Nominations Sought for Offshore Achievement Awards
The recent boom in the energy industry is being reflected in the increased interest for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards. The level of entries for the 'Significant Contribution' award is already much higher than last year, and interest across each of the categories is generally up on last year. The awards, which were successfully re-launched in 2011 by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen section, will be open for entries until 1 December 2012.
The 27th awards ceremony takes place on 21 March 2013 and will move this year to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre to cope with the high demand for tables.
The 2012 awards took place in front of around 400 people. Winners included Expro Group, AMEC and 3sun Group (image), with Professor Alex Kemp picking up the Lifetime Achievement award.
The Offshore Achievement Awards are open to entries from all UK-registered companies involved in offshore engineering activity. Last year the awards were opened up to offshore renewables companies for the first time, reflecting the growing reach of the North Sea industry. This year will again see awards open to renewables as well as the traditional oil and gas players.
As well as recognising exceptional business growth, the awards will focus on particular innovations, safety breakthroughs and collaborative efforts, as well as individual success.
The 2013 categories are:
- Export Achievement
- Offshore Renewables
- Safety Innovations
- Emerging Technology (previously the New Idea award)
- The Innovator
- Great Small Company
- Great Large Company
- Working Together
- Young Professional
- Significant Contribution (previously the Lifetime Achievement Award)
