
ed o
n th
e re
cent
ly u
pdat
ed h
andb
ook,
the
App
con
tain
s al
l of t
he in
form
atio
nth
at h
as m
ade
the
orig
inal
an
esse
ntia
lto
ol fo
r al
l per
sonn
el in
volv
ed in
lift
ing
oper
atio
ns.
In a
ddit
ion
ther
e ar
e eq
uipm
ent
insp
ecti
onde
mon
stra
tion
vid
eos
and
dyna
mic
calc
ulat
ors
to a
ssis
t w
ith
vari
ous
aspe
cts
of li
ftin
g op
erat
ions
.
As
wel
l as
the
adva
ntag
es o
f por
tabi
lity,
the
Rig
ging
& L
iftin
g A
pp e
nsur
es t
hat
the
user
has
acc
ess
to t
he m
ost
up-t
o-da
teve
rsio
n of
thi
s im
port
ant
indu
stry
man
ual.
Als
o av
aila
ble
for
dow
nloa
d fr
om N
SL is
a
free
App
tha
t gi
ves
quic
k ac
cess
to
all
Lift
ing
Equi
pmen
t Le
gisl
atio
n in
form
atio
n −
a si
mpl
e w
ay t
o ac
cess
all
the
info
rmat
ion
cont
aine
d w
ithi
n N
SL’s
LO
LER
Mat
rix.
NSL
’s o
ther
han
dboo
ks −
Saf
e C
argo
Han
dlin
g, C
rane
Ope
rati
ons,
Wor
king
at
Hei
ght,
and
Inju
ries
to
Fing
ers
and
Han
ds−
will
follo
w o
nto
the
digi
tal p
latf
orm
in
the
nea
r fu
ture
.
Als
o go
ing
digi
tal a
re N
SL’s
new
pos
ters
.A
s w
ell a
s an
upd
ated
look
to
the
trad
itio
nal p
aper
ver
sion
s, t
hey
are
now
avai
labl
e fo
r us
e on
-scr
een.
Pac
kage
d as
ase
lf-ru
nnin
g pr
esen
tati
on, t
hese
col
ourf
ulca
rtoo
ns a
ttra
ct a
tten
tion
in r
ecep
tion
s,
cafe
teri
as, c
hang
ing
room
s or
wai
ting
area
s w
hile
del
iver
ing
impo
rtan
t sa
fety
awar
enes
s m
essa
ges.
As
wit
h th
e tr
adit
iona
l pos
ters
, you
can
pick
and
cho
ose
from
all
of t
he a
vaila
ble
post
er s
ets
to c
reat
e a
cust
omis
edca
mpa
ign
if re
quir
ed. T
hey
can
also
be
bra
nded
to
suit
the
req
uire
men
ts o
fyo
ur c
ompa
ny’s
cor
pora
te id
.
Dun
can
Bon
ner,
man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f NSL
,sa
id: “
By
inve
stin
g in
alig
ning
our
pro
duct
sw
ith
the
digi
tal m
arke
tpla
ce, N
SL h
ope
tobr
ing
bene
fits
to
all u
sers
of o
ur s
afet
ypr
oduc
ts w
ith
impr
oved
usa
bilit
y an
dfl
exib
ility
.
“Bei
ng a
ble
to r
elea
se u
pdat
es w
hen
legi
slat
ion
or w
orki
ng p
ract
ices
cha
nge
ensu
res
that
our
cus
tom
ers
will
kno
w t
hat
they
hav
e th
e m
ost
up-t
o-da
te in
form
atio
n,lit
eral
ly in
the
pal
m o
f the
ir h
and.
”
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n o
n h
ow t
o ge
tN
SL’s
Rig
gin
g &
Lift
ing
App
, con
tact
Cla
rk.M
ilton
@n
sl-a
berd
een
.com
or
vis
it t
he
web
site
, nsl
.asc
owor
ld.c
om
Tabl
et a
nd
phon
e ap
ps
BE
PR
EP
AR
ED
FO
R R
EN
EW
ED
GR
OW
TH
; DE
VE
LOP
YO
UR
SU
STA
INA
BLE
TA
LEN
T P
OO
LTh
e cu
rren
t ec
onom
ic la
nds
cape
pos
es a
nu
mbe
r of
ch
alle
nge
sfo
r ou
r in
dust
ry a
cros
s 20
15. B
usi
nes
ses,
larg
e an
d sm
all,
will
be m
akin
g eff
orts
to
man
age
oper
atin
g co
sts
due
to h
eigh
ten
edpr
essu
re t
o ex
ecu
te b
usi
nes
s st
rate
gy a
nd
to m
eet
goal
s.
It s
houl
d no
t be
sur
pris
ing,
the
refo
re, t
hat
peop
le h
ave
the
grea
test
impa
ct o
n ex
ecut
ing
busi
ness
str
ateg
y. A
sig
nifi
cant
driv
er o
f tha
t su
cces
s is
get
ting
the
‘peo
ple
part
’ rig
ht. N
o m
atte
rth
e ec
onom
ic o
utlo
ok, b
usin
esse
s m
ust
cont
inue
to
inve
st in
the
irta
lent
to
max
imis
e pe
rfor
man
ce fo
r to
day,
whi
lst
posi
tion
ing
them
to
be r
eady
for
whe
n th
e in
dust
ry in
tens
ifies
aga
in.
Wor
kfor
ce n
umbe
rs a
re a
lrea
dy b
eing
aff
ecte
d, b
ut w
e ca
nnot
affor
d to
ove
rloo
k th
e fa
ct t
hat
the
indu
stry
con
tinu
es t
o st
rugg
lefo
r sk
ills
esse
ntia
l to
ener
gy s
ecur
ity
and
econ
omic
sta
bilit
y.In
tern
atio
nal c
ompe
titi
on fo
r te
chni
cal t
alen
t, a
ret
irin
g sk
illed
wor
kfor
ce (t
he b
ig c
rew
cha
nge)
and
a r
educ
ing
pool
of e
ntry
leve
lte
chni
cal t
alen
t al
l lea
ve c
ompa
nies
com
peti
ng fo
r go
od p
eopl
e.
Larg
er o
rgan
isat
ions
typ
ical
ly h
ave
the
priv
ilege
of d
edic
ated
reso
urce
to
supp
ort
init
iati
ves
and
prog
ram
mes
to
attr
act
and
deve
lop
valu
able
tec
hnic
al t
alen
t, c
ombi
ned
wit
h go
odre
mun
erat
ion
pack
ages
and
res
ourc
es, w
hils
t sm
all a
nd m
ediu
msi
zed
orga
nisa
tion
s ca
n en
d up
str
uggl
ing
on t
heir
ow
n.
Succ
essf
ul s
kills
con
vers
ion
and
tran
sfer
able
ski
lls p
rogr
amm
esca
n be
a b
ig p
art
of t
he t
alen
t jig
saw
puz
zle
for
thes
e fi
rms.
A m
ovem
ent
alre
ady
exis
ts in
tra
nsfe
rrab
le s
kills
. Fur
ther
rel
ease
of a
rmed
forc
es p
erso
nnel
in 2
015
coul
d to
p up
a d
eple
ted
tale
ntpo
ol. T
his
can
equa
lly a
pply
acr
oss
othe
r in
dust
ries
, for
exa
mpl
e,au
tom
otiv
e, m
inin
g an
d te
leco
mm
unic
atio
ns.
If yo
u ar
e lo
okin
g to
bri
ng o
n ne
w t
alen
t th
is is
cer
tain
ly a
nav
enue
wor
th e
xplo
ring
. The
se r
esou
rce
pool
s do
not
just
slo
t in
to t
he in
dust
ry, h
owev
er, a
mea
sure
of t
rans
itio
n is
nec
essa
ry.
Tran
sfer
able
ski
lls a
nd s
kills
con
vers
ion
is k
ey t
o m
igra
ting
the
seta
lent
poo
ls a
cros
s to
the
ene
rgy
indu
stry
wit
h m
axim
um s
ucce
ss.
Aft
er t
en y
ears
wor
king
and
dev
elop
ing
skill
s ba
sed
lear
ning
and
men
tori
ng p
rogr
amm
es, I
laun
ched
The
Tal
ent
Prac
tice
to
help
SMEs
in t
he e
nerg
y in
dust
ry t
o de
velo
p le
arni
ng s
olut
ions
,in
itia
tive
s an
d pr
ojec
ts t
o at
trac
t an
d ke
ep t
heir
tec
hnic
al t
alen
t.Th
ese
serv
ices
incl
ude
conv
ersi
on p
rogr
amm
es, s
kills
aud
its,
tran
sfer
rabl
e sk
ills
anal
ysis
and
tal
ent
deve
lopm
ent
init
iati
ves.
We
know
tha
t ev
en in
the
cur
rent
clim
ate,
the
indu
stry
con
tinu
esto
lack
key
ski
lls r
equi
red.
The
sen
sibl
e ap
proa
ch is
to
inve
st n
owto
tra
nsit
ion
a ca
pabl
e re
sour
ce p
ool,
build
ing
know
ledg
e an
dex
pert
ise
to p
rom
ote
futu
re g
row
th a
nd s
ucce
ss.
As
a bu
sine
ss r
elia
nt o
n te
chni
cal c
apab
ility
, thi
s is
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to r
evie
w y
our
curr
ent
peop
le p
ract
ices
. Eve
n if
you
are
cons
trai
ned
by c
urre
nt e
cono
mic
forc
es, y
ou s
till
need
to
ask,
“Are
our
peo
ple
part
s ri
ght?
”, “D
o th
ey c
ompl
emen
t an
d en
hanc
eou
r bu
sine
ss o
bjec
tive
s?”, “
Do
our
peop
le h
ave
the
righ
t sk
ills,
know
ledg
e an
d at
titu
des
for
the
chal
leng
es a
head
?”.
The
Tale
nt P
ract
ice
wor
ks w
ith
indi
vidu
als,
tea
ms
and
orga
nisa
tion
s to
iden
tify
ski
lls g
aps
and
impl
emen
t le
arni
ngso
luti
ons
to c
lose
the
se g
aps.
Whe
ther
a s
mal
l tw
eak
to e
xist
ing
prac
tice
s or
a b
espo
ke d
evel
opm
ent
prog
ram
me,
we
can
tailo
rso
luti
ons
to y
our
busi
ness
and
hel
p yo
u ac
hiev
e th
e pe
rfor
man
cele
vels
for
whi
ch y
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ON
TIN
UE
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RO
W
Why
do
plan
t in
spec
tors
ne
ed t
rain
ing?
The
role
of t
he
in-s
ervi
ce p
lan
t in
spec
tor
is fa
r fr
om s
trai
ghtf
orw
ard.
Wh
eth
er fo
roff
shor
e or
on
shor
e ap
plic
atio
ns,
it is
a
squ
arel
y t
ech
nic
al d
isci
plin
e, r
oote
dfi
rmly
in t
he
logi
cal r
ule
s an
d pr
acti
ces
of m
ech
anic
al e
ngi
nee
rin
g. It
is a
lso
anu
nas
ham
edly
pra
ctic
al s
ubj
ect,
wh
ich
take
s pl
ace
in o
pera
tin
g si
tes
rath
erth
an in
th
e ba
ck r
oom
or
desi
gn o
ffice
.Th
e ro
le is
com
plic
ated
by
th
e co
nte
xt in
wh
ich
it is
app
lied
– in
spec
tion
is a
ty
peof
pol
icin
g fu
nct
ion
, it
invo
lves
ch
ecki
ng
(an
d in
flu
enci
ng)
th
e ac
tion
s of
oth
ers.
Whi
lst
plan
t in
spec
tion
oft
en in
volv
es t
hein
spec
tion
of w
elds
and
ND
T it
is a
ver
ydi
ffer
ent,
mor
e co
mpl
ex d
isci
plin
e th
anN
DT.
It h
as d
iffer
ent
skill
req
uire
men
ts,
diff
eren
t te
chni
cal c
onte
nt, a
nd a
fund
amen
tally
diff
eren
t st
ruct
ure
oftr
aini
ng a
nd q
ualifi
cati
ons.
Why
is in
spec
tor
com
pete
nce
an im
port
ant
issu
e?Tw
o re
ason
s. F
irst
, the
tec
hnic
al s
cope
of
the
sub
ject
is v
ery
wid
e –
an in
spec
tor
may
be
requ
ired
to
insp
ect
anyt
hing
from
a si
mpl
e lo
w p
ress
ure
air
rece
iver
to
high
lyda
nger
ous
proc
ess
vess
els
oper
atin
g un
der
corr
osiv
e co
ndit
ions
at
high
pre
ssur
es.
Seco
nd, m
uch
of t
he s
tatu
tory
legi
slat
ion
that
gov
erns
in-s
ervi
ce in
spec
tion
rel
ies
on t
he in
spec
tion
indu
stry
pra
ctis
ing
a hi
gh d
egre
e of
sel
f-re
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tion
, ie.
it is
char
ged
wit
h de
cidi
ng t
he c
ompe
tenc
e
of it
s in
spec
tors
itse
lf ra
ther
tha
nre
quir
emen
ts b
eing
ext
erna
lly im
pose
d.
Euro
pean
qua
lifica
tion
s fo
r pl
ant
insp
ecto
rs a
re a
fair
ly r
ecen
t in
nova
tion
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ther
cer
tifi
cati
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chem
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mit
ed t
o w
eld
insp
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muc
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ider
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syst
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it’s
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SME
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API
tra
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the
past
12
year
s M
atth
ews
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neer
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Trai
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hav
e ex
pand
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e sc
ope
of t
heir
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ecti
on t
rain
ing
acti
viti
es t
o fu
ll co
vera
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f the
API
510/
570/
653
Cer
tifi
ed In
spec
tor
and
ASM
E Pl
ant
Insp
ecto
r qu
alifi
cati
ons.
Insp
ecto
rs c
an a
cqui
re in
spec
tion
qual
ifica
tion
s ei
ther
via
the
ASM
E Pl
ant
Insp
ecto
r C
erti
fica
te L
evel
s 1,
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or
API
510/
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peci
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ures
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hnic
alpr
efer
ence
s. A
SME
Leve
l 1 c
onta
ins
a ha
nds-
on in
spec
tion
tra
inin
g el
emen
t an
d ge
nera
l cov
erag
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ecti
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egul
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nd c
odes
. Le
vels
2 (S
enio
r) a
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hnic
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utho
rity
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str
inge
nt t
ests
of a
nin
spec
tor’
s ab
ility
to
unde
rsta
nd
tech
nica
l sub
ject
s an
d pr
oduc
eco
mpr
ehen
sive
insp
ecti
on r
epor
ts.
They
are
now
rec
ogni
sed
by e
mpl
oyer
s as
a w
ay o
f dec
idin
g w
hich
insp
ecto
rs
are
suit
able
for
prog
ress
ion
to h
ighe
rte
chni
cal p
osit
ions
The
API
cer
tifi
cati
on p
rogr
amm
e ex
ams
are
100%
US
code
ori
enta
ted,
wri
tten
in
US
styl
e an
d ha
ve a
hug
e sy
llabu
s.
They
are
wel
l acc
epte
d w
orld
wid
e. T
hepr
ogra
mm
e ha
s be
en r
unni
ng fo
r ni
neye
ars
in t
he U
K, a
dapt
ed fo
r U
K le
arni
ngst
yles
by
Mat
thew
s Tr
aini
ng L
td. T
heco
mbi
nati
on o
f onl
ine
and
resi
dent
ial
trai
ning
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ven
succ
essf
ul in
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ievi
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firs
t ti
me
pass
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e of
ove
r 95
%; o
ne o
fth
e hi
ghes
t ra
tes
in t
he w
orld
.
The
ASM
E Le
vel 1
Pla
nt In
spec
tor
cour
se
in J
anua
ry 2
015
saw
the
5,0
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del
egat
eat
tend
Mat
thew
s Tr
aini
ng c
ours
es. T
hesc
hedu
le fo
r 20
15 in
clud
es A
SME
Leve
l 1an
d 2
cour
ses
runn
ing
in A
berd
een,
Tees
side
and
Imm
ingh
am
and
a fu
ll A
PI 5
10/5
70/6
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rain
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and
exam
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gram
me.
Mat
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ain
ing
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ASM
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d A
PI P
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t In
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cou
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see
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The
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al A
ssoc
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llin
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ontr
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IAD
C),
hav
e ju
st a
war
ded
thei
r fi
rst
UK
DIT
(dr
illin
g in
dust
rytr
ain
ing)
acc
redi
tati
on t
o A
DC
Vir
tual
Aca
dem
y, a
Sco
ttis
h t
rain
ing
prov
ider
,fo
r th
eir
onlin
e co
urs
e U
nde
rsta
ndi
ng
Dri
llin
g Eq
uip
men
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C D
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an
auth
orit
ativ
e ac
cred
itat
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reco
gnis
ed t
hrou
ghou
t th
e oi
l and
gas
com
mun
ity,
as
it c
erti
fies
tha
t th
e co
urse
bein
g st
udie
d ha
s sa
tisfi
ed a
ran
ge o
fst
ring
ent
IAD
C t
rain
ing
crit
eria
. Bec
ause
of
thi
s th
e st
uden
t ca
n be
con
fide
nt t
hat
the
trai
ning
mod
ules
will
dra
w u
pon
a hi
gh le
vel o
f ind
ustr
y ex
pert
ise,
and
tha
tth
e le
arni
ng s
truc
ture
has
bee
n au
thor
edto
ens
ure
the
tran
sfer
ence
of r
eal p
ract
ical
know
ledg
e.
“It’
s ve
ry s
atis
fyin
g to
be
the
firs
t on
line
trai
ning
pro
vide
r in
the
UK
to
be a
war
ded
this
impo
rtan
t ac
cred
itat
ion,
” co
mm
ente
dJa
son
McG
ill, A
DC
Vir
tual
Aca
dem
y’s
busi
ness
dev
elop
men
t m
anag
er. “
Not
on
ly d
oes
it b
ear
test
amen
t to
our
ri
goro
us c
ours
e m
anag
emen
t st
ruct
ures
and
insi
sten
ce o
n co
nten
t au
thor
ed b
yoi
lfiel
d pr
ofes
sion
als,
it a
lso
ackn
owle
dges
the
uniq
ue p
ower
of t
he o
nlin
e m
ediu
m in
deliv
erin
g dy
nam
ical
ly e
ffec
tive
tra
inin
gto
tod
ay’s
dig
ital
gen
erat
ion.
”
This
IAD
C a
ccre
dita
tion
is ju
st o
ne o
fm
any
‘firs
ts’ t
hat
AD
C V
irtu
al A
cade
my
has
bene
fitt
ed fr
om r
ecen
tly.
The
ir IW
CF
Dri
lling
Wel
l Con
trol
Lev
el 2
cou
rse
cont
inue
s to
be
way
ahe
ad o
f the
fiel
d as
it
was
, and
sti
ll is
, the
firs
t on
line
cour
sean
ywhe
re in
the
wor
ld d
edic
ated
to
this
impo
rtan
t m
anda
tory
qua
lifica
tion
.
Ano
ther
‘firs
t’ w
as r
ecei
ved
whe
n th
eir
Und
erst
andi
ng R
ig In
spec
tion
qua
lifica
tion
was
aw
arde
d an
SQ
A C
usto
mis
ed A
war
d,th
e fi
rst
e-le
arni
ng C
usto
mis
ed A
war
d to
be c
redi
t ra
ted
on t
he S
cott
ish
Cre
dit
and
Qua
lifica
tion
s Fr
amew
ork
(SC
QF)
by
SQA
.
This
in t
urn
has
led
to E
LCA
S re
cogn
itio
n,w
hich
del
iver
s si
gnifi
cant
ben
efits
for
anyo
ne c
onsi
deri
ng a
car
eer
mov
e fr
omth
e M
OD
into
oil
and
gas,
as
the
cour
se is
not
only
elig
ible
for
gove
rnm
ent
fund
ing,
but
it c
ruci
ally
pro
vide
s a
muc
h ne
eded
com
preh
ensi
ve u
nder
stan
ding
of t
he
tota
l rig
env
iron
men
t w
ith
the
indi
vidu
alfu
ncti
on a
nd p
urpo
se o
f eac
h pi
ece
ofm
achi
nery
pre
sent
ed in
an
imm
ersi
vevi
rtua
l for
m.
Wit
h cu
rren
tly
over
5,0
00 w
orki
ngst
uden
ts lo
ggin
g-on
from
aro
und
the
glob
e, r
epre
sent
ing
som
e of
the
indu
stry
’sm
ost
wel
l-kn
own
com
pani
es s
uch
as
AB
S, C
onoc
oPhi
llips
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dfjel
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lling
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owan
Com
pani
es, S
tena
Dri
lling
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a,Tu
llow
Oil
and
Woo
d G
roup
PSN
, no
won
der
the
‘firs
ts’ k
eep
com
ing
for
this
dyna
mic
Sco
ttis
h on
line
trai
ning
pro
vide
r.
EP
IT L
AU
NC
H N
EW
TR
AIN
ING
FA
CIL
ITY
TO
ME
ET
HIG
H D
EM
AN
DD
ue
to in
crea
sin
g de
man
d fo
r sp
ecia
list
trai
nin
g co
urs
es, E
PIT
Gro
up,
a w
orld
-le
ader
in d
eliv
erin
g tr
ain
ing
and
asse
ssm
ent
serv
ices
for
engi
nee
rsw
orki
ng
in h
azar
dou
s an
d in
dust
rial
envi
ron
men
ts, a
re m
ovin
g to
a b
ran
dn
ew, c
ust
om-b
uilt
tra
inin
g co
mpl
ex in
Bla
ckbu
rn B
usi
nes
s P
ark,
Abe
rdee
n.
The
new
faci
lity,
whi
ch is
sit
uate
d ju
st15
0m fr
om t
he e
xist
ing
trai
ning
cen
tre,
will
allo
w E
PIT
to in
crea
se t
heir
cap
acit
yfo
r pr
ovid
ing
spec
ialis
t tr
aini
ng a
ndas
sess
men
t se
rvic
es. A
s w
ell a
s ad
diti
onal
trai
ning
roo
ms
and
a pu
rpos
e-bu
ilt, f
ully
equi
pped
ele
ctri
cal/
inst
rum
ent
prac
tica
lar
ea, t
he n
ew c
entr
e al
so fe
atur
es fa
cilit
ies
for
HV
/LV
and
A.C
Mot
ors
cour
ses.
Del
egat
es a
re a
ssur
ed o
f a fi
rst
clas
str
aini
ng e
xper
ienc
e an
d w
ill a
lso
have
acc
ess
to a
mod
ern
loun
ge a
rea
whe
re t
hey
can
rela
x in
bet
wee
n cl
asse
s an
d w
orks
hops
.
Gen
eral
man
ager
, Mar
tin
Con
stab
le, s
ays:
“Due
to
dem
and
for
high
qua
lity
cour
ses,
we
are
delig
hted
to
laun
ch o
ur n
ew fa
cilit
y,w
hich
will
allo
w u
s to
gro
w w
hile
rein
forc
ing
our
cont
inue
d co
mm
itm
ent
to p
rovi
ding
exc
elle
nt t
rain
ing
wit
hin
the
indu
stry
.”
Bas
ed t
o th
e w
est
of A
berd
een,
EPI
Tal
read
y bo
asts
an
exte
nsiv
e po
rtfo
lio
of c
ompe
tenc
y-ba
sed
cour
ses,
tec
hnic
altr
aini
ng, a
sses
smen
t an
d co
nsul
tanc
y.W
ith
thei
r te
am o
f hig
hly
expe
rien
ced
cons
ulta
nts
they
can
adv
ise,
ass
ess
and
prov
ide
trai
ning
for
orga
nisa
tion
s la
rge
and
smal
l, to
mee
t w
ith
the
nati
onal
,in
tern
atio
nal a
nd E
urop
ean
stan
dard
s an
d di
rect
ives
. The
new
, muc
h la
rger
faci
lity
will
ena
ble
them
to
furt
her
expa
ndth
e ex
tens
ive
rang
e of
cou
rses
on
offer
.
EPIT
is a
n ap
prov
ed a
nd c
erti
fied
Com
pEx
cent
re. A
imed
at
elec
tric
al p
erso
nnel
,C
ompE
x is
an
accr
edit
ed in
tern
atio
nal
sche
me,
whi
ch v
alid
ates
cor
e co
mpe
tenc
yfo
r sa
fe w
orki
ng in
pot
enti
ally
haz
ardo
us,
flam
mab
le o
r ex
plos
ive
envi
ronm
ents
.Th
ese
glob
ally
rec
ogni
sed
cour
ses
are
deliv
ered
from
EPI
T’s
cust
om-b
uilt
faci
lity,
whi
ch fe
atur
es s
paci
ous
lect
ure
room
s as
wel
l as
a fu
lly e
quip
ped,
han
ds-o
n pr
acti
cal
area
.
In a
ddit
ion
to C
ompE
x, E
PIT
have
an
exte
nsiv
e Co
mpe
tenc
y Pl
us P
rogr
amm
e,w
hich
con
sist
s of
a ra
nge
of E
x, A
TEX,
HV/
LV,
EAW
and
Ele
ctri
cal S
afet
y co
urse
s as
wel
l as
new
ly la
unch
ed A
.C M
otor
s an
d Ex
Rep
air
and
Ove
rhau
l cou
rses
. Acc
redi
ted
by C
ity
&G
uild
s th
ey a
re p
rese
nted
in E
PIT’
s fa
cilit
y,w
hich
is fu
lly s
tock
ed w
ith
a w
ide
vari
ety
ofEx
dem
onst
rati
on m
odul
es. T
hese
cou
rses
can
be a
dapt
ed a
nd d
eliv
ered
on
any
site
wor
ldw
ide
and
can
also
be
cust
omis
ed t
osu
it a
ny c
lient
-spe
cific
requ
irem
ents
.
Plea
se n
ote:
exi
stin
g co
urse
s w
ill r
emai
n at
the
curr
ent E
PIT
Trai
ning
Cen
tre
until
th
e ne
w fa
cilit
y is
com
plet
ed in
Mar
ch 2
015.
This
doe
s no
t aff
ect
the
prev
ious
ly p
ublis
hed
cour
se d
ates
list
ed o
n th
e co
mpa
ny w
ebsi
te.
For
furt
her
info
rmat
ion
, ple
ase
visi
t w
ww
.epi
tgro
up.
com
, em
ail i
nfo
@ep
itgr
oup.
com
, or
cal
l 012
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By
Vik
ki S
teph
en, E
PIT
Gro
up
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n a
bou
t A
DC
V
irtu
al A
cade
my
, vis
it o
ur
web
site
w
ww
.adc
-vir
tual
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emy
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onta
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ason
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t an
d re
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ubse
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ent,
and
inno
vati
ve t
echn
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ies
coup
led
wit
h hi
gh q
ualit
y m
anuf
actu
ring
are
in d
eman
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r A
sia’
s oi
l and
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stry
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hich
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xhib
itin
g, T
IS M
anuf
actu
ring
won
£50
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orth
of
ord
ers
for
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sure
con
trol
equ
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from
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te
firm
s ba
sed
in A
sia,
and
als
o re
ceiv
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n ab
unda
nce
of in
tere
stfr
om o
ther
ser
vice
com
pani
es.
Nor
man
For
rest
, man
agin
g di
rect
or, r
eflec
ted:
“W
e ar
e pr
oud
of o
ur e
xten
sive
exp
erie
nce
in t
he e
ngin
eeri
ng o
f wel
l ser
vice
an
d su
bsea
con
trol
equ
ipm
ent,
and
enj
oyed
vis
itin
g ol
d fr
iend
s in
the
Far
Eas
t la
st y
ear.
“Our
app
licat
ion
cons
ulta
nts
wor
k w
ith
our
clie
nts,
dev
elop
ing
supe
rior
bes
poke
sol
utio
ns t
o m
eet
any
wir
elin
e or
sub
sea
inte
rven
tion
ope
rati
onal
req
uire
men
t, a
nd o
ur e
ngin
eeri
ng t
eam
are
spec
ialis
ts a
t tu
rnin
g in
nova
tive
con
cept
s in
to fi
eld-
prov
ente
chno
logy
. I h
ave
confi
denc
e in
TIS
equ
ipm
ent
as it
is b
uilt
to
the
high
est
qual
ity
and
safe
ty s
tand
ards
, and
is s
uppo
rted
by
unri
valle
d aft
er s
ales
ser
vice
.”
TIS
Man
ufac
turi
ng is
alr
eady
est
ablis
hed
in t
he E
urop
ean
mar
ket,
inve
stin
g in
res
earc
h an
d de
velo
pmen
t of
pro
duct
s sp
ecifi
cally
engi
neer
ed t
o m
eet
loca
l req
uire
men
ts, s
uch
as t
he T
IS L
ynx
Con
tain
eris
ed W
irel
ine
Uni
t. T
he c
ompa
ny n
ow a
ims
to b
uild
deep
er r
elat
ions
hips
wit
h cl
ient
s ba
sed
in o
ther
key
reg
ions
incl
udin
g So
uthe
ast
Asi
a, t
he M
iddl
e Ea
st a
nd N
orth
Am
eric
a.
Iain
Sm
ith,
bus
ines
s de
velo
pmen
t m
anag
er, c
omm
ente
d: “
TIS
Man
ufac
turi
ng’s
init
iati
ve t
o in
crea
se it
s gl
obal
pre
senc
e ha
s be
en d
rive
n by
our
suc
cess
in t
he U
K a
nd E
urop
e, w
ith
maj
orcl
ient
s as
king
us
to s
uppo
rt t
hem
wit
h pr
ojec
ts in
tern
atio
nally
.W
e in
tend
to
cont
inue
our
com
mit
men
t to
our
cus
tom
ers
and
tode
liver
ing
indu
stry
lead
ing
solu
tion
s in
wel
l ser
vice
tec
hnol
ogie
sto
the
glo
bal o
il an
d ga
s m
arke
t.”
HU
GH
ES
PU
MP
S T
ES
T
AN
D F
LUS
H F
LOW
LIN
ES
IN
BR
AZ
IL’S
CA
MP
O B
AS
INTw
o fl
ush
ing
and
test
ing
syst
ems,
man
ufa
ctu
red
and
supp
lied
by le
adin
g U
K s
peci
alis
t m
anu
fact
ure
r H
ugh
es P
um
ps, a
rebe
ing
use
d to
pro
ve t
he
inte
grit
y o
f flex
ible
flow
lines
bei
ng
laid
to
the
seab
ed in
up
to 2
,200
m w
ater
off
shor
e in
Bra
zil’s
Cam
po B
asin
bef
ore
oil i
s pu
mpe
d th
rou
gh t
hem
.
SUR
F an
d he
avy
subs
ea c
onst
ruct
ion
cont
ract
or C
eona
’s P
olar
Ony
x PL
SV is
cur
rent
ly w
orki
ng in
par
tner
ship
wit
h O
OG
for
Petr
obra
s in
the
Ron
cado
r fie
ld, l
ocat
ed in
Bra
zil’s
Cam
pos
Bas
in, 7
8 m
iles
offsh
ore,
whe
re s
he is
layi
ng a
nd r
ecov
erin
g fle
xibl
e flo
wlin
es, r
iser
s an
d co
ntro
l um
bilic
als
in w
ater
dep
ths
of u
p to
2,2
00m
.
A H
ughe
s Pu
mps
flex
ible
line
hyd
rost
atic
tes
t an
d ch
emic
als
inje
ctin
g sy
stem
(HTC
IS) i
s be
ing
used
to
pres
sure
tes
t th
e fle
xibl
elin
es t
o pr
ove
thei
r in
tegr
ity
befo
re o
il is
pum
ped
thro
ugh
them
,w
ith
a H
ughe
s Pu
mps
flus
hing
and
hyd
rost
atic
tes
t un
it (F
HTU
)be
ing
used
to
flush
and
pre
ssur
e te
st u
mbi
lical
’s t
o pr
ove
thei
rin
tegr
ity
befo
re t
hey
are
conn
ecte
d to
sub
sea
cont
rol v
alve
s.
Hug
hes
Pum
ps h
as m
ore
than
30
year
s’ e
xper
ienc
e in
the
man
ufac
ture
and
sup
ply
of h
igh
prec
isio
n so
luti
ons
to m
eet
the
very
exa
ctin
g de
man
ds o
f the
off
shor
e oi
l and
gas
indu
stry
,de
liver
ing
exce
ptio
nal p
erfo
rman
ce a
nd re
liabi
lity
in s
ome
of t
heha
rshe
st e
nvir
onm
ents
imag
inab
le. A
pplic
atio
ns in
clud
e su
bsea
clea
ning
and
cut
ting
, sur
face
pre
para
tion
of o
il an
d ga
s pl
atfo
rms,
ship
s de
cks
and
balla
st t
anks
usi
ng u
ltra
-hig
h pr
essu
re (U
HP)
w
ater
at
up t
o 2,
750b
ar, m
etha
nol i
njec
tion
and
pum
ping
cru
de o
il.
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hes
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erti
sing
Fea
ture
PO
WER
JA
CK
SU
NV
EILS
IND
UST
RY
SUIT
E O
F S
UB
SEA
PR
ECIS
ION
TO
OLS
A
pio
nee
rin
g su
ite
of b
espo
ke s
ubs
eael
ectr
o-m
ech
anic
al a
ctu
ator
s an
dge
arbo
xes
that
off
ers
a m
ajor
ste
pch
ange
for
the
oil a
nd
gas
indu
stry
is
the
late
st t
ech
nol
ogy
to
be la
un
ched
by
a w
orld
-lea
din
g en
gin
eeri
ng
spec
ialis
t in
pro
duci
ng
indu
stri
al
liftin
g an
d po
siti
onin
g eq
uip
men
t.
Pow
er J
acks
’ int
egra
ted
U-S
erie
s ra
nge
of s
crew
jack
s an
d be
vel g
earb
oxes
isbe
lieve
d to
be
the
firs
t of
its
kind
for
the
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
in t
hat
the
dive
rse
arra
yof
sub
sea
tool
s op
tim
ises
flex
ibili
ty a
ndfu
ncti
onal
ity
to a
ddre
ss t
he w
ide
scop
e of
high
load
app
licat
ions
whi
le it
als
o ha
s an
esta
blis
hed
prov
en t
rack
rec
ord.
The
inno
vati
ve t
echn
olog
ies,
whi
ch
are
desi
gned
and
del
iver
ed fr
om P
ower
Jack
s’ m
anuf
actu
ring
faci
lity
in E
llon,
Abe
rdee
nshi
re, c
an b
e co
nnec
ted
toge
ther
to m
ake
full
jack
ing
syst
ems.
The
scre
w ja
cks
have
pro
ven
dept
h ra
tes
of u
p to
3,0
00 m
etre
s fo
r lift
ing
and
posi
tion
ing
load
s up
to
thou
sand
s of
tonn
es a
s st
anda
rd. T
he b
evel
gea
rbox
esal
so h
ave
the
sam
e de
pth
rati
ng a
sst
anda
rd w
ith
torq
ue r
atin
gs fr
om t
ens
to t
hous
ands
of N
ewto
n M
etre
s to
rque
. In
add
itio
n, P
ower
Jac
ks’ e
ngin
eeri
ng t
eam
wou
ld r
elis
h th
e ch
alle
nge
to d
esig
n ne
wva
rian
ts fo
r de
eper
app
licat
ions
.
Bru
ce B
ulti
tude
, cha
irm
an a
nd m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
at
Pow
er J
acks
, sai
d: “
The
U-S
erie
s
has
prim
arily
bee
n en
gine
ered
for
oil a
ndga
s, a
nd e
ncom
pass
es o
ur e
stab
lishe
d an
d re
liabl
e te
chno
logi
es c
ombi
ned
wit
hou
r tr
ack
reco
rd fo
r de
liver
ing
linea
rm
otio
n an
d m
echa
nica
l rot
ary
pow
ertr
ansm
issi
on in
sub
sea
appl
icat
ions
. We
have
alr
eady
suc
cess
fully
use
d th
e ra
nge
for
pig
laun
cher
s, s
ubse
a cl
amps
and
val
veac
tuat
ors.
“The
maj
or a
dvan
tage
s of
usi
ng e
lect
rom
echa
nica
l tec
hnol
ogy,
com
pare
d w
ith
hydr
aulic
alt
erna
tive
s, is
hig
her
perf
orm
ance
, inc
reas
ed s
afet
y an
d re
duce
dco
sts
whi
le t
hey
are
muc
h ea
sier
to
cont
rol
and
mor
e en
viro
nmen
tally
frie
ndly
. The
U
-Ser
ies
incl
udes
pre
ssur
e co
mpe
nsat
ed
or fl
oode
d de
sign
s as
wel
l as
stai
nles
s st
eel
vers
ions
of b
oth
the
scre
w ja
cks
and
beve
lge
arbo
xes.”
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ea E
xpo
2015
will
see
the
laun
ch o
fPo
wer
Jac
ks’ g
roun
d-br
eaki
ng U
-Ser
ies
rang
e.
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mor
e in
form
atio
n a
bou
t P
ower
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ks,
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cert
ain
tim
es
The
oil a
nd
gas
indu
stry
is in
th
e m
idst
of u
nce
rtai
n t
imes
. Th
ecu
rren
t de
clin
e in
com
mod
ity
pri
ces
con
tin
ues
to
impa
ct b
oth
oper
ator
s an
d se
rvic
e co
mpa
nie
s. In
th
is p
erio
d of
un
cert
ain
ty,
one
thin
g is
fair
ly s
ure
: eve
ryon
e in
th
e in
dust
ry n
eeds
to
bett
er m
anag
e op
erat
ion
s an
d m
axim
ise
perf
orm
ance
wit
hfe
wer
res
ourc
es.
The
ques
tion
, of c
ours
e, is
how
to
get
the
mos
t im
pact
, th
e gr
eate
st r
etur
n on
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t.
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focu
sed
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iver
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hest
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sibl
e va
lue
from
our
to
ols
and
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pmen
t. O
ur c
usto
mer
tra
inin
g ac
cele
rate
s th
ede
velo
pmen
t of
oil
and
gas
prof
essi
onal
s, w
heth
er it
is w
ith
tech
nolo
gy o
r se
rvic
e-re
late
d co
urse
off
erin
gs.
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h a
vast
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gro
win
g po
rtfo
lio o
f com
pete
ncy-
focu
sed,
inst
ruct
or-l
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ours
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ter-
base
d tr
aini
ng, w
e pr
epar
eyo
ur w
orkf
orce
to
deliv
er m
ore
valu
e by
doi
ng t
hing
s ri
ght
the
firs
t ti
me.
We
belie
ve in
kno
wle
dge
rete
ntio
n vi
a in
-cla
ss t
eam
exer
cise
s an
d th
roug
h ce
rtifi
cati
on p
roce
sses
for
your
em
ploy
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to c
onfi
rm t
hey
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pete
nt in
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nsib
iliti
es. B
yco
mbi
ning
inst
ruct
ors
wit
h su
bjec
t m
atte
r ex
pert
ise,
in-c
lass
proj
ects
, sho
p to
urs
and
man
ufac
turi
ng fi
eld
trip
s, in
dust
ry-
lead
ing
soft
war
e to
ols
and
apps
, and
one
-on-
one
men
tori
ng,
our
trai
ning
ble
nds
a ta
rget
ed s
kills
dev
elop
men
t th
at a
ligns
your
tea
m's
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litie
s to
you
r st
rate
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obje
ctiv
es.
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ve p
rovi
ded
cust
omer
s w
ith
prac
tica
l, ha
nds-
on k
now
ledg
e of
our
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aste
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ake-
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nd b
reak
out
unit
s, a
nd o
ur in
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use
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ice
equi
pmen
t tr
aini
ngs
have
sol
ved
trou
bles
hoot
ing
issu
es w
ith
equi
pmen
t in
cus
tom
er lo
cati
ons.
We’
ve d
eliv
ered
trai
ning
for
sele
ctio
n an
d pl
acem
ent
of o
ur A
gita
tor™
sys
tem
to
opti
mis
e dr
illin
g effi
cien
cy. W
e’ve
hel
ped
our
cust
omer
s ob
tain
ISO
900
1 ce
rtifi
cati
on a
nd, w
ith
our
prog
ram
s, h
elpe
d so
me
tore
tain
tha
t st
atus
.
We
can
even
tai
lor
cour
ses
spec
ifica
lly t
o su
it y
our
need
s.
Whe
n a
cust
omer
rec
entl
y so
ught
our
sub
ject
mat
ter
expe
rtis
e in
PD
C d
rill
bits
to
crea
te c
urri
culu
m fo
r th
eir
empl
oyee
s, w
e w
ere
able
to
prov
ide
exac
tly
wha
t th
ey n
eede
d to
mee
t th
eir
obje
ctiv
es.
Thei
r in
com
ing
engi
neer
s re
quir
ed a
thr
ee-d
ay c
ours
e on
bit
desi
gns
and
feat
ures
, vib
rati
onal
failu
res
and
the
effec
t on
bit
dulls
, as
wel
l as
trai
ning
in b
it li
fe a
nd s
elec
tion
. Bec
ause
the
seen
gine
ers
alre
ady
had
som
e ex
peri
ence
, we
confi
gure
d ou
r co
urse
wit
h th
is in
min
d an
d w
ere
able
to
focu
s on
sha
ring
the
info
rmat
ion
that
wou
ld b
e of
max
imum
val
ue w
itho
ut in
clud
ing
info
rmat
ion
they
wou
ldn’
t fi
nd r
elev
ant,
impo
rtan
t, o
r ne
eded
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e cu
stom
isat
ion
of c
ours
es li
ke t
hese
is e
ssen
tial
dur
ing
this
peri
od o
f unc
erta
inty
in t
he in
dust
ry.
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cou
rses
are
ava
ilabl
e at
NO
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rain
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cent
res
in H
oust
on,
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nd D
ubai
, but
our
tea
m o
f 30
expe
rt in
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ctor
s is
al
so a
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ble
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rave
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ning
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your
loca
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m k
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tha
t re
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p th
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of d
rilli
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ngin
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,to
sm
all s
ervi
ce c
ompa
nies
who
rel
y on
the
ir in
-hou
se s
ervi
ce
tech
nici
ans
to s
ervi
ce t
heir
flee
t of
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ls, c
usto
mer
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all
size
sfr
om a
ll ov
er t
he w
orld
hav
e co
me
to N
OV
for
the
trai
ning
the
yne
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o op
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ise
thei
r op
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thi
s w
ay t
hat
trai
ning
from
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chno
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the
indu
stri
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e se
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o ou
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ness
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ves
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eliv
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celle
nce
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ices
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me
and
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udge
t.”
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is a
n ex
citi
ng t
ime
for
the
oil a
nd g
as in
dust
ry. I
t is
bec
omin
gin
crea
sing
ly c
ompe
titi
ve a
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alen
t re
tent
ion
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in k
ey o
ffsh
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Sal
amis
Ski
lls C
entr
e,
ener
gy t
rade
s co
mpe
tenc
y an
d tr
aini
ngsp
ecia
lists
, and
oil
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ty t
rain
ing
expe
rts
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ivex
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e la
unch
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heO
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espo
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r an
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ble
entr
y le
vel
pack
age
in o
ne a
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port
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onal
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rm E
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r O
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tmen
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vati
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s, fo
und
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the
indu
stry
req
uire
seff
orts
to
build
a s
usta
inab
le p
ool o
f ta
lent
for
the
futu
re.
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repo
rt fo
und
that
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ene
rgy
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stry
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nee
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rant
s ov
er t
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xt fi
ve y
ears
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ate
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of t
hose
in t
he
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nd g
as w
orkf
orce
will
be
aged
35
and
belo
w.
The
new
Off
shor
e En
tran
t Pa
ckag
e, w
hich
incl
udes
off
shor
e su
rviv
al t
rain
ing
plus
the
OPI
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last
er/S
pray
er T
rain
ee S
tand
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s id
eal f
or t
hose
look
ing
to g
et
a st
art
in t
he in
dust
ry, w
heth
er a
s a
new
entr
ant,
or
as s
omeo
ne t
rans
ferr
ing
from
anot
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indu
stry
.
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pack
age,
the
onl
y on
e of
its
kind
in
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n, c
osts
from
£1,
680,
sav
ing
dele
gate
s ov
er £
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ooki
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heco
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s se
para
tely
, wit
h op
tion
s to
add
addi
tion
al c
erti
fica
tion
whe
n bo
okin
g.
“We
are
alw
ays
look
ing
for n
ew w
ays
toen
sure
the
offsh
ore
indu
stry
has
com
pete
nt,
qual
ified
wor
kers
,” s
aid
Wen
dy S
teph
an,
Bilfi
nger
Sal
amis
Ski
lls C
entr
e m
anag
er.
“We,
alo
ng w
ith
Surv
ivex
, hav
e lo
ngre
cogn
ised
the
diffi
cult
y bo
th fi
nanc
ially
and
logi
stic
ally
for
our
cust
omer
s to
boo
ka
pack
age
of c
ours
es d
esig
ned
to e
quip
them
as
offsh
ore
entr
ants
.
“It
can
be o
verw
helm
ing
as a
new
ent
rant
tryi
ng t
o w
ork
out
whi
ch c
erti
fica
tion
yo
u re
quir
e, a
nd w
hen
book
ing
all o
f the
indi
vidu
al c
ours
es, i
t ca
n be
exp
ensi
vew
hen
you
fact
or in
acc
omm
odat
ion
and
trav
el. T
his
is t
he o
nly
pack
age
of it
s ki
ndw
here
del
egat
es c
an u
nder
go b
oth
sets
of
tra
inin
g in
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rdee
n at
one
tim
e,
whi
ch m
akes
a h
uge
diff
eren
ce t
o a
larg
ese
gmen
t of
our
cus
tom
ers
who
are
bas
edou
twit
h th
e N
orth
-eas
t of
Sco
tlan
d.
“Our
cor
e ob
ject
ive
is t
o pr
ovid
e re
alis
tic,
conv
enie
nt a
nd q
ualit
y tr
aini
ng d
eliv
ered
to
indu
stry
-rec
ogni
sed
stan
dard
s.”
The
new
Off
shor
e En
tran
t Pa
ckag
e is
an
eigh
t-da
y co
urse
. Del
egat
es w
ill s
pend
five
days
at
Surv
ivex
’s t
rain
ing
faci
lity
in D
yce,
com
plet
ing
thei
r m
anda
tory
off
shor
e sa
fety
trai
ning
, whi
ch in
clud
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IST
and
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pres
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itia
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ill t
hen
spen
d a
furt
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thre
eda
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t th
e B
ilfing
er S
alam
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brac
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ntia
ls
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he b
last
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er r
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indu
stri
al p
aint
ing
care
erre
quir
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lly-t
rain
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erso
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ry is
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d m
ore
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rain
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last
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ntia
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nvir
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ents
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posu
re.
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her
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stry
-rec
ogni
sed
trad
estr
aini
ng c
ours
es w
ill b
e ad
ded
to t
heO
ffsh
ore
Entr
ants
Pac
kage
at
a la
ter
date
.
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nees
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t on
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nal e
xtra
s to
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g an
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anks
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ifica
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ivex
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ider
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ealt
h an
d sa
fety
tra
inin
g se
rvic
es t
o th
e gl
obal
oil a
nd g
as in
dust
ry, h
avin
g tr
aine
d m
ore
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egat
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urse
por
tfol
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clud
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tria
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ulti
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cilit
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at
clie
nt s
peci
fic
loca
tion
s on
or
offsh
ore.
En
ergy
ser
vice
s pr
ovid
er B
ilfing
er S
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K h
as p
rovi
ded
fabr
ic m
aint
enan
ce,
insp
ecti
on a
nd a
cces
s se
rvic
es t
o th
een
ergy
indu
stry
sin
ce 1
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nger
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mis
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lls C
entr
e op
ened
in 2
008,
and
prov
ides
exp
ert
trai
ning
in W
orki
ng
at H
eigh
ts, O
PITO
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stin
g an
d Pa
inti
ng,
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fine
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el E
ntry
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esto
s Tr
aini
ng a
mon
gst
othe
rin
dust
ry-f
ocus
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rade
s co
urse
s.
Bot
h pr
ovid
ers
are
base
d w
ithi
n ea
sy
reac
h of
the
air
port
and
reg
ular
rai
lse
rvic
es t
o al
l reg
ions
of t
he U
K.
“Thi
s pa
ckag
e is
the
per
fect
sol
utio
n fo
rth
ose
wit
h tr
ansf
erra
ble
skill
s lo
okin
g to
star
t th
eir
offsh
ore
care
er, s
uch
as e
x-se
rvic
es p
erso
nnel
. As
the
indu
stry
face
sis
sues
suc
h as
ass
et li
fe e
xten
sion
, the
re
is a
gro
win
g de
man
d fo
r pr
acti
cal t
rade
ssu
ch a
s pa
inte
rs a
nd b
last
ers,
so
we
hope
thi
s pa
ckag
e w
ill a
dd q
ualifi
ed, s
afe
wor
kers
to
the
wor
k po
ol,”
sai
d W
endy
.
And
rew
Gre
en, C
EO o
f Sur
vive
x, a
dded
:“W
e're
del
ight
ed t
o pa
rtne
r w
ith
Bilfi
nger
to o
ffer
thi
s ex
citi
ng n
ew p
acka
ge fo
roff
shor
e en
tran
ts.
“As
a co
mpa
ny, w
e ar
e co
mm
itte
d to
deliv
erin
g un
ique
com
pete
ncy
solu
tion
sw
hich
impr
ove
safe
ty a
nd p
rodu
ctiv
ity
acro
ss t
he in
dust
ry. C
olla
bora
ting
wit
h
Bilfi
nger
allo
ws
us t
o cr
eate
a p
artn
ersh
ipw
ith
a co
mpa
ny o
f exc
elle
nt r
eput
atio
nw
ithi
n th
e tr
aini
ng s
ecto
r, an
d to
del
iver
to
clie
nts
a pa
ckag
e w
hich
will
equ
ip t
hem
wit
h th
e he
alth
and
saf
ety
know
ledg
e an
d pr
acti
cal s
kills
req
uire
d to
forg
e a
succ
essf
ul o
ffsh
ore
care
er."
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O s
yste
ms.
Cos
t sa
ving
Rem
ote
I/O
red
uces
the
cos
ts s
igni
fica
ntly
. Pla
nt o
pera
tors
s a
ve o
n te
chni
cal p
roje
ct p
lann
ing
and
asse
mbl
y co
sts.
The
cos
tsa
ving
s al
so r
esul
t fr
om r
educ
ed w
irin
g an
d th
e re
liabi
lity
of
the
proc
ess
conv
ersi
on.
The
acce
lera
ted
conv
ersi
on s
aves
on
man
hou
rs a
nd o
n an
yun
nece
ssar
y pe
riod
s of
pla
nt d
ownt
ime.
Rem
ote
I/O
com
bine
sth
e be
st fe
atur
es o
f con
vent
iona
l poi
nt-t
o-po
int
wir
ing
and
fiel
dbus
tec
hnol
ogy.
The
Rem
ote
I/O
sys
tem
from
Pepp
erl+
Fuch
s ca
n be
ada
pted
to
any
avai
labl
e co
ntro
lte
chno
logy
on
the
mar
ket.
Mod
ular
Rem
ote
I/O
sys
tem
s, w
hich
are
ava
ilabl
e fr
omPe
pper
l+Fu
chs
in L
B a
nd F
B v
ersi
ons,
con
trol
fiel
d de
vice
s do
wn
to Z
one
0. B
oth
syst
ems
are
base
d on
the
sam
e el
ectr
onic
s,al
thou
gh L
B R
emot
e I/
O s
tati
ons
are
inst
alle
d in
Zon
e 2
and
22, C
lass
I, D
ivis
ion
2 or
in t
he s
afe
area
and
FB
are
inst
alle
d in
Zone
1 o
r 21
. The
com
pact
siz
e re
duce
s th
e nu
mbe
r of
con
trol
cabi
nets
req
uire
d, w
hich
als
o re
duce
s co
sts.
Thi
s is
an
idea
lso
luti
on if
the
spa
ce a
vaila
ble
for
mod
erni
sati
on o
r ex
tens
ion
of c
ontr
ol t
echn
olog
y is
lim
ited
.
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furt
her
info
rmat
ion
, ple
ase
visi
t w
ww
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perl
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chs.
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o
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ve, P
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uchs
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CC
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he
five
yea
rs s
ince
set
tin
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p a
smal
l stu
den
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fé o
n t
he
Spit
al, j
ust
a s
hor
t di
stan
ce fr
om A
berd
een
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iver
sity
cam
pus,
Stu
art
Ros
s, o
wn
er a
nd
dire
ctor
of G
rub
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h F
ood,
has
see
n
a h
ealt
hy
and
exci
tin
g gr
owth
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esh
food
bu
sin
ess.
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rt h
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sion
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ness
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it w
as w
hils
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udyi
ng a
t th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Abe
rdee
n th
at S
tuar
t sp
otte
d a
gap
in t
he m
arke
t fo
r w
hole
som
e an
d fr
esh
lunc
hes
at a
ffor
dabl
est
uden
t pr
ices
. So,
in 2
010,
at
just
23
year
s an
d ne
wly
grad
uate
d, S
tuar
t op
ened
his
firs
t G
rub
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h Fo
od o
utle
t.
Aft
er t
hree
suc
cess
ful y
ears
of o
pera
ting
from
the
sm
all s
ite
in O
ld A
berd
een,
Stu
art
deci
ded
to t
arge
t th
e affl
uent
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ines
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arke
t an
d in
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il 20
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e op
ened
his
sec
ond
fres
h fo
od
outl
et a
t th
e H
ub in
Abe
rdee
n En
ergy
Par
k.
Now
Stu
art
is o
nce
agai
n lo
okin
g to
war
ds a
noth
er c
halle
nge.
Hav
ing
been
bas
ed a
t th
e H
ub d
urin
g th
e la
st O
ffsh
ore
Euro
pein
201
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tuar
t is
con
fide
nt t
hat
ther
e is
a n
eed
for
addi
tion
alca
teri
ng o
ptio
ns o
utw
ith
the
AEC
C a
nd fe
els
that
Gru
b is
the
perf
ect
venu
e to
pro
vide
bot
h m
eeti
ng s
pace
and
cat
erin
g fo
r ex
hibi
tors
or
dele
gate
s.
Stua
rt e
xpla
ined
: “W
ith
over
63,
000
dele
gate
s ex
pect
ed
to a
tten
d O
ffsh
ore
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pe t
his
year
, the
re a
re p
lent
y of
oppo
rtun
itie
s to
mee
t w
ith
long
-sta
ndin
g cl
ient
s an
d pa
rtne
rsas
wel
l as
pote
ntia
l new
cus
tom
ers.
How
ever
, wit
h lim
ited
spa
ceon
sit
e, w
hat
is r
eally
nee
ded
is a
ven
ue t
hat
can
host
all
thos
eim
port
ant
VIP
mee
ting
s.”
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h th
at in
min
d, S
tuar
t an
d hi
s de
dica
ted
team
are
de
light
ed t
o in
trod
uce,
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rgy
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rub
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rpor
ate
cate
ring
w
ith
a di
ffer
ence
. Jus
t a
shor
t w
alk
from
the
AEC
C a
nd o
ffer
ing
a br
ight
and
spa
ciou
s ar
ea id
eal f
or m
eeti
ngs,
net
wor
king
and
corp
orat
e ca
teri
ng, E
nerg
y @
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ill im
pres
s cl
ient
s an
dpa
rtne
rs w
ith
a tr
uly
delic
ious
tas
te o
f Sco
tlan
d.
Run
ning
from
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day
7 to
Fri
day
11 S
epte
mbe
r, En
ergy
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b off
ers
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enue
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r th
e en
tire
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joy
a re
laxe
d da
y of
mee
ting
s an
d ne
twor
king
wit
h de
licio
us c
ater
ing
serv
ed t
o yo
u th
roug
hout
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e in
form
atio
n o
n t
he
ven
ue
and
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ckag
es fo
r O
ffsh
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mos
t so
ugh
t aft
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mep
iece
s h
as g
one
on d
ispl
ay a
t an
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n je
wel
lers
.
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BR
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rson
ic c
hron
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phic
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the
onl
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exc
lusi
vely
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r pu
rcha
se in
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anuf
actu
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and
sold
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bally
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h a
£13,
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e ta
g, w
atch
conn
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eurs
will
nee
d to
be
firs
t in
line
at
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nies
the
Jew
elle
r to
buy
the
lim
ited
edit
ion
piec
e of
hor
olog
y hi
stor
y, w
hich
is
the
firs
t w
atch
of a
new
col
lect
ion
from
Bel
l & R
oss.
The
wat
ch is
a t
ribu
te t
o th
e B
ell X
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hefi
rst
Am
eric
an e
xper
imen
tal r
ocke
t pl
ane
to b
reak
the
sou
nd b
arri
er, a
nd is
insp
ired
by 2
1st
cent
ury
figh
ter
plan
es.
Keep
ing
the
bran
d’s
reno
wne
d lu
xury
desi
gn c
ues
from
aer
onau
tica
l flig
htin
stru
men
ts, t
he p
iece
has
bee
n cr
eate
dw
ith
a sp
orty
aes
thet
ic. C
lad
in a
tit
aniu
man
d ce
ram
ic c
ase
wit
h ru
bber
inse
rts,
th
e de
sign
is fi
nish
ed o
ff w
ith
blac
k w
oven
rubb
er s
trap
s. It
als
o fe
atur
es a
uni
que
engr
avin
g on
the
bac
k to
iden
tify
its
plac
e in
the
lim
ited
pro
duct
ion
seri
es.
Mat
thew
Fin
nie
is r
ecog
nise
d as
one
of
Bri
tain
’s le
adin
g w
atch
buy
ers
and
is t
hesp
ecia
list
wit
hin
the
man
agem
ent
team
at
the
fam
ily fi
rm, w
hich
has
bee
n se
rvin
gth
e N
orth
-eas
t fo
r al
mos
t 60
yea
rs fr
omit
s G
eorg
e St
reet
sto
re. H
e tr
avel
sw
orld
wid
e to
ens
ure
Finn
ies
is a
t th
efo
refr
ont
of t
he w
atch
tra
de.
He
said
: “I o
rder
ed t
his
stun
ning
wat
ch fo
rFi
nnie
s aft
er b
ecom
ing
rath
er s
pell
boun
dw
ith
its
amaz
ing
desi
gn a
nd a
tten
tion
to
det
ail a
t th
e B
asel
wor
ld W
atch
and
Jew
elle
ry S
how
in B
asel
, Sw
itze
rlan
d la
st y
ear.
We
are
delig
hted
to
have
tak
ende
liver
y an
d to
be
the
only
sto
ckis
ts in
Scot
land
, esp
ecia
lly a
s w
e ha
ve a
lso
been
able
to
secu
re m
odel
No.
100
whi
ch w
ill
add
to it
s ap
peal
and
col
lect
ion
valu
e.
“We
use
our
expe
rien
ce in
the
indu
stry
whe
n it
com
es t
o ch
oosi
ng t
he li
mit
eded
itio
ns w
e st
ock.
The
re is
a h
uge
dem
and
for
piec
es w
hich
are
mor
e ex
clus
ive,
not
just
bec
ause
the
y ar
e un
ique
, but
als
o as
our
cust
omer
s ta
ke m
ore
of a
n in
tere
st
in t
he t
radi
tion
and
wor
kman
ship
of
wat
ch m
anuf
actu
rers
.
“The
evo
luti
on o
f Bel
l & R
oss’
s B
R-0
1pe
rfor
man
ce w
atch
has
bee
n fa
scin
atin
gto
obs
erve
ove
r th
e pa
st 1
0 ye
ars
whi
chth
ey h
ave
adde
d to
in s
tyle
wit
h th
e B
R-X
1, w
hich
will
und
oubt
edly
pro
ve
to b
e a
stro
ng in
vest
men
t an
d a
uniq
ue c
olle
ctor
’s it
em.”
In a
ddit
ion
to it
s sp
ecia
list
wat
chde
part
men
t, F
inni
es o
ffer
s ex
pert
ise
inje
wel
lery
– m
anuf
actu
ring
man
y of
its
diam
ond
and
ston
e se
t je
wel
lery
pie
ces
in-h
ouse
. The
fam
ily a
tten
ds a
num
ber
ofin
tern
atio
nal j
ewel
lery
fair
s th
roug
hout
the
year
, sea
rchi
ng fo
r ri
ngs,
pen
dant
s,ea
rrin
gs, b
race
lets
, ban
gles
and
col
lars
fo
r th
eir
vast
loos
e st
one
colle
ctio
n w
hich
cons
ists
of p
reci
ous
diam
onds
, sap
phir
es,
rubi
es, e
mer
alds
, tan
zani
tes
and
man
yot
her
gem
ston
es. S
omet
imes
the
se p
iece
sar
e be
spok
e –
man
ufac
ture
d to
fit
part
icul
ar s
hape
s an
d si
zes
of s
tone
s.
This
is a
ll m
ade
poss
ible
by
thei
r on
-sit
ew
orks
hop,
a t
eam
of f
our
gold
smit
hs,
a w
atch
tec
hnic
ian
and
an in
-hou
sedi
amon
d se
tter
. Mos
t of
the
tea
m h
ave
wor
ked
for
the
Finn
ie fa
mily
for
the
last
35
to
50 y
ears
.
For
furt
her
info
rmat
ion
vis
it
ww
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nn
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lers
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uk
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th
is s
tun
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g w
atc
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r Fi
nn
ies
aft
er b
eco
min
gra
ther
sp
ell b
ou
nd
wit
h it
sa
ma
zin
g d
esig
n a
nd
att
enti
on
to
det
ail
at
the
Ba
selw
orl
dW
atc
h a
nd
Jew
elle
ry S
ho
w
in B
ase
l, S
wit
zerl
an
d
last
yea
r.
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pers
onic
ch
ron
ogra
phic
ON
THE
MOVE
Col
ette
Coh
en, h
ead
of C
entr
ica’
s U
K o
ilan
d ga
s pr
odu
ctio
n b
usi
nes
s, h
as b
een
appo
inte
d as
th
e ch
air
of t
he
Nat
ion
alC
olle
ge fo
r O
nsh
ore
Oil
and
Gas
,h
eadq
uar
tere
d in
Bla
ckpo
ol, a
s it
en
ters
its
crit
ical
dev
elop
men
t st
age.
Col
ette
’s fi
rst
role
will
be
to le
ad t
hede
velo
pmen
t bo
ard
and
guid
e th
e N
atio
nal
Col
lege
thr
ough
its
busi
ness
pla
nnin
gph
ase.
She
bri
ngs
24 y
ears
of e
xper
ienc
e of
wor
king
on
onsh
ore,
off
shor
e an
din
tern
atio
nal p
roje
cts,
incl
udin
g W
este
rnEu
rope
’s b
igge
st o
nsho
re o
ilfiel
d at
W
ytch
Far
m in
Dor
set.
Col
ette
Coh
en s
aid:
“I a
m t
hrill
ed t
o be
taki
ng o
n th
e ro
le o
f cha
ir o
f the
new
Nat
iona
l Col
lege
for
Ons
hore
Oil
and
Gas
.To
bui
ld a
suc
cess
ful s
hale
gas
indu
stry
it’s
vit
al w
e at
trac
t yo
ung
peop
le t
o tr
ain
for
the
exci
ting
rol
es w
hich
will
be
on o
ffer
.Th
e N
atio
nal C
olle
ge w
ill b
e pr
ovid
ing
aw
ide
rang
e of
firs
t cl
ass
cour
ses
in t
he
year
s to
com
e an
d I’m
look
ing
forw
ard
tost
eeri
ng t
he C
olle
ge t
hrou
gh t
his
crit
ical
deve
lopm
ent
stag
e an
d be
yond
.”
Ken
Cro
nin,
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
of U
KOO
G, s
aid:
“To
have
som
eone
of C
olet
te’s
exp
erie
nce
and
seni
orit
y gu
idin
g th
e N
atio
nal C
olle
geri
ght
from
the
sta
rt, a
llied
to
the
supe
rbgr
oup
of a
cade
mic
s w
orki
ng o
n th
e pr
ojec
t,
give
s m
e co
nfide
nce
that
we
can
build
aco
llege
tha
t w
ill t
rain
the
nex
t ge
nera
tion
of o
nsho
re o
il an
d ga
s en
gine
ers
and
othe
rsp
ecia
lists
to
mee
t th
e sh
ale
indu
stry
’sfu
ture
ski
lls n
eeds
.”
Bus
ines
s M
inis
ter,
Mat
thew
Han
cock
, sai
d:“I
war
mly
con
grat
ulat
e C
olet
te C
ohen
on
her
new
pos
itio
n. S
he h
as a
tho
roug
hly
impo
rtan
t jo
b tr
aini
ng t
he n
ext
gene
rati
onof
ons
hore
oil
and
gas
engi
neer
s an
dsp
ecia
lists
who
will
ext
ract
the
sha
le
gas
from
ben
eath
the
gro
und.
Thi
s ne
wN
atio
nal C
olle
ge w
ill e
quip
peo
ple
wit
h th
eri
ght
skill
s to
get
a g
ood
job
in t
he o
il an
dga
s in
dust
ry a
nd h
elp
Bri
tain
pro
sper
.”
Bev
Rob
inso
n, p
rinc
ipal
and
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
of B
lack
pool
and
The
Fyl
de C
olle
ge, s
aid:
“Col
ette
bri
ngs
exte
nsiv
e in
dust
rykn
owle
dge
and
expe
rien
ce t
o th
e ro
le o
fch
air.
This
will
be
inva
luab
le in
sha
ping
th
e di
rect
ion
and
stra
tegy
of t
he N
atio
nal
Col
lege
and
is m
uch
wel
com
ed.”
NO
RT
EC
H E
XP
AN
DS
FUR
TH
ER
WIT
HS
EN
IOR
AP
PO
INT
ME
NT
N
orte
ch G
rou
p, t
he
awar
d-w
inn
ing
Wy
ny
ard-
base
d pr
ofes
sion
alen
gin
eeri
ng
desi
gn a
nd
proj
ect
man
agem
ent
com
pan
y, h
as m
ade
an a
ddit
ion
al s
enio
r ap
poin
tmen
t to
its
team
.
Stev
e Pu
gh h
as b
een
appo
inte
d to
the
rol
eof
gro
up b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
man
ager
.Th
e ap
poin
tmen
t co
mes
wee
ks a
fter
form
er S
tapl
eton
Inte
rnat
iona
l (Pr
ojec
tSe
rvic
es) M
D, I
an B
asfo
rd, w
as a
ppoi
nted
to t
he n
ew r
ole
of d
irec
tor
of N
orte
chM
anag
emen
t &
Con
sult
ancy
Ser
vice
s(N
MC
S).
Stev
e Pu
gh, f
rom
Low
Fel
l, w
as fo
rmer
lybu
sine
ss in
vest
men
t m
anag
er a
t Te
esVa
lley
Unl
imit
ed (T
VU
) whe
re h
e pr
ovid
edst
rate
gic
acco
unt
man
agem
ent
for
busi
ness
es w
ith
turn
over
s of
bet
wee
n£2
mill
ion
and
£200
mill
ion
in t
he o
il an
d ga
s, o
ffsh
ore
win
d, s
ubse
a an
dde
com
mis
sion
ing
sect
ors.
A M
echa
nica
l Eng
inee
ring
gra
duat
e fr
omth
e U
nive
rsit
y of
She
ffiel
d, M
r Pu
gh, w
hile
at T
VU
, dev
elop
ed a
dee
p un
ders
tand
ing
and
know
ledg
e of
the
cha
lleng
es a
ndop
port
unit
ies
face
d by
the
glo
bal e
nerg
ym
arke
t th
roug
h hi
s pr
omot
ion
of t
he
Tees
Val
ley
as a
wor
ld-l
eadi
ng lo
cati
on
for
the
offsh
ore
ener
gy s
ecto
r.
Mr
Pugh
has
als
o w
orke
d as
a m
echa
nica
len
gine
er a
t K
ier
Gro
up a
nd h
as r
un
a su
cces
sful
and
aw
ard-
win
ning
phot
ogra
phy
busi
ness
. Ste
ve a
lso
crea
ted
and
man
aged
the
£10
mill
ion
Tees
Val
ley
Cat
alys
t Fu
nd w
hich
was
the
firs
t of
its
kind
in t
he w
orld
and
hel
ps c
ompa
nies
bi
d on
big
ger
proj
ects
thr
ough
rem
ovin
glim
itat
ion
from
per
form
ance
and
war
rant
ybo
nds.
The
Cat
alys
t Fu
nd a
ims
to u
nloc
kov
er £
700m
illio
n of
new
wor
k to
Nor
th-
east
Eng
land
ove
r 10
yea
rs.
Mr
Pugh
sai
d: “
I am
ver
y pl
ease
d to
join
Nor
tech
, whi
ch is
one
of t
he U
K’s
fast
est
grow
ing
and
mos
t re
spec
ted
spec
ialis
ten
gine
erin
g se
rvic
e pr
ovid
ers.
The
com
pany
is a
rea
l Nor
th-e
ast
succ
ess
stor
y an
d a
grow
ing
loca
l em
ploy
er.
“As
grou
p bu
sine
ss d
evel
opm
ent
man
ager
,I o
vers
ee t
he b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent,
com
mun
icat
ions
and
mar
keti
ng a
nd b
idpr
opos
al t
eam
s ac
ross
the
Nor
tech
Gro
up.
This
incl
udes
ove
rsee
ing
all i
nter
nati
onal
and
dom
esti
c st
rate
gy w
ith
the
aim
to
take
the
gro
up fr
om a
roun
d £1
0mill
ion
to£4
0mill
ion
turn
over
wit
hin
the
tim
efra
me
of s
ix t
o 10
yea
rs.
“It’
s an
exc
itin
g ti
me
for
Nor
tech
as
we
look
to
deve
lop
our
inte
rnat
iona
l por
tfol
ioof
clie
nts.
Nor
tech
is p
erfe
ctly
pla
ced
tota
ke a
dvan
tage
of t
hese
em
ergi
ngop
port
unit
ies
due
to o
ur le
an, fl
exib
le
and
resp
onsi
ve s
truc
ture
.”
NA
TIO
NA
L C
OLL
EG
E F
OR
ON
SH
OR
E O
IL A
ND
GA
S
AP
PO
INT
S C
OLE
TT
E C
OH
EN
AS
FIR
ST
CH
AIR
Col
ette
Coh
en
Stev
e P
ugh
ON
THE
MOVE
ON
THE
MOVE
MA
GN
OM
AT
ICS
AP
PO
INT
S D
AV
ELA
TIM
ER
AS
NE
W C
EO
Mag
nom
atic
s, t
he
inte
rnat
ion
ally
accl
aim
ed d
evel
oper
of m
agn
etic
tran
smis
sion
s an
d u
ltra
-com
pact
mot
ors,
is p
leas
ed t
o an
nou
nce
th
eap
poin
tmen
t of
Dav
e La
tim
er a
sm
anag
ing
dire
ctor
. Dav
e’s
appo
intm
ent
com
es fo
llow
ing
the
depa
rtu
re o
f Ch
ris
Kir
by, w
ho
was
man
agin
g di
rect
or
for
over
nin
e y
ears
.
Mr
Kir
by fo
unde
d M
agno
mat
ics
in 2
005
as a
uni
vers
ity
spin
out
and
led
its
grow
th t
hrou
gh c
once
pt d
evel
opm
ent
and
prot
otyp
ing
phas
es t
o it
s cu
rren
tpo
siti
on w
here
it is
eng
aged
in p
rodu
ctde
velo
pmen
t w
ith
a hi
ghly
ski
lled
staff
of
30.
He
will
con
tinu
e to
sup
port
the
com
pany
on
an a
d ho
c ba
sis.
Mag
nom
atic
s is
cur
rent
ly e
ngag
ed in
a
vari
ety
of m
arke
ts, i
nclu
ding
hyb
rid
and
elec
tric
veh
icle
s, r
enew
able
s, m
arin
epr
opul
sion
, aer
ospa
ce a
nd o
il an
d ga
s,
all s
ecto
rs in
whi
ch D
ave
Lati
mer
has
sign
ifica
nt e
xper
ienc
e.
Dav
e jo
ined
Mag
nom
atic
s in
Feb
ruar
y20
13 w
ith
a fo
cus
on d
evel
opin
g th
em
arke
t fo
r th
e co
mpa
ny’s
MA
GSP
LIT
prod
uct.
MA
GSP
LIT
offer
s si
gnifi
cant
effici
ency
and
noi
se r
educ
tion
ben
efits
fo
r hy
brid
veh
icle
pow
ertr
ains
and
Mag
nom
atic
s is
cur
rent
ly e
ngag
ed
wit
h a
num
ber
of in
tere
sted
veh
icle
man
ufac
ture
rs.
Prio
r to
Mag
nom
atic
s D
ave
Lati
mer
was
CEO
of E
VO
Ele
ctri
c, a
n el
ectr
ical
mac
hine
ssp
in o
ut c
ompa
ny fr
om Im
peri
al C
olle
ge.
Und
er h
is le
ader
ship
EV
O g
aine
d a
stro
ngpo
siti
on in
the
hyb
rid
and
elec
tric
veh
icle
sect
or a
nd in
Jul
y 20
12 E
VO
com
plet
ed
a de
al w
ith
GK
N D
rive
line
who
are
now
com
mer
cial
isin
g th
e EV
O t
echn
olog
y.
Dav
e La
tim
er c
omm
ente
d: “
I am
del
ight
edto
be
appo
inte
d as
CEO
of M
agno
mat
ics
atsu
ch a
n ex
citi
ng t
ime.
We
have
dev
elop
edso
me
inno
vati
ve le
adin
g-ed
ge p
rodu
cts
that
are
sho
win
g st
rong
tra
ctio
n in
a
num
ber
of m
arke
t se
ctor
s. W
ith
our
rece
nt fu
ndra
isin
g, M
agno
mat
ics
is
now
in a
pos
itio
n to
furt
her
deve
lop
thes
eop
port
unit
ies
and
I am
look
ing
forw
ard
to w
orki
ng w
ith
our
very
tal
ente
d te
am
to fu
rthe
r gr
ow t
he b
usin
ess.
On
beha
lf of
eve
ryon
e at
Mag
nom
atic
s, I
wou
ld li
keto
tak
e th
e op
port
unit
y to
tha
nk C
hris
for
his
dedi
cati
on a
nd c
omm
itm
ent
to m
akin
gM
agno
mat
ics
a w
orld
-lea
der.”
Bef
ore
EVO
Ele
ctri
c D
ave
Lati
mer
was
chai
rman
of B
lueb
ird
Vehi
cles
, am
anuf
actu
rer
of lo
w fl
oor
acce
ssib
le
buse
s. H
e st
arte
d hi
s ca
reer
wit
h R
olls
Roy
ce. H
e ha
s al
so r
un a
num
ber
of w
ell-
know
n en
gine
erin
g an
d m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es in
clud
ing
Wei
r Va
lves
and
Con
trol
s, B
edfo
rd P
umps
, How
den
Wad
e an
d B
rush
HM
A b
.v.
Mik
e Ll
oyd,
cha
irm
an o
f Mag
nom
atic
s,co
mm
ente
d: “
Ove
r th
e la
st n
ine
year
sM
agno
mat
ics
has
grow
n fr
om u
nive
rsit
yid
eas
and
conc
epts
to
a hi
gh t
echn
olog
yco
mpa
ny e
mpl
oyin
g ov
er 3
0 hi
ghly
qual
ified
eng
inee
rs w
ith
suffi
cien
t fu
ndin
gto
bri
ng s
ever
al p
rodu
cts
to m
arke
t. I
wou
ld li
ke t
o ac
know
ledg
e C
hris
Kir
by’s
enth
usia
sm a
nd d
eter
min
atio
n to
bri
ngth
is a
bout
dur
ing
his
nine
yea
rs w
ith
the
com
pany
. We
all w
ish
Chr
is w
ell i
n hi
sfu
ture
car
eer.
I am
als
o de
light
ed t
hat
Dav
id L
atim
er h
as a
ccep
ted
the
role
of
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
and
he
will
lead
the
com
pany
in t
he n
ext
phas
e of
our
gro
wth
.”
Inte
rAct
, an
Act
eon
com
pan
y, h
asap
poin
ted
Val
Ler
ma,
PE,
as
engi
nee
rin
gm
anag
er. L
erm
a w
ill b
e ba
sed
inIn
terA
ct’s
Ven
tura
, Cal
ifor
nia
, offi
ce a
nd
has
mor
e th
an 3
0 y
ears
of e
xper
ien
cew
orki
ng
wit
h m
ajor
an
d in
depe
nde
nt
oil
and
gas
oper
ator
s, b
oth
on
an
d off
shor
e.Sh
e h
as e
xper
ien
ce in
dri
llin
g, r
eser
voir
and
prod
uct
ion
en
gin
eeri
ng
as w
ell a
sm
anag
emen
t ro
les
and
will
en
han
ceIn
terA
ct’s
en
gin
eeri
ng
capa
bilit
ies.
Lerm
a se
rved
as
the
engi
neer
ing
man
ager
,bu
sine
ss d
evel
opm
ent
man
ager
and
pres
iden
t of
Orc
hard
Pet
role
um In
c, a
ndO
rcha
rd E
&P,
LLC
. Ler
ma
also
tau
ght
the
drill
ing
engi
neer
ing
unde
rgra
duat
e an
dgr
adua
te c
ours
e at
Uni
vers
ity
of S
outh
ern
Cal
iforn
ia (U
SC) f
or s
even
yea
rs, a
ndcu
rren
tly
teac
hes
vari
ous
oil a
nd g
ascl
asse
s fo
r bo
th t
he P
etro
leum
Tec
hnol
ogy
Tran
sfer
Cou
ncil
(PTT
C) a
nd E
lect
ric
Uti
lity
Con
sult
ants
Inc
(EU
CI).
Lerm
a is
on
the
curr
icul
um a
dvis
ory
boar
dfo
r th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Nor
th D
akot
a’s
petr
oleu
m e
ngin
eeri
ng d
epar
tmen
t, a
nd is
a m
embe
r of
the
loca
l Am
eric
an P
etro
leum
Inst
itut
e (A
PI) b
oard
. She
has
aut
hore
dan
d co
-aut
hore
d se
vera
l Soc
iety
of
Petr
oleu
m E
ngin
eers
(SPE
) pap
ers
and
is
a lic
ense
d pr
ofes
sion
al p
etro
leum
eng
inee
rin
the
Sta
te o
f Cal
iforn
ia.
Mic
helle
Pas
ini,
pres
iden
t of
Inte
rAct
, sai
d:“W
e ar
e de
light
ed t
o w
elco
me
Val a
s pa
rtof
the
Inte
rAct
tea
m.
Her
str
ong
tech
nica
lan
d m
anag
emen
t ex
peri
ence
will
ena
ble
us t
o co
ntin
ue t
o gr
ow a
nd d
evel
op t
hebu
sine
ss, a
nd t
he d
epth
of h
er e
xper
tise
in
pro
duct
ion
engi
neer
ing
and
fiel
dde
velo
pmen
t op
tim
isat
ion
enha
nces
our
cons
ulti
ng o
ffer
ing
to t
he in
dust
ry.
Val’s
bac
kgro
und
wor
king
for
both
la
rge
and
smal
l ope
rato
rs g
ives
her
inti
mat
e aw
aren
ess
of o
ur c
lient
s’ n
eeds
. Sh
e w
ill c
onti
nue
to le
ad t
rain
ing
cour
ses
in d
rilli
ng-r
elat
ed t
opic
s to
the
ben
efit
of o
ur s
taff
and
cus
tom
ers
alik
e.”
INT
ER
AC
T A
PP
OIN
TS
VA
L LE
RM
A A
S E
NG
INE
ER
ING
MA
NA
GE
R
Dav
id L
atim
er
Val
Ler
ma
3su
n G
rou
p, a
spe
cial
ist
prov
ider
of
prod
uct
s an
d se
rvic
es t
o th
e gl
obal
ener
gy in
dust
ry, h
as a
ppoi
nte
d Ja
mes
Smit
h a
s ge
ner
al m
anag
er fo
r it
s su
bsea
divi
sion
, RR
C C
ontr
ols
Serv
ices
.
Mr
Smit
h jo
ins
3sun
Gro
up a
fter
a 1
6-ye
arca
reer
wit
h A
ker
Subs
ea L
imit
ed, w
here
he
prog
ress
ed fr
om a
ser
vice
tea
m w
orks
hop
man
ager
to
glob
al in
fras
truc
ture
and
equi
pmen
t m
anag
er. S
pend
ing
tim
e in
Mal
aysi
a, B
razi
l and
Nor
way
, he
was
resp
onsi
ble
for
seve
ral e
xpan
sion
pr
ojec
ts a
nd is
hig
hly
skill
ed in
pro
ject
man
agem
ent,
str
ateg
ic p
lann
ing
and
init
iati
ng p
roce
ss c
hang
e.
In t
he n
ewly
-cre
ated
pos
itio
n, M
r Sm
ith
will
pla
y an
inte
gral
par
t in
the
gro
wth
stra
tegy
of R
RC
, whi
ch h
as r
ecen
tly
unde
rgon
e ex
pans
ion
follo
win
g a
sign
ifica
nt in
vest
men
t.
Com
men
ting
on
his
appo
intm
ent,
Mr
Smit
h sa
id: “
I am
del
ight
ed t
o ha
ve jo
ined
the
team
at
RR
C C
ontr
ols
Serv
ices
. I h
ave
spen
t m
ost
of m
y ca
reer
in t
he o
il an
d ga
s in
dust
ry a
nd b
elie
ve m
y ex
peri
ence
of
driv
ing
glob
al p
roje
cts
will
allo
w m
e to
hel
pde
liver
the
com
pany
’s s
trat
egic
obj
ecti
ves
for
long
-ter
m g
row
th.”
Bas
ed in
Gou
rdon
, Abe
rdee
nshi
re, t
he R
RC
Con
trol
s Se
rvic
es d
ivis
ion
was
acq
uire
d in
2013
and
enh
ance
s 3s
un G
roup
’s s
ervi
ceoff
erin
g to
the
sub
sea
mar
ket.
3sun
Gro
up’s
reg
iona
l dir
ecto
r, N
eil T
awse
,sa
id: “
Jam
es’ i
mpr
essi
ve in
tern
atio
nal
expe
rien
ce a
nd e
xten
sive
tec
hnic
alkn
owle
dge
wit
hin
the
ener
gy s
ecto
r w
ill
be in
valu
able
in h
is n
ew r
ole.
As
we
expa
ndan
d de
velo
p ou
r su
bsea
off
erin
g, it
is
vita
l tha
t w
e en
sure
our
sys
tem
s re
mai
n effi
cien
t an
d co
st-e
ffec
tive
, w
hils
t si
mul
tane
ousl
y m
aint
aini
ngst
akeh
olde
r re
lati
onsh
ips
at a
ll le
vels
.
“We
mus
t co
ntin
ue t
o pr
ovid
e th
e hi
ghes
tqu
alit
y of
ser
vice
to
our
cust
omer
s an
d
I am
con
fide
nt t
hat
Jam
es’ r
ange
of s
kills
will
ens
ure
he p
lays
a s
igni
fica
nt r
ole
inst
reng
then
ing
the
RR
C d
ivis
ion
mov
ing
forw
ard.
”
Man
ufac
turi
ng c
ontr
ol s
yste
ms
for
the
offsh
ore
oil a
nd g
as in
dust
ry, t
he d
ivis
ion
prov
ides
a c
ompl
ete
rang
e of
sub
sea
and
tops
ides
equ
ipm
ent,
incl
udin
g al
lm
echa
nica
l, el
ectr
ical
, hyd
raul
ic a
ndso
ftw
are
com
pone
nts.
RR
C C
ON
TR
OLS
SE
RV
ICE
S A
PP
OIN
TS
GE
NE
RA
L M
AN
AG
ER
DO
UB
LEA
PP
OIN
TM
EN
T S
ET
SS
PA
RR
OW
S U
P F
OR
EU
RO
PE
AN
GR
OW
TH
The
Spar
row
s G
rou
p h
as b
oost
ed it
sse
nio
r m
anag
emen
t te
am w
ith
tw
o ke
yap
poin
tmen
ts a
s it
look
s to
en
han
ce it
sle
adin
g m
arke
t sh
are
in t
he
UK
an
d gr
owit
s op
erat
ion
s th
rou
ghou
t th
e re
st o
fEu
rope
du
rin
g 20
15.
The
glob
al le
ader
in o
ffsh
ore
liftin
g an
dm
echa
nica
l han
dlin
g se
rvic
es h
aspr
omot
ed t
he e
xper
ienc
ed M
ark
Bev
erid
geto
the
rol
e of
Eur
opea
n op
erat
ions
dir
ecto
r.To
sup
port
him
in m
eeti
ng t
hese
gro
wth
obje
ctiv
es t
he g
roup
has
als
o re
crui
ted
Mar
tin
Thom
son
as h
ead
of b
usin
ess
acqu
isit
ion
and
stra
tegi
c de
velo
pmen
t fo
r Eu
rope
and
Afr
ica.
Mr
Bev
erid
ge s
aid:
“A
maj
or fo
cus
of
2014
was
impl
emen
ting
an
orga
nisa
tion
alre
stru
ctur
e th
at is
focu
sed
on g
eogr
aphi
esto
ens
ure
we
are
wel
l pla
ced
to p
rovi
decu
stom
ers
wit
h a
valu
e dr
iven
ser
vice
. Th
e tr
ansi
tion
set
s us
up
wit
h a
good
foun
dati
on fo
r th
e ye
ar a
head
and
we
have
brou
ght
Mar
tin
in t
o le
ad o
ur b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
acti
viti
es.
“The
aim
of t
he r
estr
uctu
re h
as b
een
topr
ovid
e ou
r cu
stom
ers
wit
h a
deliv
ery
assu
red
appr
oach
uti
lisin
g ou
r in
-hou
seex
pert
ise
– w
e w
ant
to b
e cl
oser
to
our
cust
omer
s to
pro
vide
the
m w
ith
a qu
alit
y se
rvic
e th
at s
uppo
rts
thei
r dr
ive
for
effici
ency
, rel
iabi
lity
and
safe
ty o
f cr
itic
al e
quip
men
t an
d op
erat
ions
.”
Mr
Bev
erid
ge h
as w
orke
d in
the
fiel
d of
engi
neer
ing
for
over
25
year
s an
d ha
sbe
en w
ith
the
Spar
row
s G
roup
sin
ce
2008
. He
star
ted
wit
hin
the
com
pany
’sen
gine
erin
g di
visi
on a
nd m
ost
rece
ntly
held
the
pos
itio
n of
bus
ines
s m
anag
er
for
drill
ing
befo
re h
is c
urre
nt r
ole.
His
engi
neer
ing
back
grou
nd w
ill b
e ke
y to
unde
rsta
ndin
g th
e te
chni
cal c
halle
nges
faci
ng t
he in
dust
ry in
the
yea
r ah
ead.
Wit
h ov
er 2
0 ye
ars’
acc
umul
ated
expe
rien
ce w
orki
ng in
the
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
, Mr
Thom
son
arri
ves
from
KC
AD
euta
g w
here
he
was
sen
ior
vice
pre
side
ntco
mm
erci
al in
cha
rge
of o
vers
eein
g al
l com
mer
cial
act
ivit
ies
glob
ally
. M
r Th
omso
n ha
s co
nsid
erab
le in
tern
atio
nal
expe
rien
ce a
nd h
as w
orke
d fo
r To
tal O
ilM
arin
e, S
ubse
a 7
and
GE
Oil
& G
as.
Mr
Bev
erid
ge s
aid:
“W
e ha
ve s
trea
mlin
edou
r pr
oces
ses
to e
nsur
e w
e ca
n re
spon
dqu
ickl
y to
cus
tom
er r
equi
rem
ents
. The
Spar
row
s G
roup
has
ext
ensi
ve e
ngin
eeri
ngca
pabi
litie
s th
roug
hout
all
sect
ions
of
our
busi
ness
and
thi
s de
pth
of k
now
ledg
e,pa
rtic
ular
ly in
des
ign
serv
ices
, can
sup
port
clie
nts
to im
prov
e th
eir
effici
ency
and
relia
bilit
y.”
Jam
es S
mit
h
(l-r
) M
arti
n T
hom
son
an
d M
ark
Bev
erid
ge
ON
THE
MOVE
ON
THE
MOVE
Ab
erd
een
shir
e-b
ase
d F
erg
uso
n G
rou
p,
spec
ialis
ts in
th
e re
nta
l of D
NV
2.7
-1/E
N1
20
79
con
tain
ers,
ta
nks
, ref
rig
era
tion
un
its,
acc
omm
oda
tion
an
d w
orks
pa
cem
odu
les
to t
he
glo
ba
l off
shor
e en
erg
yin
du
stry
, ha
s st
art
ed t
he
new
yea
r b
y s
tren
gth
enin
g it
s ex
ecu
tive
tea
mw
ith
th
e a
pp
oin
tmen
t of
Da
vid
Ma
ir
as
gro
up
sa
les
an
d b
usi
nes
sd
evel
opm
ent
dir
ecto
r.
Dav
id h
as o
ver
20 y
ears
’ exp
erie
nce
and
brin
gs a
n en
viab
le t
rack
rec
ord
acro
sssa
les,
com
mer
cial
man
agem
ent,
bus
ines
sac
quis
itio
n an
d st
rate
gic
deve
lopm
ent
wit
hin
the
inte
rnat
iona
l oil
and
gas
indu
stry
, wor
king
for
E&P
com
pani
es a
ndm
ajor
ser
vice
con
trac
tors
. He
is c
urre
ntly
on t
he b
oard
of A
berd
een
and
Gra
mpi
anC
ham
ber
of C
omm
erce
and
will
con
tinu
e to
be
base
d in
Abe
rdee
n, w
ith
his
fam
ily.
Ric
hard
Sm
ith,
CEO
of F
ergu
son
Gro
up,
said
: “W
e ar
e de
light
ed t
o w
elco
me
Dav
idto
the
tea
m a
nd I
am c
onfi
dent
tha
t w
ith
the
dept
h of
exp
erie
nce
he b
ring
s, h
e w
illbe
a g
reat
ass
et t
o us
.
“Dav
id’s
exp
erie
nce
in t
he fo
rmat
ion
and
exec
utio
n of
the
sal
es s
trat
egy
will
faci
litat
e ou
r co
ntin
uing
gro
wth
, alo
ngsi
deou
r re
cent
app
oint
men
ts o
f Lau
rent
Lete
stu
as c
hief
fina
ncia
l offi
cer,
Julia
McG
lash
an a
s H
R d
irec
tor,
Hay
ley
Yule
as
mar
keti
ng d
irec
tor
and
Gar
y W
ilson
as
man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f our
UK
ren
tals
busi
ness
.”
Ric
hard
con
tinu
ed: “
2014
was
a b
usy
year
for
us, a
s w
e ex
tend
ed o
ur r
ange
of t
anks
,se
cure
d a
num
ber
of im
port
ant
cont
ract
san
d op
ened
our
new
bas
e in
Aus
tral
ia. W
e
have
incr
ease
d ou
r re
ach
into
a n
umbe
r of
key
mar
kets
mos
t no
tabl
y in
Sou
th-e
ast
Asi
a an
d ex
pect
thi
s to
con
tinu
e in
201
5.
“Str
engt
heni
ng o
ur in
tern
atio
nal p
rese
nce
to b
ette
r m
eet
the
glob
al r
equi
rem
ents
of
our
cust
omer
s is
a k
ey p
art
of o
ur s
trat
egy
and
our
capa
bilit
y to
del
iver
thi
s ha
s be
ensi
gnifi
cant
ly e
nhan
ced
now
tha
t w
e ar
epa
rt o
f the
Bra
mbl
es G
roup
.”
FER
GU
SO
N G
RO
UP
BO
OS
TS
TE
AM
WIT
H K
EY
AP
PO
INT
ME
NT
Dav
id M
air
Gre
ene’
s En
ergy
Gro
up,
LLC
(G
EG),
ale
adin
g pr
ovid
er o
f in
tegr
ated
tes
tin
g,re
nta
ls a
nd
spec
ialt
y s
ervi
ces,
has
prom
oted
Tra
cy C
um
min
s to
vic
epr
esid
ent
of K
ey A
ccou
nt
Man
agem
ent.
Base
d in
Hou
ston
, Cum
min
s w
ill le
ad th
e Ke
yA
ccou
nt M
anag
emen
t tea
m th
at w
ill w
ork
wit
h ou
r key
cus
tom
ers
to p
acka
ge s
ervi
ces,
impr
ove
effici
enci
es a
nd d
eliv
er v
alue
. Thi
sw
ill e
nsur
e ou
r cus
tom
ers
get t
he h
ighe
stqu
alit
y se
rvic
e, m
eeti
ng a
nd e
xcee
ding
our
cust
omer
s’ a
nd G
reen
e’s
goal
s.
Cum
min
s ha
s 30
yea
rs o
f exp
erie
nce
in t
heen
ergy
indu
stry
whe
re h
e ha
s w
orke
d in
vari
ous
oper
atio
nal,
tech
nica
l sal
es,
prod
uct-
line
man
agem
ent
and
stra
tegi
cbu
sine
ss d
evel
opm
ent
role
s. H
e jo
ined
Gre
ene’
s in
201
3 as
the
dir
ecto
r of
busi
ness
dev
elop
men
t fo
r W
ell T
esti
ng
& W
ellh
ead
Serv
ices
whe
re h
e w
asre
spon
sibl
e fo
r cr
eati
ng a
nd e
xecu
ting
com
mer
cial
str
ateg
ies
for
the
busi
ness
.Pr
ior
to G
reen
e’s,
Cum
min
s w
as w
ith
Wea
ther
ford
for
mor
e th
an 1
6 ye
ars.
“Gre
ene’
s En
ergy
Gro
up is
com
mit
ted
toen
hanc
ing
our
cust
omer
-fac
ing
sale
sor
gani
sati
on t
o co
nnec
t w
ith
our
cust
omer
s at
mul
tipl
e le
vels
in o
rder
to
ensu
re o
ur d
iffer
enti
ated
, bes
t-in
-cla
ssse
rvic
es h
elp
our
cust
omer
s co
mpe
te in
thei
r m
arke
ts,”
sai
d M
aury
Dum
ba, s
enio
rvi
ce p
resi
dent
of C
orpo
rate
Dev
elop
men
t.“C
umm
ins’
ext
ensi
ve b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent,
lead
ersh
ip a
nd o
pera
tion
sex
peri
ence
has
pre
pare
d hi
m t
o w
ork
clos
ely
wit
h ou
r ke
y ac
coun
t m
anag
ers
and
cust
omer
s to
ens
ure
that
Gre
ene’
sm
eets
the
ir g
oals
and
sup
port
s th
eir
cont
inue
d gr
owth
.”
GR
EE
NE
’S E
NE
RG
Y G
RO
UP
PR
OM
OT
ES
CU
MM
INS
T
O V
ICE
PR
ES
IDE
NT
KE
Y A
CC
OU
NT
MA
NA
GE
ME
NT
Trac
y C
um
min
s
AG
R h
as a
ppoi
nte
d O
lav
Fjel
l as
its
chai
rman
of t
he
boar
d of
dir
ecto
rs fo
llow
ing
the
acqu
isit
ion
by
th
e Eu
rope
an p
riva
te e
quit
y fi
rm, S
ilver
flee
t C
apit
al, i
n 2
014.
Ola
v ha
s si
gnifi
cant
lead
ersh
ip e
xper
ienc
e in
the
fina
ncia
l and
oil
and
gas
indu
stri
esin
clud
ing
lead
ing
Stat
oil a
s ch
ief e
xecu
tive
offi
cer
from
199
9-20
03. H
e w
as la
ter
CEO
of
the
cre
dit
firm
, Lin
dorff
, fro
m 2
006
to 2
007
and
of t
he s
hipp
ing
com
pany
, Hur
tigr
uten
,fr
om 2
007
to 2
012.
He
is c
urre
ntly
cha
irm
an o
f the
Nor
weg
ian
stat
e-ow
ned
elec
tric
ity
com
pany
, Sta
tkra
ft.
The
new
ly a
ppoi
nted
cha
irm
an s
aid:
“It
’s a
n ex
citi
ng t
ime
for
AG
R −
the
com
pany
’sro
bust
tec
hnic
al s
kills
and
impr
essi
ve t
rack
rec
ord
com
bine
d w
ith
Silv
erfl
eet’
s in
vest
men
tpo
siti
ons
the
com
pany
wel
l for
futu
re g
row
th. I
look
forw
ard
to a
pply
ing
the
expe
rien
ceI’v
e ga
ther
ed o
ver
the
year
s to
hel
p re
alis
e th
e co
mpa
ny’s
goa
ls.”
Ola
v jo
ins
Silv
erfl
eet
Cap
ital
’s A
dria
n Yu
rkw
ich
and
Dav
id M
acKe
nzie
as
a bo
ard
mem
ber.
Silv
erfl
eet
part
ner,
Adr
ian
Yurk
wic
h, s
aid:
“O
lav
is a
n ex
celle
nt a
ddit
ion
to t
he b
oard
of
dir
ecto
rs. H
is w
ealt
h of
indu
stry
and
lead
ersh
ip e
xper
ienc
e is
an
inva
luab
le a
sset
to
the
com
pany
and
will
hel
p sh
ape
AG
R’s
futu
re a
s w
e st
art
to e
xpan
d th
e bu
sine
ssin
tern
atio
nally
.
“I lo
ok fo
rwar
d to
wel
com
ing
Ola
v to
the
tea
m a
t A
GR
.”
AG
R A
PP
OIN
TS
NE
W C
HA
IRM
AN
OF
TH
E B
OA
RD
Ola
v Fj
ell
CIT
RU
S:M
IX A
PP
OIN
TS
NE
W M
AN
AG
ING
DIR
EC
TO
RIn
tegr
ated
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
agen
cy,
Cit
rus:
Mix
, has
a n
ew m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
at t
he
hel
m a
s th
e gr
owin
g A
berd
een
-ba
sed
busi
nes
s pr
epar
es fo
r th
e n
ext
phas
e in
its
deve
lopm
ent.
Paul
Sm
ith
has
been
pro
mot
ed t
o th
e ro
leas
he
succ
eeds
Mor
ven
Mac
kenz
ie, w
hore
mai
ns w
ith
the
firm
in a
str
ateg
ic ro
le
and
as a
maj
or s
hare
hold
er a
nd b
oard
mem
ber.
She
will
als
o be
wor
king
on
new
deve
lopm
ents
wit
hin
the
Jasm
ine
Gro
up o
fco
mpa
nies
, of w
hich
Cit
rus:
Mix
is a
mem
ber.
The
new
ly a
ppoi
nted
man
agin
g di
rect
or,
who
ste
ps u
p fr
om t
he p
osit
ion
of P
Rdi
rect
or, j
oine
d C
itru
s:M
ix in
201
2 aft
er
a 16
-yea
r ca
reer
as
a jo
urna
list
in t
helo
cal,
regi
onal
and
nat
iona
l pre
ss.
Paul
Sm
ith
said
: “I’m
del
ight
ed t
o ha
vebe
en g
iven
thi
s op
port
unit
y as
we
look
tow
ards
an
exci
ting
new
cha
pter
in t
heC
itru
s:M
ix s
tory
. The
aim
is t
o bu
ild o
n th
e go
od w
ork
whi
ch h
as a
lrea
dy b
een
done
acr
oss
the
agen
cy a
nd t
o em
brac
eth
e op
port
unit
ies
on t
he h
oriz
on.
“We
are
in a
fant
asti
c po
siti
on a
s w
e lo
okfo
rwar
d to
the
yea
r ah
ead,
wit
h a
tale
nted
and
expe
rien
ced
team
as
wel
l as
a st
rong
and
dive
rse
clie
nt b
ase.
The
cha
lleng
e is
to
con
tinu
e to
inno
vate
and
gro
w, b
uild
ing
on t
he fo
unda
tion
s w
e ha
ve in
pla
ce.
“Mor
ven’
s su
ppor
t an
d in
put
will
be
vita
l to
the
bus
ines
s an
d w
e ar
e lo
okin
g fo
rwar
dto
wor
king
tog
ethe
r w
ith
fello
w m
embe
rs
of t
he s
enio
r m
anag
emen
t te
am t
o dr
ive
Cit
rus:
Mix
forw
ard.
”
Cit
rus:
Mix
rou
nded
off
201
4 w
ith
five
appo
intm
ents
acr
oss
four
of t
he a
genc
y’s
depa
rtm
ents
: cre
ativ
e m
arke
ting
, PR
,di
gita
l and
eve
nts.
The
tea
m w
as b
olst
ered
in r
espo
nse
to s
igni
fica
nt n
ew b
usin
ess
win
s in
sec
tors
incl
udin
g oi
l and
gas
, re
tail,
tra
inin
g an
d th
e th
ird
sect
or.
Mor
ven
Mac
kenz
ie s
aid:
“Pa
ul h
as b
een
wit
h th
e co
mpa
ny fo
r ne
arly
thr
ee y
ears
now
and
dur
ing
that
tim
e ha
s gr
own
the
PR d
epar
tmen
t co
nsid
erab
ly, w
hile
als
ow
orki
ng w
ith
team
mem
bers
from
acr
oss
the
agen
cy o
n m
any
high
pro
file
inte
grat
ed c
ampa
igns
.
“It
is a
ple
asur
e to
be
pass
ing
on t
he b
aton
to P
aul a
nd t
o be
wor
king
clo
sely
wit
h hi
mas
we
impl
emen
t a
stra
tegy
we
are
all
incr
edib
ly e
nthu
sias
tic
abou
t. O
ur v
alue
dcl
ient
s ar
e at
the
hea
rt o
f eve
ryth
ing
we
do a
nd t
here
are
und
oubt
edly
exc
itin
gti
mes
ahe
ad.
“I’m
als
o lo
okin
g fo
rwar
d to
hel
ping
deve
lop
othe
r bu
sine
ss o
ppor
tuni
ties
wit
hin
the
Jasm
ine
Gro
up, w
orki
ng w
ith
grou
p m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
, Dan
ny C
owie
,an
d th
e ot
her
Jasm
ine
boar
d m
embe
rs
on n
ew d
evel
opm
ents
.”
Pau
l Sm
ith
PE
NS
ION
RE
FOR
MS
AN
D IN
HE
RIT
AN
CE
TAX
PLA
NN
ING
Thro
ugh
out
2014
, th
e C
han
cello
r ke
pt u
s on
ou
r to
es b
y d
rip
feed
ing
ann
oun
cem
ents
on
pen
sion
ch
ange
s.N
ow t
hat
201
5 h
as a
rriv
ed, i
t is
tim
e to
revi
ew t
hos
e ch
ange
s an
d h
ow t
hey
may
impa
ct o
n y
ou a
nd
you
r cu
rren
t or
futu
rein
her
itan
ce t
ax (
IHT)
pla
nn
ing.
The
chan
ges
have
larg
ely
impr
oved
tw
oas
pect
s of
pen
sion
s −
flex
ibili
ty a
ndta
xati
on.
FFlex
ibili
ty−
the
way
in w
hich
peo
ple
can
acce
ss t
heir
pen
sion
has
cha
nged
dras
tica
lly. Y
ou n
ow h
ave
com
plet
efl
exib
ility
to
deci
de h
ow a
nd w
hen
to
spen
d yo
ur p
ensi
on p
ot, a
llow
ing
you
todr
aw y
our
who
le p
ensi
on a
t on
ce s
houl
dyo
u w
ish
to d
o so
. You
can
als
o no
min
ate
who
you
wis
h to
rec
eive
any
rem
aini
ngpe
nsio
n po
t.
Taxa
tion
− fr
om A
pril
this
yea
r, th
e 55
%“d
eath
tax
” on
cry
stal
lised
pen
sion
fund
sw
ill b
e sc
rapp
ed. T
axat
ion
will
now
be
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e ag
e at
whi
ch t
hein
divi
dual
pas
ses
away
.
�Pr
e ag
e 7
5−
all r
emai
ning
pen
sion
fu
nds
will
be
paid
to
your
nom
inat
edbe
nefi
ciar
ies
free
of a
ll ta
x. A
ny p
ensi
onfu
nds
rem
aini
ng w
hen
your
nom
inat
edbe
nefi
ciar
ies
pass
aw
ay c
onti
nue
to
be p
asse
d on
tax
free
.�
Age
75
and
abov
e (p
re A
pril
2016
) −
lum
p su
m d
eath
ben
efits
pai
d w
ill b
eta
xed
at 4
5%, o
r th
e be
nefi
ciar
y ca
nre
ceiv
e a
pens
ion,
pay
ing
thei
r m
argi
nal r
ate
of in
com
e ta
x.
�A
ge 7
5an
d ab
ove
(pos
t A
pril
2016
) −
all d
eath
ben
efits
pai
d w
ill b
e ta
xed
at t
he b
enefi
ciar
ies’
mar
gina
l rat
e of
inco
me
tax,
irre
spec
tive
of w
heth
erfu
nds
are
take
n as
a lu
mp
sum
or
pens
ion
draw
dow
n.
Thes
e ch
ange
s gi
ve b
enefi
ciar
ies
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to m
anag
e th
e w
ay in
whi
chth
ey a
cces
s th
e de
ath
bene
fits
to
ensu
reth
at t
his
is d
one
as t
ax e
ffici
entl
y as
poss
ible
.
Whi
lst
thes
e ch
ange
s re
late
to
pens
ions
,th
ey h
ave
also
impa
cted
IHT
plan
ning
stra
tegi
es.
Spou
sal B
ypas
s Tr
usts
−tr
usts
wer
eco
mm
only
use
d to
pre
vent
dea
th b
enefi
tsfr
om b
eing
pai
d di
rect
ly t
o a
surv
ivin
gsp
ouse
and
bei
ng e
xpos
ed t
o IH
T at
40%
in
the
sur
vivi
ng s
pous
e’s
esta
te. T
oday
,th
ese
trus
ts c
onti
nue
to o
ffer
pro
tect
ion
for
vuln
erab
le b
enefi
ciar
ies
and
from
fina
ncia
lcl
aim
s on
div
orce
or
by c
redi
tors
, but
the
ireff
ecti
vene
ss a
s IH
T pl
anni
ng v
ehic
les
is
redu
ced.
�A
ctio
n−
if yo
u ha
ve a
Spo
usal
Byp
ass
Trus
t, y
ou s
houl
d re
visi
t th
is w
ith
your
advi
sor.
If th
e tr
ust
was
set
-up
sole
ly
to m
itig
ate
IHT,
it m
ay b
e th
at t
he u
se
of t
he t
rust
now
tri
gger
s an
IHT
liabi
lity
whi
ch w
ould
be
avoi
ded
by n
omin
atin
gyo
ur s
pous
e to
rec
eive
the
ben
efits
dire
ctly
.
Spen
ding
you
r in
vest
men
ts−
the
chan
ges
have
als
o im
pact
ed o
n th
e m
ost
tax
effici
ent
way
to
utili
se y
our
asse
ts in
reti
rem
ent.
Cry
stal
lised
pen
sion
ben
efits
pre
viou
sly
suff
ered
55%
tax
on
deat
h, w
hils
t as
sets
in
you
r es
tate
suff
er IH
T at
40%
. It
isco
nsid
ered
pru
dent
pla
nnin
g to
red
uce
the
valu
e of
the
ass
ets
expo
sed
to t
he g
reat
est
rate
of t
ax a
nd t
radi
tion
al a
dvic
e w
asth
eref
ore
to u
tilis
e yo
ur p
ensi
on p
ot in
prio
rity
and
to
top
up in
com
e fr
om o
ther
inve
stm
ents
, suc
h as
sha
res,
bon
ds a
ndIS
As.
As
your
pen
sion
pot
can
now
be
pass
ed o
nfr
ee o
f tax
, you
r pe
nsio
n po
t ha
s be
com
eon
e of
the
mos
t ta
x effi
cien
t as
sets
in y
our
esta
te a
nd a
dvic
e w
ill g
ener
ally
be
to u
seot
her
asse
ts in
pri
orit
y, m
inim
isin
g yo
ures
tate
’s e
xpos
ure
to IH
T.
�A
ctio
n−
seek
adv
ice
to e
nsur
e th
at y
ou u
tilis
e al
l tax
allo
wan
ces
and
exem
ptio
ns a
vaila
ble
to y
ou. B
yac
cess
ing
your
fund
s in
the
mos
t ta
xeffi
cien
t m
anne
r, it
may
be
poss
ible
to
pay
effec
tive
rat
es o
f tax
of a
s lit
tle
as1%
-3%
on
your
inco
me
and
redu
ce
your
ult
imat
e IH
T bi
ll.
So 2
014
was
the
yea
r of
ann
ounc
emen
ts.
Look
ing
forw
ard
to 2
015
you
shou
ld b
eta
king
the
rig
ht a
dvic
e an
d ta
king
appr
opri
ate
acti
on t
o en
sure
tha
t w
e ar
e al
l mak
ing
the
mos
t of
the
cel
ebra
ted
chan
ges.
By
Eliz
abet
h Sh
aw, t
ax m
anag
er a
t A
nder
son
And
erso
n &
Bro
wn
LLP,
Cha
rter
ed A
ccou
ntan
ts
eliz
abet
h.s
haw
@aa
b.co
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INESS
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WS
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INESS
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WS
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abet
h S
haw
JEA
NE
TT
E F
OR
BE
SR
EC
EIV
ES
NA
TIO
NA
LB
US
INE
SS
ME
NT
OR
ING
AW
AR
DJe
anet
te F
orbe
s, C
EO o
f th
e P
CL
Gro
up,
has
bee
n r
ecog
nis
ed a
s th
e co
un
try
’sbe
st fe
mal
e m
ento
r in
th
e n
atio
nal
Men
tors
me
Exce
llen
ce in
Wom
an’s
Ente
rpri
se M
ento
rin
g 20
14 A
war
ds.
Jean
ette
pic
ked
up
by t
he
Bes
t M
ento
rA
war
d fo
r h
er w
ork
wit
h t
he
Scot
tish
Ch
ambe
rs o
f Com
mer
ce B
usi
nes
sM
ento
rin
g P
artn
ersh
ip a
t a
gala
cere
mon
y in
Lon
don
wh
ich
rec
ogn
ised
the
con
trib
uti
on o
f mor
e th
an 1
00fe
mal
e en
trep
ren
eurs
acr
oss
the
UK
wh
oar
e in
volv
ed in
men
tori
ng
prog
ram
mes
.
PCL
Gro
up p
rovi
des
a fu
ll ra
nge
of IT
,te
leco
ms
and
com
pute
r se
rvic
es t
o th
e off
shor
e, m
arin
e, c
omm
erci
al a
nd
indu
stri
al s
ecto
rs a
nd J
eane
tte
has
been
at
the
fore
fron
t of
pro
mot
ing
and
enco
urag
ing
oppo
rtun
itie
s fo
r w
omen
inth
e en
ergy
sec
tor
for
a nu
mbe
r of
yea
rs.
She
has
been
a m
embe
r of
the
Cha
mbe
r’s
busi
ness
men
tori
ng p
artn
ersh
ip fo
rse
vera
l yea
rs, p
rovi
ding
one
-to-
one
men
tori
ng fo
r w
omen
acr
oss
a nu
mbe
r of
bus
ines
s se
ctor
s.
Jean
ette
, who
was
nom
inat
ed fo
r th
e aw
ard
by o
ne o
f the
wom
en s
he m
ento
rs, s
aid
she
was
del
ight
ed t
o re
ceiv
e th
e aw
ard.
“Bus
ines
s m
ento
ring
is a
bout
put
ting
som
ethi
ng b
ack,
” sh
e sa
id. “
In 2
002
Iob
tain
ed m
y ow
n bu
sine
ss m
ento
r. W
itho
ut h
im I
wou
ld n
ot b
e in
bus
ines
sto
day.
He
mak
es m
e th
ink
outs
ide
the
box
and
in a
wor
ld w
hich
is r
apid
ly c
hang
ing
econ
omic
ally
we
som
etim
es n
eed
som
eone
wit
h a
diff
eren
t pe
rspe
ctiv
e to
put
us
back
on t
rack
and
con
tinu
e on
our
jour
ney.
”
Abe
rdee
n’s
Lord
Pro
vost
Geo
rge
Ada
m
said
Jea
nett
e w
as a
fant
asti
c ro
le m
odel
for
youn
g w
omen
con
side
ring
a c
aree
r no
tju
st in
the
oil
and
gas
sect
or b
ut a
cros
s al
l bus
ines
s ar
eas.
“Jea
nett
e is
a g
reat
am
bass
ador
for
the
city
and
for
the
cont
ribu
tion
whi
ch t
he e
nerg
yse
ctor
mak
es t
o ou
r ec
onom
y. I’
m d
elig
hted
that
she
is b
eing
rec
ogni
sed
for
the
wor
kw
hich
she
doe
s on
a v
olun
tary
bas
is t
osu
ppor
t an
d he
lp o
ther
bus
ines
swom
en
in t
heir
car
eers
,” h
e sa
id.
The
men
tori
ng p
artn
ersh
ip is
led
by t
heSc
otti
sh C
ham
bers
of C
omm
erce
net
wor
kan
d is
sup
port
ed a
nd p
artl
y fu
nded
by
Hig
hlan
ds a
nd Is
land
s En
terp
rise
, Sco
ttis
hEn
terp
rise
and
Eur
opea
n fu
ndin
g.
Liz
Cam
eron
, dir
ecto
r an
d ch
ief e
xecu
tive
of t
he S
cott
ish
Cha
mbe
rs o
f Com
mer
ce,
said
: “Th
ese
awar
ds a
re t
esta
men
t to
the
8,50
0 bu
sine
sses
who
hav
e gr
own
as a
resu
lt o
f the
vol
unta
ry b
usin
ess
men
and
wom
en a
cros
s Sc
otla
nd w
ho h
ave
give
nth
eir
tim
e fr
eely
and
are
will
ing
to p
ass
on t
heir
exp
erie
nce,
exp
erti
se a
ndco
nnec
tion
s.”
Abe
rdee
n’s
Lor
d P
rovo
st G
eorg
e A
dam
con
grat
ula
tes
Jean
ette
on
her
aw
ard
An
ders
on A
nde
rson
an
d B
row
n's
(A
AB
) C
orpo
rate
Fin
ance
div
isio
n h
ave
ann
oun
ced
that
201
4 w
as a
rec
ord
yea
rin
wh
ich
th
ey c
ompl
eted
51
deal
s,
wit
h a
com
bin
ed d
eal v
alu
e in
exc
ess
of £
400m
illio
n. T
his
not
on
ly e
xhib
its
a 33
% in
crea
se in
dea
l val
ue
on t
he
prev
iou
s y
ear'
s fi
gure
bu
t al
so 1
8 (3
5%)
of t
hos
e tr
ansa
ctio
ns
wer
e in
itia
ted
byth
e fi
rm t
hem
selv
es.
Thei
r di
spos
al m
anda
tes
last
yea
rin
clud
ed: t
he d
ispo
sal o
f Ver
dErg
Con
nect
ors
to F
irst
Res
erve
bac
ked
AF
Glo
bal C
orpo
rati
on; t
he d
ispo
sal o
f S&
DFa
bric
ator
s to
Glo
bal E
nerg
y G
roup
; and
the
disp
osal
of R
S O
ccup
atio
nal H
ealt
h to
Riv
ersi
de-b
acke
d D
ISA
Glo
bal S
ervi
ces.
AA
B a
lso
supp
orte
d a
num
ber
of c
lient
s in
fund
rais
ing
and
inve
stm
ent
acti
viti
es
incl
udin
g: t
he £
4.25
mill
ion
inve
stm
ent
by M
aven
Cap
ital
Par
tner
s su
ppor
ting
the
MB
O o
f Fat
hom
Sys
tem
s; t
he m
erge
r of
Task
Geo
scie
nce
and
Fron
terr
a In
tegr
ated
Geo
scie
nces
to
form
Tas
k Fr
onte
rra
Gro
upba
cked
by
£3.8
mill
ion
grow
th c
apit
al
from
Bus
ines
s G
row
th F
und
(BG
F); a
nd
the
inve
stm
ent
in R
igm
ar b
y Fi
rst
Res
erve
Mom
entu
m in
volv
ing
the
acqu
isit
ion
ofIn
tero
cean
Mar
ine
Serv
ices
.
Com
men
ting
on
anot
her
succ
essf
ul
year
, cor
pora
te fi
nanc
e pa
rtne
r, D
ougl
asM
arti
n, s
aid:
“W
e ar
e de
light
ed w
ith
our
tran
sact
ion
succ
esse
s du
ring
201
4 an
dou
r cu
rren
t de
als
pipe
line
rem
ains
ver
yhe
alth
y. T
he c
urre
nt o
il pr
ice
obvi
ousl
ybr
ings
som
e ch
alle
nges
but
als
o pr
esen
tsgo
od o
ppor
tuni
ties
to
buy
qual
ity
asse
tsat
a s
ensi
ble
pric
e fo
r th
ose
who
look
beyo
nd t
he s
hort
-ter
m o
utlo
ok. W
e re
mai
n po
siti
ve a
bout
our
pro
spec
ts in
th
e ye
ar a
head
giv
en o
ur s
uper
b m
arke
tpo
siti
on a
nd lo
ok fo
rwar
d to
bri
ngin
gm
any
mor
e de
als
to fr
uiti
on d
urin
g 20
15.”
AC
CO
UN
TAN
TS
EN
JOY
RE
CO
RD
YE
AR
OF
M&
A A
CT
IVIT
Y
Jea
net
te is
a g
rea
ta
mb
ass
ad
or
for
the
city
a
nd
fo
r th
e co
ntr
ibu
tio
n
wh
ich
th
e en
erg
y s
ecto
r m
ake
s to
ou
r ec
on
om
y.
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g M
arti
n
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INESS
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INESS
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adin
g Sc
otti
sh b
usi
nes
s su
ppor
t an
dde
velo
pmen
t or
gan
isat
ion
is c
allin
g on
entr
epre
neu
rs fr
om a
cros
s th
e gl
obe
tobe
com
e th
e fi
rst
inta
ke o
f peo
ple
part
icip
atin
g in
its
inn
ovat
ive
busi
nes
sac
cele
rato
r pr
ogra
mm
e.
Elev
ator
, for
mer
ly k
now
n as
Ent
erpr
ise
Nor
th E
ast
Trus
t (E
nter
pris
e), h
asla
unch
ed t
he A
ccel
erat
or P
rogr
amm
e at
its
new
£1m
illio
n C
entr
e of
Ent
repr
eneu
rshi
p,si
tuat
ed in
The
Hub
in t
he c
ity’
s En
ergy
Park
at
the
Bri
dge
of D
on.
The
20-w
eek
prog
ram
me,
whi
ch is
the
firs
tof
its
kind
in t
he U
K, h
as b
een
crea
ted
for
high
pot
enti
al s
tart
-ups
from
a r
ange
of
back
grou
nds,
incl
udin
g en
ergy
, tec
hnol
ogy
and
engi
neer
ing,
to
fast
tra
ck t
he le
arni
ngpr
oces
s.
Entr
epre
neur
s w
ho h
ave
ambi
tion
and
grea
t po
tent
ial w
ill b
e pu
t th
roug
h th
ein
tens
e en
trep
rene
uria
l exp
erie
nce
to
prop
el t
heir
bus
ines
ses
onto
a h
igh
grow
thcu
rve.
The
goa
l is
to c
reat
e co
mpa
nies
tha
tw
ill b
e in
vest
or r
eady
.
Men
tors
will
wor
k cl
osel
y w
ith
the
part
icip
ants
to
supp
ort
them
thr
ough
out
the
proc
ess,
and
will
spe
nd t
ime
wor
king
on t
heir
bus
ines
s m
odel
s, p
arti
cipa
ting
inw
orks
hops
, and
att
endi
ng b
usin
ess
lect
ures
to
broa
den
thei
r sk
ills
and
know
ledg
e ba
se.
The
cent
re b
oast
s ad
vanc
ed t
echn
olog
y,an
d on
e of
the
key
fact
ors
is it
s gl
obal
conn
ecti
on t
o 55
sim
ilar
acce
lera
tor
prog
ram
mes
aro
und
the
wor
ld. W
ith
ultr
a-fa
st b
road
band
, use
rs o
f the
cen
tre
will
be
able
to
wat
ch, l
iste
n to
and
par
tici
pate
inev
ents
hap
peni
ng g
loba
lly a
s w
ell a
sac
cess
glo
bal b
usin
ess
help
and
adv
ice.
Chi
ef e
xecu
tive
of E
leva
tor,
Prof
esso
r of
Entr
epre
neur
ship
, Gar
y M
cEw
an, s
aid:
“W
e ha
ve a
cle
ar o
bjec
tive
of a
ssis
ting
entr
epre
neur
s in
rea
chin
g th
eir
goal
s,
and
the
Acc
eler
ator
Pro
gram
me
has
been
cre
ated
to
appe
al n
ot o
nly
to o
urho
me
grow
n en
trep
rene
urs
but
to a
nin
tern
atio
nal a
udie
nce;
we
wan
t th
e be
stta
lent
from
acr
oss
the
glob
e to
cho
ose
to c
ome
to A
berd
een,
and
Ele
vato
r w
illoff
er t
he b
est
wor
king
env
iron
men
t an
dex
pert
ise
for
the
tale
nt o
f the
futu
re t
ost
art
thei
r en
trep
rene
uria
l jou
rney
.
“Tod
ay, i
t is
mor
e im
port
ant
than
eve
r th
atw
ew
ork
to c
reat
e to
p-cl
ass
entr
epre
neur
s,as
the
y ar
e th
e on
es w
ho w
ill g
o on
to
build
com
pani
es, b
ecom
e fu
ture
em
ploy
ers,
and
cont
ribu
te t
o th
e gr
owth
of o
ur lo
cal a
ndna
tion
al e
cono
mie
s in
the
futu
re.”
Peop
le w
ho w
ould
like
to
appl
y fo
r a
plac
e on
the
pro
gram
me
can
emai
lac
cele
rato
r@el
evat
oruk
.com
. Ele
vato
rw
ould
als
o lik
e to
hea
r fr
om in
divi
dual
sw
ho w
ould
like
to
men
tor
or s
uppo
rt t
heA
ccel
erat
or.
CA
LL F
OR
EN
TR
EP
RE
NE
UR
S T
O A
CC
ELE
RA
TE
EA
RLY
STA
GE
BU
SIN
ES
SE
S O
N T
HE
EN
TR
EP
RE
NE
UR
IAL
FAS
T T
RA
CK
TH
INK
PR
CE
LEB
RA
TE
SR
EC
OR
D Y
EA
R F
OR
GR
OW
TH
Ener
gy-f
ocu
sed
publ
ic r
elat
ion
s an
dm
arke
tin
g co
nsu
ltan
cy, T
hin
kPR
, has
cele
brat
ed t
he
end
of a
rec
ord
yea
r fo
r th
e bu
sin
ess
by d
oubl
ing
its
staff
nu
mbe
rs, m
ovin
g to
new
pre
mis
es a
nd
secu
rin
g m
ore
than
£10
0,00
0 of
new
busi
nes
s in
th
e la
st s
ix m
onth
s.
The
Abe
rdee
n-ba
sed
firm
, fou
nded
by
Ann
abel
Sal
l in
2004
, has
bee
n aw
arde
dw
ork
rece
ntly
wit
h a
num
ber
of o
il an
d ga
s co
mpa
nies
to
prom
ote
thei
r w
ork
glob
ally
, as
wel
l as
prov
idin
g in
-hou
seco
mm
unic
atio
ns r
esou
rces
.
This
new
wor
k ha
s re
sult
ed in
Thi
nkPR
incr
easi
ng it
s pr
esen
ce in
Nor
way
and
Mid
dle
East
, as
wel
l as
wor
king
wit
h fi
rms
in A
berd
een,
Nor
wic
h an
d in
the
Cen
tral
Bel
t. N
ew c
lient
s in
clud
e A
lpha
stru
t(o
wne
d by
Mur
ray
Met
als
Gro
up),
N-S
ea,
Fron
tier
Inte
rnat
iona
l, Ko
ngsb
erg
Mar
itim
ean
d D
ubai
-bas
ed c
ompa
nies
Mar
sol a
ndA
krug
o. In
add
itio
n, w
ork
has
cont
inue
dw
ith
lead
ing
indu
stry
gro
ups
SPE
Abe
rdee
n an
d D
ecom
Nor
th S
ea.
Thin
kPR
has
mad
e a
num
ber
of n
ewap
poin
tmen
ts in
its
PR, d
esig
n an
dem
erge
ncy
resp
onse
div
isio
ns b
ring
ing
staff
num
bers
up
to 1
8, g
row
ing
from
11
at
the
star
t of
the
yea
r. In
line
wit
h th
is g
row
th, t
he fi
rm m
oved
to
its
new
lyre
nova
ted
thre
e-fl
oor
build
ing
in t
he
cent
re o
f Abe
rdee
n in
Jul
y.
2014
has
als
o be
en a
yea
r de
dica
ted
tofu
ndra
isin
g w
ith
Thin
kPR
’s ‘1
0 ye
ars,
£10k
’ cam
paig
n in
aid
of t
he A
lfie
Miln
eTr
ust.
The
tea
m h
as r
aise
d £9
,400
to
date
thro
ugh
even
ts a
nd in
itia
tive
s an
d ai
ms
tohi
t th
e am
biti
ous
targ
et b
efor
e it
s ye
ar-
end
in M
ay.
Ms
Sall
said
: “Th
is y
ear
has
been
fant
asti
c–
both
from
a g
row
th p
ersp
ecti
ve b
ut a
lso
wit
h th
e co
mm
unit
y w
ork
and
fund
rais
ing
we
have
don
e fo
r a
very
wor
thw
hile
cha
rity
.
“It
has
been
a y
ear
of s
igni
fica
nt g
row
thw
hich
has
see
n le
adin
g co
mm
unic
atio
nspr
ofes
sion
als
join
our
tea
m, a
llow
ing
us t
oex
pand
our
ser
vice
s off
erin
g an
d co
ntin
ueto
att
ract
new
bus
ines
s fr
om a
roun
d th
eU
K a
nd g
loba
lly.
“The
maj
orit
y of
our
wor
k co
ntin
ues
to b
een
ergy
-ind
ustr
y ba
sed
and
we
repr
esen
t a
broa
d ra
nge
of c
ompa
nies
from
sta
rt-u
psto
PLC
s, w
hile
we
also
hav
e cl
ient
sre
pres
enti
ng t
he fi
nanc
ial,
prop
erty
, IT
and
cons
umer
sec
tors
. We
have
als
oex
peri
ence
d in
crea
sed
dem
and
from
clie
nts
who
req
uire
an
in-h
ouse
com
mun
icat
ions
res
ourc
e, b
oth
on
a te
mpo
rary
and
per
man
ent
basi
s.
“We
are
prou
d to
hav
e a
stro
ng r
eput
atio
nw
hich
has
gro
wn
thro
ugh
wor
d-of
-mou
thre
com
men
dati
ons.
Thi
s is
tha
nks
to o
urhi
ghly
exp
erie
nced
tea
m w
ho u
nder
stan
dth
e en
ergy
indu
stry
and
off
er a
flex
ible
appr
oach
whi
ch c
over
s th
e fu
ll re
mit
of
inte
rnal
and
ext
erna
l com
mun
icat
ions
,fr
om e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se a
nd m
edia
trai
ning
to
publ
ic r
elat
ions
and
des
ign.
’’
An
nab
el S
all
MU
NR
O'S
TR
AV
EL
SA
YS
ST
RO
NG
INT
ER
ES
T IN
BIG
U
S O
IL S
HO
WEn
ergy
spe
cial
ist
Mu
nro
’s T
rave
lh
as r
epor
ted
stro
ng
inte
rest
from
U
K c
ompa
nie
s ke
en t
o at
ten
d an
d ex
hib
it a
t th
e w
orld
’s t
op o
il sh
ow.
Nex
t y
ear’
s O
ffsh
ore
Tech
nol
ogy
Con
fere
nce
(O
TC)
in t
he
US
oil c
apit
al
of H
oust
on is
bei
ng
hel
d fr
om M
onda
y
4 M
ay t
o Th
urs
day
7 M
ay.
Exec
utiv
es a
nd e
xper
ts fr
om le
adin
g oi
lco
mpa
nies
will
be
atte
ndin
g th
is im
port
ant
even
t, w
hich
att
ract
ed a
sho
w r
ecor
d of
mor
e th
an 1
08,0
00 p
eopl
e la
st y
ear.
Abe
rdee
n-b
ased
Mu
nro
’s a
nd
the
Pres
san
d Jo
urn
al a
re o
rgan
isin
g th
eir
regu
lar
visi
t to
OTC
, a t
ie-u
p w
hic
h d
ates
bac
k to
19
73
. Mu
nro
’s a
nn
ual
ly a
rran
ges
flig
hts
an
d ac
com
mod
atio
n p
acka
ges
for
mor
e th
an 3
00
del
egat
es a
nd
big
dem
and
is a
lrea
dy e
mer
gin
g fo
r O
TC 2
01
5.
Mun
ro's
man
agin
g di
rect
or, M
urra
yB
urne
tt, r
evea
led
toda
y th
e bu
sine
ss
had
alre
ady
sold
mor
e th
an 5
0% o
f its
O
TC p
acka
ges,
less
tha
n a
mon
th a
fter
goin
g on
rel
ease
.
He
adde
d: "
It is
gre
at t
o se
e th
e de
man
dfo
r th
is e
vent
bei
ng a
s st
rong
as
ever
, eve
nag
ains
t th
e ba
ckdr
op o
f a fa
lling
oil
pric
e.
"It
just
sho
ws
that
OTC
is a
pow
erfu
lne
twor
king
opp
ortu
nity
, whi
ch a
lso
allo
ws
thos
e at
tend
ing
to k
eep
fully
abr
east
of
wha
t is
hap
peni
ng in
the
indu
stry
. “O
ur d
eleg
ates
val
ue t
he o
ppor
tuni
ty
OTC
giv
es t
o vi
ew c
utti
ng-e
dge
equi
pmen
t,ca
tch-
up o
n la
test
indu
stry
new
s an
d al
som
ake
valu
able
new
con
tact
s fr
om o
ther
coun
trie
s."
Mun
ro’s
OTC
pac
kage
s in
clud
e:
Bri
tish
Air
way
s fl
ight
s to
Hou
ston
;ac
com
mod
atio
n at
the
del
egat
ion’
sre
gula
r H
Q h
otel
, the
Hilt
on H
oust
on P
ost
Oak
; ret
urn
airp
ort
tran
sfer
s in
Hou
ston
;tr
ansf
ers
to a
nd fr
om t
he O
TC s
how
sit
e;an
d a
dedi
cate
d M
unro
’s d
esk
at t
he h
otel
.
Mr
Bur
nett
sai
d: “
I’m d
elig
hted
to
say
that
a m
ajor
ref
urbi
shm
ent
prog
ram
me
is o
ngoi
ng a
t th
e ho
tel,
whi
ch w
ill m
ake
our
dele
gate
s’ v
isit
to
Hou
ston
all
the
mor
e en
joya
ble.
The
hot
el is
the
cen
tre
for
thei
r ne
twor
king
act
ivit
ies,
wit
h va
riou
sfu
ncti
ons
and
othe
r ev
ents
dur
ing
OTC
.”
Mun
ro's
has
bee
n a
dom
inan
t pl
ayer
in
the
trav
el in
dust
ry in
Abe
rdee
n fo
r m
ore
than
100
yea
rs a
nd r
ecen
tly
pick
ed u
p it
sth
ird
top
indu
stry
aw
ard
in ju
st fo
ur y
ears
from
the
Sco
ttis
h Pa
ssen
ger
Age
nts'
Ass
ocia
tion
(SPA
A).
Mu
rray
Bu
rnet
t
Inte
rnat
ion
al e
ner
gy c
onsu
ltan
cy, X
odu
sG
rou
p, is
now
on
e of
a li
mit
ed n
um
ber
ofbu
sin
esse
s w
orld
wid
e to
be
reco
gnis
ed
by t
he
Bri
tish
Inst
itu
te o
f Non
-Des
tru
ctiv
eTe
stin
g (B
IND
T) a
s an
App
rove
d Tr
ain
ing
Org
anis
atio
n (
ATO
) in
th
e fi
eld
ofco
ndi
tion
mon
itor
ing.
BIN
DT
is a
UK
AS
accr
edit
ed in
depe
nde
nt
cert
ify
ing
body
,co
mpl
yin
g w
ith
th
e cr
iter
ia o
f Eu
rope
anst
anda
rd IS
O/I
EC 1
7024
.
The
appr
oval
is w
idel
y ac
cept
ed a
ste
stim
ony
to t
he q
ualit
y of
the
ove
rall
syst
em o
f tra
inin
g an
d it
’s c
onfo
rmit
y w
ith
rele
vant
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds s
uch
as IS
O18
436
and
ISO
9001
. Xod
us n
ow h
asau
thor
ised
tra
inin
g ce
ntre
s in
the
UK
and
Mid
dle
East
and
has
als
o be
en a
ppro
ved
as a
BIN
DT
exam
inat
ion
cent
re.
The
vibr
atio
n an
alys
is c
ours
es p
rovi
ded
byXo
dus
are
alig
ned
wit
h IS
O18
436
and
are
accr
edit
ed b
y B
IND
T to
the
ir P
CN
sch
eme
CM
/Gen
, App
endi
x D
, Cat
egor
ies
1 an
d 2.
They
are
des
igne
d to
mee
t th
e st
ring
ent
requ
irem
ents
for
the
stru
ctur
ed t
rain
ing
of v
ibra
tion
con
diti
on m
onit
orin
gpr
acti
tion
ers
and
to p
rovi
de s
uita
ble
prep
arat
ion
for
the
corr
espo
ndin
gPC
N c
erti
fica
tion
exa
min
atio
ns. S
uch
cert
ifica
tion
is e
xtre
mel
y im
port
ant
acro
ssa
rang
e of
indu
stri
es, i
nclu
ding
the
oil
and
gas
sect
or, a
s it
has
bec
ome
a re
quir
emen
tfo
r m
any
empl
oyer
s to
ens
ure
that
the
vibr
atio
n an
alys
t ha
s th
e pr
oven
nece
ssar
y sk
ills
to p
erfo
rm t
he o
ften
dem
andi
ng t
ask
of v
ibra
tion
ana
lysi
s.
The
Xodu
s tr
aini
ng m
odul
es a
ddre
ss
the
proc
ess
of h
ow t
o ut
ilise
ear
lyid
enti
fica
tion
of c
ompo
nent
det
erio
rati
onor
mal
func
tion
and
impl
emen
t w
ear
tren
ding
thr
ough
ope
rati
ng p
aram
eter
mea
sure
men
t to
min
imis
e un
sche
dule
dpl
ant
shut
dow
ns a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d co
sts.
All
Xodu
s tr
aine
rs h
ave
man
y ye
ars
prac
tica
l exp
erie
nce
and
are
accr
edit
ed
to a
t le
ast
leve
l 2.
Dr
Irvi
n R
edm
ond
is a
mac
hine
ry v
ibra
tion
spec
ialis
t an
d co
nsul
tant
eng
inee
r w
ith
Xodu
s. A
s m
achi
nery
vib
rati
on t
rain
ing
coor
dina
tor
and
cour
se d
evel
oper
, he
sees
clea
r be
nefi
ts fo
r pa
rtic
ipan
ts. “
Hav
ing
BIN
DT
accr
edit
atio
n gi
ves
the
part
icip
ants
grea
t co
nfide
nce
in t
he q
ualit
y of
the
trai
ners
and
the
cou
rses
. The
se c
ours
esre
ally
hel
p ad
vanc
e kn
owle
dge,
part
icul
arly
to
enha
nce
trou
ble-
shoo
ting
capa
bilit
ies.
The
y ca
n op
en n
ew d
oors
to
furt
her
care
ers
sinc
e an
und
erst
andi
ng
of v
ibra
tion
ana
lysi
s is
now
cri
tica
l acr
oss
a w
ide
vari
ety
of in
dust
ries
whe
re c
ost-
effici
enci
es a
nd s
afe
oper
atin
g pr
oced
ures
are
para
mou
nt.”
The
deliv
ery
of t
hese
cou
rses
is a
logi
cal
exte
nsio
n to
Xod
us V
ibra
tion
Eng
inee
ring
divi
sion
mac
hine
ry/p
ipin
g/st
ruct
ural
vibr
atio
n an
d ac
oust
ic a
naly
sis
serv
ices
alre
ady
prov
ided
to
clie
nts
repr
esen
ting
abr
oad
rang
e of
indu
stri
es. T
he n
ew t
rain
ing
func
tion
als
o fi
ts w
ell i
nto
the
inte
grat
edm
ulti
-dis
cipl
inar
y na
ture
of t
he b
usin
ess.
Plan
s ar
e al
read
y un
derw
ay t
o in
trod
uce
addi
tion
al h
ighe
r-le
vel c
ours
es a
nd t
oex
tend
the
num
ber
of X
odus
tra
inin
gce
ntre
s w
orld
wid
e.
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EIV
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IBR
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STh
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nu
mbe
r of
wel
l-kn
own
esca
pes
and
atte
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ed e
scap
es fr
omA
lcat
raz
wh
ile t
he
not
orio
us
pris
on in
the
bay
of S
an F
ran
cisc
o w
as s
till
open
,an
d n
ow o
ne
Abe
rdee
n m
an h
as m
ade
his
ow
n e
scap
e fr
om t
he
isla
nd
bysw
imm
ing
to s
hor
e.
Gra
ham
Jam
es, s
enio
r pr
ojec
t en
gine
er a
tsu
bsea
firm
SET
S, h
as ju
st r
etur
ned
from
the
US,
hav
ing
swam
one
-and
-a-h
alf m
iles
from
the
Alc
atra
z Is
land
to
San
Fran
cisc
oaft
er r
ecei
ving
an
entr
y to
the
rac
e as
a
Chr
istm
as g
ift fr
om h
is w
ife, S
usan
.
Esca
ping
Alc
atra
z w
as t
he la
test
eve
ntth
at G
raha
m, 6
2, h
as t
aken
par
t in
ove
rhi
s 20
-plu
s-ye
ar s
wim
min
g ca
reer
, hav
ing
rece
ntly
sw
am t
he fi
ve-a
nd-a
-qua
rter
mile
leng
th o
f Con
isto
n W
ater
in C
umbr
ia fo
rch
arit
y, w
hich
too
k m
ore
than
thr
ee
hour
s to
com
plet
e.
For
that
cha
lleng
e, G
raha
m r
aise
d ov
er£8
00 fo
r M
acm
illan
Can
cer
Supp
ort,
wit
hSE
TS d
onat
ing
a fu
rthe
r £5
00.
Gra
ham
join
ed S
ETS
in J
anua
ry 2
012
as
a se
nior
/lea
d pr
ojec
t en
gine
er a
nd w
orke
don
a n
umbe
r of
IRM
and
con
stru
ctio
npr
ojec
ts fo
r SE
TS c
lient
s, b
efor
e be
com
ing
lead
eng
inee
r on
a lo
ng-t
erm
sub
sea
engi
neer
ing
cont
ract
.
He
said
: “I h
ave
alw
ays
been
ver
y ac
tive
and
star
ted
out
as a
run
ner
and
then
mov
ed o
n to
doi
ng t
riat
hlon
s, b
ut a
s I’v
e go
tten
old
er I
can’
t ru
n as
muc
h so
I s
till
swim
so
I can
kee
p ac
tive
. The
idea
of ju
mpi
ng in
to a
free
zing
col
d la
ke
and
swim
min
g fi
ve m
iles
mig
ht n
ot b
eev
eryo
ne’s
idea
of f
un, b
ut I
love
it.
“Som
e pe
ople
mig
ht t
hink
of t
his
as a
n od
d pr
esen
t, h
owev
er I
love
d it
, and
to
beho
nest
I th
ink
my
wife
mig
ht h
ave
had
anul
teri
or m
otiv
e as
she
see
med
to
enjo
y he
rho
liday
in C
alifo
rnia
. As
wel
l as
than
king
my
wife
for
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to d
o th
atch
alle
nge,
I’d
like
to t
hank
my
frie
nds
and
colle
ague
s at
bot
h SE
TS a
nd e
lsew
here
for
thei
r ge
nero
us d
onat
ions
to
my
prev
ious
swim
.”
Thro
ugho
ut h
is s
wim
min
g ca
reer
, Gra
ham
has
take
n pa
rt in
a n
umbe
r of
cha
lleng
esfo
r go
od c
ause
s su
ch a
s M
acm
illan
, Mar
ieC
urie
and
the
Alz
heim
er’s
Soc
iety
, all
ofw
hich
hav
e pr
ovid
ed in
valu
able
sup
port
to G
raha
m’s
frie
nds
and
fam
ily o
ver
the
past
20
year
s, a
nd h
as c
ompl
eted
th
e Sw
imat
hon
5k, f
orm
erly
kno
wn
as
the
Bri
tish
Tel
ecom
Sw
im, a
n im
pres
sive
22 t
imes
.
Man
agin
g di
rect
or o
f SET
S, C
hris
Tie
rney
,sa
id: “
Gra
ham
has
to
be c
omm
ende
d an
d co
ngra
tula
ted
for
taki
ng o
n th
ese
impr
essi
ve c
halle
nges
and
all
of u
s he
re
at S
ETS
are
imm
ense
ly p
roud
of w
hat
he h
as d
one.
“At
the
hear
t of
our
bus
ines
s is
pri
de in
th
e co
mm
unit
y an
d a
desi
re t
o gi
ve b
ack
to g
ood
caus
es w
hene
ver
we
can
and
Gra
ham
is a
pri
me
exam
ple
of t
his
etho
san
d I w
ould
like
to
wis
h hi
m a
ll th
e be
st fo
rw
hate
ver
chal
leng
e he
cho
oses
to
set
him
self
next
.”
AR
T S
TU
DE
NT
S A
WA
RD
ED
PR
IZE
SB
Y W
ELL
EN
GIN
EE
RIN
G F
IRM
Thre
e st
ude
nts
at
Gra
y’s
Sch
ool o
f Art
hav
e pi
cked
up
priz
es
in t
he
fou
rth
an
nu
al S
PD
pai
nti
ng
awar
ds.
The
awar
ds, w
hich
aim
to
nurt
ure
loca
l tal
ent
and
brin
g ar
t to
th
e oi
l and
gas
com
mun
ity,
wer
e pr
esen
ted
to t
he s
econ
d an
dth
ird
year
pai
ntin
g st
uden
ts b
y SP
D g
roup
HSE
Q m
anag
er, S
tuar
tIn
sch
and
PA t
o th
e m
anag
ing
dire
ctor
, Lau
ra M
ylle
s, w
ho m
ade
up t
his
year
’s ju
dgin
g pa
nel.
Firs
t pr
ize,
of £
350,
wen
t to
Han
nah
Mur
ray
(21)
, who
is o
rigi
nally
from
Inve
rnes
s, fo
r he
r pa
inti
ng e
ntit
led
‘Wou
ld t
o H
eave
n…’,
whi
ch is
insp
ired
by
the
them
e of
con
flic
t an
d th
e le
tter
s th
atth
ose
at t
he fr
ont
lines
sen
t ho
me.
The
pain
ting
incl
udes
a q
uote
from
one
lett
er w
hich
rea
ds,
“Wou
ld t
o H
eave
n th
at I
coul
d be
ar fo
r yo
u th
e co
ncen
trat
ed
woe
whi
ch is
so
soon
to
follo
w.”
Han
nah
said
: “I w
as lo
okin
g at
the
idea
of h
andw
riti
ng a
ndha
ndw
ritt
en r
ecip
es a
nd t
heir
con
nota
tion
s of
hom
e, a
nd w
asin
spir
ed b
y le
tter
s an
d w
riti
ng d
urin
g co
nflic
t. It
is a
bout
cons
ider
ing
this
idea
of a
n id
yllic
hom
e lif
e an
d ho
w d
iffer
ent
thin
gs c
an t
urn
out
in r
ealit
y.”
She
adde
d: “
I am
inte
rest
ed in
his
tory
and
the
way
peo
ple
wer
eca
ught
up
in c
onfl
icts
whi
le li
fe c
onti
nued
to
go o
n at
hom
e.
It is
abo
ut p
eopl
e w
riti
ng h
ome
and
long
ing
to r
etur
n ho
me,
and
for
me,
food
is v
ery
muc
h ti
ed u
p w
ith
the
asso
ciat
ion
of h
ome
whi
ch is
whe
re t
he im
ager
y of
the
bla
ckcu
rran
t ja
m c
omes
from
.”
Mr
Insc
h sa
id: “
It w
as t
he p
oign
ancy
of t
he m
essa
ge t
hat
stoo
d ou
tfo
r us
, as
wel
l as
the
imag
ery
and
vivi
d co
lour
, so
we
appr
ecia
ted
iton
tw
o di
ffer
ent
leve
ls. I
t is
qui
te a
diff
eren
t pa
inti
ng t
o th
e ot
hers
in t
he s
how
in h
ow it
look
s an
d it
is d
iffer
ent
to a
nyth
ing
that
Iha
ve s
een
in t
he s
how
in p
revi
ous
year
s.”
Emily
Hill
(23)
, fro
m B
ally
men
a, w
as a
war
ded
seco
nd p
rize
of
£250
for
her
pain
ting
‘Cul
lyba
ckey
San
dpit
’, ins
pire
d by
chi
ldho
odm
emor
ies
of g
row
ing
up in
Nor
ther
n Ir
elan
d. It
is t
he s
econ
doc
casi
on t
hat
she
has
been
rec
ogni
sed
as p
art
of t
he a
war
ds,
taki
ng t
hird
pri
ze in
last
yea
r’s
pres
enta
tion
.
Emily
sai
d: “
The
idea
for
the
pain
ting
was
to
do w
ith
mem
orie
san
d ho
w I
wan
ted
to t
ry a
nd c
reat
e a
spac
e th
at t
ied
in w
ith
the
scho
ol. T
here
wer
e pa
rtic
ular
issu
es b
ack
hom
e, w
here
I gr
ew
up, w
ith
the
Trou
bles
, and
I w
ante
d to
cre
ate
a re
wor
ked
spac
ew
ithi
n a
child
hood
mem
ory
whi
ch is
bas
ed o
n m
y nu
rser
y sc
hool
.
“Chi
ldre
n gr
ow u
p su
rrou
nded
by
all t
hese
sym
bols
and
th
e pa
inti
ng e
xplo
res
how
tho
se in
flue
nce
them
.”
The
judg
es w
ere
impr
esse
d by
the
laye
rs o
f mea
ning
wit
hin
the
pain
ting
, as
wel
l as
bein
g dr
awn
in b
y Em
ily’s
use
of b
old
colo
urs.
Mr
Insc
h sa
id: “
The
pain
ting
has
a lo
t of
dep
th t
o it
. Eve
ry t
ime
we
look
ed a
t it
, we
pick
ed u
p on
som
ethi
ng d
iffer
ent,
a n
ew
deta
il th
at w
e ha
dn’t
not
iced
bef
ore.
”
Thir
d pr
ize
of £
150
wen
t to
20-
year
-old
Kat
ie W
atso
n w
hose
pain
ting
‘Pla
ntat
ion,
New
Gro
wth
’ was
insp
ired
by
the
Tullo
s H
ill ‘T
ree
for
Ever
y C
itiz
en’ s
chem
e.
Kat
ie s
aid:
“I j
ust
thou
ght
it w
as a
bri
llian
t id
ea a
nd w
ould
like
to
draw
mor
e at
tent
ion
to t
he s
chem
e th
roug
h pa
inti
ng. O
bvio
usly
it
was
qui
te c
ontr
over
sial
at
the
tim
e, d
ue t
o th
e fa
ct t
hat
they
had
to c
ull a
lot
of d
eer
to g
ive
the
tree
s a
chan
ce t
o gr
ow, s
o I
have
tri
ed t
o ca
ptur
e bo
th t
he p
osit
ive
side
whi
le a
ckno
wle
dgin
gth
e m
ore
nega
tive
sid
e of
it a
s w
ell.”
She
adde
d: “
I thi
nk t
hat
pain
ting
sho
uld
have
som
e so
rt o
f soc
ial
resp
onsi
bilit
y an
d I’v
e gr
own
up b
elie
ving
tha
t w
e sh
ould
leav
e th
e pl
anet
in a
bet
ter
plac
e th
an w
e fo
und
it.”
Bot
h ju
dges
wer
e im
pres
sed
by t
he s
ense
of l
ife a
nd li
ght
that
th
e pa
inti
ng p
roje
cted
, as
wel
l as
the
issu
e it
tac
kled
.
Part
of t
he P
etro
fac
grou
p, S
PD p
rovi
de c
ompr
ehen
sive
wel
len
gine
erin
g, p
roje
ct m
anag
emen
t an
d ex
pert
con
sult
ancy
an
d re
crui
tmen
t se
rvic
es t
o th
e gl
obal
oil
and
gas
indu
stry
.
Mr
Insc
h ad
ded:
“It
nev
er g
ets
any
easi
er t
o ju
dge
thes
e aw
ards
and
it is
a v
ery
diff
eren
t sh
ow t
o la
st y
ear.
It is
alw
ays
love
ly t
ose
e ev
eryt
hing
com
e to
geth
er a
nd t
o un
ders
tand
mor
e ab
out
each
pai
ntin
g.”
Keit
h G
rant
, sub
ject
lead
er in
Pai
ntin
g at
Gra
y’s
Scho
ol o
f Art
,sa
id: “
It’s
gre
at t
o he
ar t
hat
the
judg
es fe
lt t
he s
how
had
aco
mpl
etel
y di
ffer
ent
feel
from
last
yea
r’s
and
that
the
pri
zew
inne
rs w
ere
quit
e di
ffer
ent
to t
hose
the
y ch
ose
in 2
013.
“It
is a
ver
y st
rong
and
div
erse
sho
w a
nd I
feel
tha
t an
y of
the
13
pai
ntin
gs in
the
exh
ibit
ion
wou
ld h
ave
been
wor
thy
win
ners
, so
wel
l don
e to
all
invo
lved
. We
are
very
gra
tefu
l to
SPD
for
its
cont
inue
d su
ppor
t of
the
Ann
ual P
aint
ing
Aw
ards
.”
Gra
ham
Jam
es −
esc
aped
in 3
7min
s
I am
inte
rest
ed in
his
tory
an
d t
he
wa
y
peo
ple
wer
e ca
ug
ht
up
in c
on
flic
ts w
hil
eli
fe c
on
tin
ued
to
go
on
at
ho
me.
Stu
art
Insc
h a
nd
Han
nah
Mu
rray
wh
o w
as a
war
ded
firs
t pr
ize
for
her
pai
nti
ng
‘Wou
ld t
o H
eave
n…
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64Staff
at
Pet
rofa
c h
ave
rais
ed £
25,0
00 t
his
yea
r in
su
ppor
t of
Fri
ends
of t
he
Spec
ial N
urs
ery
, th
e ch
arit
y o
f Abe
rdee
nM
ater
nit
y H
ospi
tal’s
neo
-nat
al u
nit
for
prem
atu
re a
nd
sick
babi
es, w
ith
an
oth
er y
ear
of fu
ndr
aisi
ng
effor
t st
ill a
hea
d of
th
em.
This
yea
r Pe
trof
ac t
eam
s an
d de
part
men
ts h
ave
been
rai
sing
mon
ey fo
r th
eir
‘Cha
rity
of t
he Y
ear’
(act
ually
a t
wo-
year
part
ners
hip)
thr
ough
a v
arie
ty o
f act
ivit
ies,
incl
udin
g: b
ake
sale
s; a
spo
nsor
ed c
limb
to t
he s
umm
it o
f Ben
nach
ie w
ith
a tw
ist
− ca
rryi
ng A
berd
onia
n w
heel
chai
r at
hlet
e Ke
nny
Her
riot
to
the
top
; fun
drai
sing
at
the
‘Enc
hant
ed C
astl
e’ a
t C
rath
es; a
ndfo
rgoi
ng C
hris
tmas
car
ds t
o in
stea
d do
nate
the
mon
ey t
owar
dsth
e fu
ndra
isin
g to
tal,
as w
ell a
s do
nati
ons
mad
e at
Pet
rofa
c’s
Chr
istm
as p
arty
.
Kim
Kan
e, p
ayro
ll m
anag
er, P
etro
fac
Off
shor
e Pr
ojec
ts &
Ope
rati
ons,
sai
d: “
My
son
Josh
ua w
as b
orn
five
and
a h
alf w
eeks
prem
atur
e an
d w
as r
ushe
d st
raig
ht t
o th
e IC
U U
nit
wit
h br
eath
ing
com
plic
atio
ns. I
t w
as a
sca
ry a
nd e
mot
iona
l tim
e fo
r us
but
the
neo-
nata
l sta
ff w
ere
abso
lute
ly t
rem
endo
us a
nd r
eally
sup
port
ive.
It’s
gre
at t
o be
now
sup
port
ing
them
by
help
ing
to r
aise
vit
alfu
nds
that
will
giv
e ot
her
pare
nts
hope
in a
diffi
cult
sit
uati
on.”
Julie
Wils
on, t
reas
urer
, Fri
ends
of t
he S
peci
al N
urse
ry, s
aid:
“W
e ar
e so
impr
esse
d w
ith
the
amou
nt o
f pro
acti
ve fu
ndra
isin
g
and
gene
rosi
ty fr
om P
etro
fac
empl
oyee
s th
at h
as le
d to
thi
sfa
ntas
tic
amou
nt b
eing
rai
sed.
The
fina
ncia
l sup
port
will
ena
ble
us t
o pu
rcha
se e
ssen
tial
item
s fr
om o
ur w
ish-
list
so w
e ca
nco
ntin
ue t
o su
ppor
t fa
mili
es a
nd g
ive
frag
ile n
ewbo
rns
the
best
pos
sibl
e st
art
in li
fe.”
Petr
ofac
’s fu
ndra
isin
g dr
ive
aim
s to
buy
one
item
in p
arti
cula
r on
the
cha
rity
’s w
ish-
list
− a
spec
ialis
t ‘G
iraff
e’ in
cuba
tor
whi
chco
mbi
nes
the
bene
fits
of a
tra
diti
onal
incu
bato
r an
d a
radi
ant
infa
nt w
arm
er, a
nd c
osts
abo
ut £
33,0
00.
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TR
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C S
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RA
ISE
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pan
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fou
r n
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port
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even
ts t
o be
add
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oit
s po
pula
r pr
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mm
e, t
he
Cor
pora
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n.
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on, n
ow in
its
thir
teen
th
year
, aim
s to
eng
age,
insp
ire
and
enth
use
empl
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s th
roug
h a
seri
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com
pany
spo
rt to
urna
men
ts s
uppo
rted
by
coac
hing
from
exp
erts
in s
port
dev
elop
men
t.
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to
the
10-s
tron
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orti
ng a
nd a
ctiv
ity
mix
is t
enni
s, c
urlin
g, u
rban
nav
igat
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and
a da
nce
crew
dan
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ff. A
new
aw
ard
cate
gory
has
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en a
dded
, Bes
tSo
cial
Med
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eam
Eng
agem
ent,
whi
ch
will
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team
wit
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t so
cial
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at a
n en
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sea
son
awar
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rem
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the
Spo
rts
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Bal
l.
Am
anda
Ingl
is, b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
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man
ager
at
Act
ivit
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, com
men
ted:
“Th
is
is v
ery
wel
com
e ne
ws
to a
nyon
e w
ho h
aspr
evio
usly
bee
n in
volv
ed o
r is
inte
rest
ed in
part
icip
atin
g in
our
Cor
pora
te D
ecat
hlon
and
Pent
athl
on.
“Evo
lvin
g th
e pr
ogra
mm
e ye
ar o
n ye
arhe
lps
to k
eep
thin
gs fr
esh
and
exci
ting
whi
le c
onti
nuin
g to
eng
age
peop
le in
eac
hpa
rtic
ipat
ing
team
thr
ough
a w
holly
uniq
ue e
xper
ienc
e. L
ast
year
, on
aver
age
75%
of o
ur p
arti
cipa
nts
felt
mor
e en
gage
dw
ithi
n th
e w
ork
plac
e. T
his
empl
oyee
enga
gem
ent
is n
ow e
ven
mor
e cr
ucia
l tha
nev
er; w
ith
the
decr
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il pr
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it h
asbe
com
e ev
en m
ore
impo
rtan
t to
dev
elop
exis
ting
tea
ms
and
indi
vidu
als.
“Thr
ough
our
ser
ies
of fu
n, c
halle
ngin
g an
dva
ried
eve
nts,
em
ploy
ees
will
con
sist
entl
ybe
com
e m
ore
mot
ivat
ed w
ithi
n th
e w
ork
plac
e as
the
y bu
ild o
n th
eir
team
wor
ksk
ills
and
rela
tion
ship
s w
ith
fello
w c
o-w
orke
rs.
“Our
inte
r-co
mpa
ny t
ourn
amen
t pr
ovid
esa
fram
ewor
k fo
r ac
tivi
ties
ove
r a
year
, and
our
new
add
itio
ns s
tren
gthe
n th
atfr
amew
ork,
esp
ecia
lly fo
r ex
isti
ng c
lient
s.W
ith
supp
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from
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ivit
yMix
, our
eve
nts
can
prov
ide
the
plat
form
for
lead
ersh
ipde
velo
pmen
t, r
ewar
d, r
ecog
niti
on a
ndco
mm
unit
y en
gage
men
t.
“Our
cor
pora
te D
ecat
hlon
and
Pen
tath
lon
has
beco
me
the
high
light
of m
any
maj
orco
mpa
nies
’ ann
ual c
alen
dars
whe
reem
ploy
ees
are
give
n a
host
of
oppo
rtun
itie
s to
tak
e ad
vant
age
ofen
ablin
g th
em t
o w
ork
stro
nger
in t
heir
team
s. T
he r
esul
t be
ing
a m
ore
effici
ent
and
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ged
wor
kpla
ce w
ith
a po
siti
vekn
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on e
ffec
t fo
r th
e co
mpa
nies
invo
lved
.”
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is s
till
recr
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or fu
rthe
r in
form
atio
n o
n ho
w y
our
com
pany
can
tak
e pa
rt v
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ctiv
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om
Pet
rofa
c B
enn
ach
ie C
hal
len
ge(l-r
) R
ich
ard
Joh
nst
on (
fou
nde
r), L
ouis
eSh
ankl
ey (
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
coor
din
ator
),A
man
da In
glis
an
d Ju
les
Lan
cast
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co-f
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der)
