Decom North Sea, the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, revealed yesterday it had reached the milestone of signing its 100th member – well ahead of target.
Commercial and strategy analyst Douglas-Westwood is the latest organisation to join the supply-chain body.
Other new members include operators, major contractors, service specialists and technology developers.
Decom says it is well on track to reach 200 members by the end of next year, a number which chief executive Brian Nixon believes will make the organisation genuinely representative of the supply chain.
He said: “It is highly encouraging so many companies are realising Decom North Sea can help them benefit from the £25-£30billion worth of decommissioning work forecast for the North Sea over the coming decades.
“We are being approached by potential new members virtually every day and getting applications to join from companies we have not been to see yet.
“Our focus now is very much on offering a sustained programme of relevant events to ensure we retain existing members as well as attracting new ones.”
The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas platforms is becoming increasingly important as many UK continental shelf fields approach the end of their life. More than 260 are expected to have to be wholly or partially removed from UK waters over the next three decades.
Decom launched a supply-chain mapping service which allows operators and large contractors to get access to online in-depth profiles of member firms providing specific decommissioning services, their skills, capabilities and track-records. Mr Nixon said: “This will help suppliers to promote themselves to operators and major subcontractors who might not be aware of them and might even help avoid the need for the prequalification stage.”
Decom is being funded initially by the Department of Energy, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise.
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