The finalists have been revealed for an awards ceremony celebrating companies and people who have made an outstanding contribution to offshore health and safety.
Eighteen entries have made it onto the shortlist across six categories and the winners will be announced at an event on August 29 at P&J Live.
The Offshore Safety Awards are jointly organised by Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) and Step Change in Safety, with Total as principal sponsor.
The shortlist for the Maritime Safety category includes crews from Vroon, Nordic American Offshore and a join entry from Solstad and Seacroft Marine Consultants.
Stephanie Sunley, Aramark, Lee Chegwidden, Apache, and Ian McKnight, Wood, will go up against each other for the Safety Representative of the Year title.
Epic, Shell and Cnooc International will contest the Innovation in Safety category.
Shell, Cnooc and ABB are in the running for the Operational Integrity Prize, while Can Group, Asco and Shell are competing for the Sharing and Learning gong.
The Workforce Engagement trophy will be picked up by Noble Drilling, Diamond Offshore or Neptune Energy.
Matt Abraham, health, safety and environment director at OGUK said: “Recognising the achievements of those who have gone above and beyond to ensure safe operations is critical in our pursuit to continually improve industry’s safety performance across the North Sea. The calibre of entries we had this year was excellent and all our finalists should feel very proud of their achievements.”
Jean-Luc Guiziou, managing director, Total E&P UK, said: “Total’s core value is safety and we are delighted to be supporting the Offshore Safety Awards this year. Safety is something everyone in the offshore industry in the UK believes in and these awards allow us to celebrate the best examples of how we bring that to life every day.”
The finalists across the six categories are:
Maritime Safety sponsored by Marine Safety Forum
| Oleg Krushynin / Solstad &Eric Wiseman | Seacroft Marine Consultants |
| Crews of the VOS supporter ERRV | Vroon Offshore Services |
| Douglas Bain & Crew | Nordic American Offshore |
Safety Representative of the Year sponsored by Drager
| Stephanie Sunley | Aramark |
| Lee Chegwidden | Apache |
| Ian McKnight | Wood Plc |
Innovation in Safety sponsored by Bureau Veritas
| Epic Exploration & Production Company Ltd | EPIC |
| Shell UK Ltd | Shell UK Ltd |
| CNOOC International and DNV GL Limited | CNOOC International |
Operational Integrity sponsored by Aker Solutions
Material Corrosion and Inspection Simplification Project Shell UK Ltd
| CNOOC International |
| ABB (energy industries business line -Stuart Young) ABB |
Workforce Engagement sponsored by Peterson
| Robert Ferguson | Noble Drilling |
| Neptune Energy UK Ltd | Neptune Energy |
| Shane Gorman | Diamond Offshore |
Sharing and Learning sponsored by Spirit Energy
| QHSE Team with Company RS & Inspection Services | CAN Group |
| ASCO | ASCO Group |
| Brent Decommissioning Project | Shell UK Limited |
The finalists will attend an interactive awards ceremony at P&J Live, Dyce on Wednesday 29 August where they will pitch their safety initiative directly to attendees, who will get the chance to cast their vote and ultimately decide on the winners of this year’s awards.