The finalists for the 2014 UK Oil and Gas industry association awards have been announced (see below).
The winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony in Aberdeen Exhibition on Thursday 6 November 2014 before some 600 guests from across the oil and gas industry and throughout the United Kingdom.
The finalists are:
Investment in People (Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME))
Axis Well Technology
Applied Drilling Technology International
Ingen Ideas
Investment in People (Large enterprise)
Atkins
Swire Oilfield Services
Bibby Offshore
Business Innovation (SME)
Meta
Alba Power Ltd
Sky-Futures
Business Innovation (Large enterprise)
EnQuest
Cape Environmental Services Offshore
Survitec Group
Mentor of the Year
Robert Bell, Technical Director (Offshore Structures, Oil and Gas), Atkins
Mal Lowe, Talent Development Consultant, Petrofac Offshore Projects & Operations
Alan Muirhead, Lead Field Development Engineer, Ingen Ideas
Apprentice of the Year
Ross Macleod, Trainee Electrical & Instrumentation Designer, Wood Group PSN
Marnie Toal, Apprentice Technician, Proserv
Ryan Geddes, Operations Technician (OPITO Apprentice), BP
Graduate of the Year
Hayleigh Pearson, Process Engineer, Costain Upstream
Barry Mitchell, Graduate Electrical Engineer, Wood Group PSN
John Stoddard, Junior Engineer, Proserv
Stephen Jones, Oil & Gas UK’s business development director, commented: “Following feedback from both the 2013 judging panel and our members, we have tailored our awards categories to ensure that they are relevant to a broader range of companies – from multinational operators to SMEs within the industry’s £35 billion supply chain. Our expert judges have a difficult task ahead, as this is our largest group of finalists yet.”
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