Northern Irish company Decom Engineering has announced plans to expand its operations with a new north-east base.
The company is investing £200,000 to establish a test centre and office facility near Aberdeen as part of its drive to bag major decommissioning contracts.
The move is expected to create up to six new engineering, design and administration jobs in the region.
It is hoped the new facility will strengthen Decom Engineering’s ability to win work in the UK and further afield by improving its access to key oil and gas clients.
In time, the engineering company expects the expansion to bolster its turnover by at least 40%.
Established in 2011 and based in Cookstown, Tyrone, Decom Engineering has developed technologies designed to provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector.
Its pipe coating removal (PCR) equipment can strip and clean retired or surplus pipelines of multiple coatings, allowing them to be repurposed and used on other projects.
Meanwhile, its range of cold cutting saws are used by oil and gas operators to replace or remove ageing infrastructure and redundant assets.
In the last year Decom Engineering has hosted a number of technology showcases and equipment trials in and around the Granite City.
Off the back of the events, the company said it has secured deals with “major” energy sector contractors.
Sean Conway, Decom Engineering’s chief executive, said: “Aberdeen is a hotbed of technology companies who support the traditional oil and gas sector – and now the renewable energy industry – by innovating and developing cleaner, greener and safer ways of satisfying global energy demand.
“My family have close links to the oil and gas sector and Aberdeen, and the early part of my career in the decommissioning sector was spent in the north east of Scotland, so it is an area which has had a strong influence on how we have grown the business.
“Our focus is on the decommissioning sector and with many of the oil and gas majors increasingly focussed on the transition from hydrocarbons to renewable energy, opportunities for us to win new business in the UKCS will undoubtedly grow.
“Previously we have rented premises or test facilities to showcase our products and expertise to North Sea clients, but having a local facility and staff is the next logical step, and we have identified a site and hope to be up and running by Q4 of this year.”
Decom Engineering has previously completed contracts in mainland Europe and Asia Pacific.
That includes a cutting scope on a 16 inch pipeline removal project at 160 meter depth in the North Sea.
The company is currently tendering for new workscopes in Thailand, North America, Brazil and India, as well as continuing to invest in its decommissioning solutions.
Mr Conway added: “We have invested more than £700,000 in ongoing research and development as we devise decommissioning technologies which are more environmentally friendly and cost effective.
“Aberdeen and the UKCS is an important market for us, but it can also be a gateway to international projects which will add to our track record in mainland Europe and the Asia Pacific region.”
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