Wednesday 6 November 2013

Oil & Gas UK Celebrates Supply Chain's Improving Efficiency with Award Presentations at PILOT Share Fair

In a clear indication that the UK supply chain is growing in efficiency, Oil & Gas UK announced at the PILOT Share Fair that 23 operator and contractor companies have demonstrated their commitment to the PILOT Supply Chain Code of Practice (SCCoP) by earning new awards in its tiered compliance scheme which recognises best practice in commercial activities. 

Oonagh Werngren, Oil & Gas UK’s operations director, said: “We are particularly heartened to see that out of 142 signatories to the Code, 13 have achieved the Award of Excellence which demonstrates that their suppliers rate their clients’ performance very highly. I would also like to congratulate those companies which have achieved Gold, Silver and Bronze awards as the SSCOP is an aspirational code of conduct and a number of companies have made progress beyond their initial grade of compliance award. The Code of Practice is also a valuable tool for encouraging and measuring improvements across the industry. ” 

The companies who achieved an Award of Excellence in 2013 are Aker Solutions, AMEC, BG Group plc, BP, Centrica Energy, Chevron North Sea Ltd, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited, Petrofac, Shell U.K. Limited, Talisman Sinopec Energy (UK) Limited, Technip UK Limited, Total E&P UK Limited and Wood Group PSN.

Gold awards were presented to AGR Well Management Limited, Apache North Sea Ltd, Enquest and Fairfield Energy. Companies achieving Silver awards are Halliburton, Marathon Oil U.K LLC, Nexen Petroleum, RWE Dea UK and Taqa Bratani Limited with Bibby Offshore Ltd earning a Bronze award.

 Oonagh Werngren, added: “It is fitting that we have the opportunity to present the awards at Share Fair which  is all about providing a key mechanism for helping the industry to work more effectively together to maximise economic recovery of our oil and gas reserves. The Supply Chain Code of Practice has an important role in addressing that challenge and is a key tool to help industry improve performance, eliminate unnecessary costs and boost competitiveness.  I hope that by publishing the achievements of the award winning companies, we will encourage other firms to aim for these high levels of attainment. ”

The survey can be accessed here.

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Notes to Editors 

1. For more information contact Lucy Gordon on 01224 577331.

2. Oil & Gas UK is the leading representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its growing membership, which comprises oil and gas producers and contractor companies, now numbers more than 380.

3. PILOT Supply Chain Code of Practice -Signatories to the Code comprise major purchasers, operators and contractors and suppliers providing goods and services. The tiered award scheme, introduced as a PILOT initiative by Oil & Gas UK and First Point Assessment Limited (FPAL) in 2009 ranks businesses according to their compliance with the Code and purchasing organisations work towards four grades of award: bronze, silver, gold and an award of excellence which is reliant upon purchasers retaining gold award status for three years or more.

4. At this year’s PILOT Share Fair, 13 operators and major contractors delivered presentations on their forward plans for the next 18 months.  They comprised AGR Petroleum Services, AMEC PLC, Apache North Sea Ltd, BG Group, BP, EnQuest, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited , Nexen Petroleum (U.K.), Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, Statoil  (U.K) Limited,Talisman Sinopec Energy (UK) Limited, TOTAL E&P UK Limited and Wood Group PSN.

5. 20 companies participated in one-to-one sessions which each company undertaking 48 one-to-one appointments. Participating companies were AGR Petroleum Services, Aker Solutions, AMEC, Apache North Sea Ltd, BG Group, BP, Centrica Energy, Dana Petroleum plc, Enquest, GDG Suez E&P UK Ltd, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited , Nexen Petroleum (U.K.), Petrofac, qedi, RWE Dea UK, Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, SNC - Lavalin UK Ltd, Talisman Sinopec Energy (UK) Limited and Technip UK Limited. Over 1,000 one- to- one sessions will be held in total. 

6. A total of 53 companies exhibited at Share Fair.