The oil and gas supply chain is likely to have to keep a lid on its rates for another couple of years as the market remains “brutally competitive”, an analyst has said.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) in January started the roll-out of new measures to ensure operators better engage the supply chain in future projects.
The North Sea supply chain is “still struggling”, though more than half of oil firms expect to take on more new recruits this year.
Nearly two thirds of EU businesses expect to move some of their supply chains out of the UK because of Brexit, a new survey has found.
Scotland’s oil and gas supply chain suffered a 7% drop in international sales in the 2015/16 financial year, a new report said.
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Opportunities in offshore repair and maintenance services will be the focus of an oil and gas industry event in Aberdeen next week.
On November 22 and 23, Manchester Central will be playing host to specialist suppliers, movers and shakers across the oil and gas industry.
Industry chiefs have said the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) can make a telling contribution to efforts to support the North Sea supply chain.
Industry body, Subsea UK, is to bring subsea supply chain companies in Great Yarmouth together in the first networking event of its kind in the region next week.
Although I’m in danger of teaching grannies to suck eggs here, please bear with me… Design & Build (D&B) is a project delivery system used by the construction and related industries to deliver projects in which the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity known as the design & build contractor.
The managing director of Wood Group’s operations in the UK and Africa said the continent offered “fantastic opportunities” for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Oil and gas companies can help secure a bright future for the north-east by making better use of its “world-beating” supply chain, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said yesterday. Mr Ewing co-chairs the Oil and Gas Industry Leadership Group (ILG), which is targeting total sales from the domestic supply chain of £30billion by 2020, despite the oil price collapse. But he said operators were guilty of squandering talent which is right under their noses.
NOF Energy, the UK business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors, is helping Shetland-based energy sector supply chain businesses access new markets.
Oil and gas supply chain firms are being urged to be vigilant after evidence of a growing number of fraudsters trying to exploit online payment processing systems. KPMG said it had seen a rise in the number of businesses being targeted by criminals seeking to substitute their own bank details for those of genuine companies. The oil and gas industry, with its extensive and complex supply chain, is deemed to be particularly at risk as a variety of legal and illegal means are used to identify suppliers and their customers.
Energy supply chain companies in eastern England are escaping the worst effects of the North Sea industry downturn by keeping prices low and developing new solutions to drive down costs further, according to an industry leader.