Wireline Issue 26 Winter 2013

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WIRELINE 26 Issue

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5 News round-up from Oil & Gas UK Includes an update on inquiries into the Sumburgh Helicopter Accident and news on the interim findings of the Wood Review, a new labour market intelligence survey, streamlined access to subsurface data, plus much more. 11 Membership matters Membership tops 400! Wireline profiles our 400th member.

Branching out

The UK oil and gas supply chain continues to branch out, creating jobs nationwide. AMEC, ADIL and Jee Ltd shed some light on why London is important to their plans for growth.

Cover Story 16 Hidden depths

A pioneering partnership forged a decade ago between the industry and the scientific community continues to reveal the hidden depths of the undersea environment. Wireline delves deeper into the inner workings of the SERPENT Project.

20 Forging ahead

13 Rock on Being a chief geophysicist at PGS makes for an exciting and varied working life. Eivind Fromyr talks about how he turned his back on a possible career in developing cruise missiles to help discover and recover the world’s oil and gas.

Gordon Ballard, UK chairman of Schlumberger, brings Wireline up to speed with the progress of the industry-government oil and gas strategy for growth.

12 Dates for your diary

Save the dates for the line-up of key events to come next year.

25 At the grassroots

29 Celebrating our industry The Oil & Gas UK Awards recognise the talented individuals and innovative companies that make up our industry. Wireline reports from this year’s glittering ceremony.

Engineering and manufacturing professionals can help bring science, technology, engineering and maths to life for young people, say teachers across the UK who are joining forces with the likes of Aquaterra Energy, Bel Valves and TOTAL.

“The number of pupils choosing engineering as

a university course has risen year on year at the school, with last year being the joint top choice with medicine.” p25

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