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View Past IssuesHosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section, the annual awards recognise some of the industry’s most innovative technology developments as well as talented individuals and exceptional large and small company performance. This year’s shortlist comprises a wide cross-section of the offshore sector, with companies large and small, spanning a variety of sub-sectors, represented.
Categories including Innovator, Emerging Technology and Young Professional have proven popular with entrants this year. For the first time in 2017, organisers have also introduced an additional stage of shortlisting for this Young Professional category, which will see each finalist take part in a filmed interview with a panel of industry judges. From there, three finalists will be selected before the winner is announced on the night.
Ian Phillips, chairman of SPE Aberdeen and chief executive of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, said: “The sheer quality and variety of entries we have received this year reflects everything that is great about our industry, particularly our ability to adapt to a volatile economic environment. It’s clear that the UK’s oil and gas operators and service companies have truly risen to the challenge, in particular developing some of the world’s most advanced technology whilst remaining as cost-effective as possible.
“As ever, our expert industry judging panel has spent a significant amount of time judging each entry before selecting the strongest contenders. I would like to congratulate all those who have been shortlisted for the 2017 awards, and I look forward to celebrating the winners at the ceremony in March.”
Winners at the 2016 award ceremony included Interventek Subsea Engineering for Emerging Technology, Tendeka for Great Large Company and Dan Purkis of Well-SENSE was recognised for his Significant Contribution to the oil and gas industry.
Donald Taylor, acting managing director for TAQA Europe said: “It is reassuring to see so many companies and individuals taking the time to share their success stories and enter into the awards this year. The quality of the entries, particularly those shortlisted, demonstrates how much the industry is still driving forward, finding innovative solutions and efficiencies against a persistently challenging background.”
The 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards finalists are:
Delphian Ballistics
Enpro Subsea
M-FLOW Technologies
Exnics
M-FLOW Technologies
PlanSea Ltd
Cape plc
Cyberhawk Innovations
RigDeluge
BP
Exnics
TWMA
Churchill Drilling Tools
Cyberhawk Innovations
JDR Cable Systems Ltd
Decom North Sea
Maersk Oil/Amec Foster Wheeler/Bilfinger Salamis
Wood Group
Fabricom Offshore Services
TAQA
Marianne McKevitt – BP
Richard Eckersley – Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited
Mandy Johnstone – N-Sea
Sam Lisney – Petrofac EPS West
Richard Turner – RS Clare & Company Ltd
Natalie Jackson – Shell U.K. Ltd
Mandy Marriner – JDR Cable Systems Ltd
Bob Banks – Petrofac EPS West
Sam Lisney – Petrofac EPS West
Sharon Robertson – Wood Group PSN
Great Small Company (sponsored by Wood Group PSN)
Churchill Drilling Tools
Enpro Subsea
Step Change Engineering
Great Large Company
Aker Solutions
JDR Cable Systems Ltd
Wood Group
Announced at the ceremony
More than 500 industry professionals are expected to attend the awards ceremony, taking place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) on Thursday 23 March 2017.
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The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a not-for-profit professional association whose members are engaged in energy resources development and production. SPE serves more than 168,000 members in 144 countries worldwide. SPE is a key resource for technical knowledge related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides services through its publications, events, training courses, and online resources at www.spe.org.
The SPE Aberdeen Section is the 7th largest of the 216 SPE Sections in the world, and supports five of the 368 student chapters globally. The Aberdeen Section has more than 2,500 members and is run entirely by volunteers.
SPE Aberdeen members represent a range of ages, genders and nationalities, and the five student chapters that the Section supports are at universities in Scotland. SPE Aberdeen works closely with the oil and gas industry, Scottish universities and local schools, institutes and academia, to advance the learning and technical excellence in all aspects of the industry: offshore, onshore and internationally.
SPE Aberdeen won the SPE International Award for Section Excellence for a record-breaking seventh consecutive year in 2016. For more information on this award-winning section, please visit http://www.spe-uk.org
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