2014 Oil & Gas UK awards finalists announced

The finalists for the Oil and Gas UK Awards were announced this week.

The prizes will be awarded at the annual awards ceremony at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center on 6 November in front of some 600 guests from across the oil and gas industry and throughout the United Kingdom.

 “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,” says Stephen Marcos Jones, Oil & Gas UK’s business development director. “Our expert judges have a difficult task ahead, as this is our largest group of finalists yet.”

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