The shortlist for the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards is unveiled today, revealing 34 contenders for 11 of the 12 honours on offer.
It is all hush-hush for the 12th award, which recognises significant achievement in the oil and gas industry, and will be presented along with the others in formt of about 500 guests at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Thursday, March 12.
Sponsored by Taqa in association with rigzone.com, the annual awards are organised and hosted by the Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Ian Phillips, SPE Aberdeen director and chief executive of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, said: “The 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards have again attracted an exceptionally high calibre of entrants and we are delighted to announce the very strong line-up of finalists this year.
“Once again, judges were impressed by the talent and performance demonstrated in the UK offshore industry.
“These awards are a great platform for companies and individuals to gain recognition, and this year we have had more entries than ever.
There was a particular increase in nominations in the emerging technology and small company categories which is extremely encouraging. It is vital to the longevity of the energy industry that new technologies are continually being developed and new, smaller players often play a key role in this innovation.”
Finalists
Innovator, sponsored by Maersk Oil – Expro North Sea, Proserv, Return to Scene, WEB Rigging Services
Emerging technology (Nexen) – Churchill Drilling Tools, Delphian Ballistics, Paradigm Flow Services
Safety Innovations (Met Office) – Nautronix, Senscient, Survitec Group
Environmentalist (TWMA) – Cetco Energy Services, Paradigm Flow Services, Sureclean
Export achievement – Alba Power, Tekmar Energy, Wireline Engineering
Working together (Opito) – Decom North Sea, Maersk Oil, Senscient
Outstanding graduate programme (Robert Gordon University) – Ace Winches, Maersk Oil, Petrofac Offshore Projects and Operations
Young professional (Nalco Champion) – Brendan Forbesof Sparrows Group, Rory Gregor of Petrofac and Murray Kerr of SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions
Inspiring leader (MOL Group) – Murray Kerr of SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions, Mal Lowe of Petrofac, Liane Smith of Wood Group Intetech
Great small company (Wood Group PSN) – Aset International Oil and Gas Training Academy, Merlin ERD, SengS Subsea Engineering Solutions
Great large company (Offshore Europe Partnership) – Aker Solutions, Proserv, Stork
Significant Achievement (Aker Solutions) – to be announced at the ceremony
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