The finalists have been unveiled for the 2014 UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards.
Winners will be presented with their prizes at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Wednesday, April 30.
Organised each year by industry body Oil and Gas UK and the Step Change in Safety initiative, the event pays tribute to the most safety conscious workers and companies in the offshore industry.
A new category was launched for this year’s event, a health award recognising an individual, team or company which has actively improved the health of its workforce.
Other categories include safety leadership, safety representative of the year and innovation in safety.
Awards and finalists
Safety leadership – Paul Craig of North Star Shipping, Tom Gilchrist of Wood Group PSN and Timothy Glasspool of Bristow Helicopters.
Safety representative – Bob Egan of Petrofac, Davy Murray of Nexen Petroleum UK and David Thomson of CAN.
Preventative safety action – Helen Bowie of Wood Group PSN, Derek Smith of Wood Group PSN and Mark Wood of Atkins.
Most promising individual – Mike Bucheggar for Talisman Sinopec Energy UK and Wood Group PSN, Steven Farquhar of Wood Group PSN and Ruth Pirie of Fisher Offshore.
Innovation in safety – DNV GL, Maersk FPSOs and Shell UK’s wells team.
Workforce engagement – Carol Banks/Lucy Norval of the trustees of the Pound for Piper Memorial Trust, Andy Nolan of Talisman Sinopec Energy UK and Gillian Taylor/Megan Brown of Maersk Oil North Sea UK.
Health – Emma Roberts of BP, RigRun and Well Track by Sodexo.
Ideas in safety prize – Aberdeen Drilling Consultants, Ayssar Hanza of BP and Bronson Larkins of BP.
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