Shining lights in the offshore oil and gas industry were recognized in a black tie dinner in Aberdeen last night.
Some 500 industry professionals attending the SPE Offshore Achievement Awards, which celebrates innovation, collaboration and exceptional performance within the UK offshore energy sector and is supported by OE.
Twelve companies and individuals were award winners at the event, which also saw Oonagh Werngren (pictured, right) being presented with the accolade for Significant Contribution.
JDR Cable Systems collected two awards, for Export Achievement and Great Large Company, while Enpro Subsea was named Great Small Company.
Marianne McKevitt of BP (pictured, left) received the Young Professional award, while Sam Lisney of Petrofac EPS West (pictured, middle) was named winner of the Above & Beyond category.
Further companies completing the list of winners included M-FLOW Technologies, Delphian Ballistics, Cape, Exnics, TAQA, and Maersk Oil, Amec Foster Wheeler and Bilfinger Salamis for a collaborative contracting strategy.
Ian Phillips, chairman of award organizers SPE Aberdeen said: “Once again, the finalists and winners of this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards have showcased the important work that continues to take place in our industry.
“In the first few months of 2017, we have seen improved prospects for the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), which has in turn created a slightly more positive sentiment. It is crucial that we harness and use this enthusiasm to continue collaborating, innovating, creating efficiencies and developing best practice."
Significant Contribution winner Oonagh Werngren was recognized for work including her former role as operations director at Oil & Gas UK, where she was responsible for establishing a number of pan-industry projects to increase exploration and production in the UKCS.
She was also previously president of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain, one of only two women to hold the position in over 50 years, and has held non-executive director roles for the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre and the Industry Technology Facilitator, as well as The Girls’ Network. In 2011, she was awarded an MBE for services to the oil and gas industry.
Werngren said: “I’ve been involved in a number of major industry projects during the last four decades, and would like to express deep gratitude to all the colleagues I have worked with during this time.
“I am also inspired by the recent activities to acquire and release new seismic data, which will contribute significantly to our geological knowledge of the remaining North Sea resources. It is heartening that exploration and production companies are showing signs of growing optimism and, providing fresh investment comes into the basin and costs are kept under control, there are good reasons to believe that confidence is slowly returning to the sector.”
The 2017 Offshore Achievement Award winners in each category are:
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