TPi April 2010

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Subsea 2010 award for global oil and gas exports

OMS received the award at the Subsea 2010 Business Awards dinner held at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre on 10 February. The fourth annual awards ceremony attracted more than 700 business leaders and entrepreneurs to celebrate the excellence and hard work of subsea organisations and individuals across the UK sector. Guest speakers included the Rt Hon Michael Portillo, and energy minister, David Kidney. OMS was one of three companies shortlisted for the export award, which was sponsored and judged by UK Trade & Investment. At the awards dinner Denise Smiles, director of business development at OMS, accepted the award on behalf of the company: “We are delighted to receive such an award, which demonstrates that OMS has been doing something very right over the last year or so. A key ingredient in sustaining our impressive sales export growth is

UK-based measurement technology specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd has been awarded the Subsea Global Exports Award 2010, in recognition of the company’s achievements in export sales to the global oil and gas industry.

OMS was recognised for its achievements in export sales

our people, who deserve a lot of credit for helping to achieve our goals.”

Subsea UK is the industry body for the British subsea industry. The organisation aims to increase business opportunities at home and abroad for the sector and acts on behalf of the whole supply chain, bringing together operators, contractors, suppliers and people in the industry. providing measurement services and precision measurement systems to the oil and gas industry worldwide. A key focus for the company is in the dimensional measurement of oil and gas pipes or other similar structures such as aero engines, process industry tubes or manufactured cylindrical objects, where dimensions are critical. Optical Metrology Services – UK sales@omsmeasure.com www.omsmeasure.com OMS specialises in

The Subsea Business Awards celebrate the work of subsea organisations and individuals across the UK sector

Socio-economic project acknowledged Steel pipe and railway wheels producer Interpipe has won the first Ukrainian contest for case studies in corporate social responsibility in the category of ‘environmental protection’. The authoritative international jury highly evaluated Interpipe’s consideration of socio-economic norms in the construction of its electric arc furnace, Interpipe Steel. Oleg Kuzmin, director for corporate affairs at Interpipe commented, “We are delighted that our project, which will make a significant contribution to innovation in the country, has been recognised in this way. Improvements in efficiency have been central to this project and Interpipe Steel will contribute to reducing the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere by over 2.6 times. Interpipe Steel will also reduce natural gas usage by 87mn cubic metres per annum.”

Interpipe – Ukraine press-office@interpipe.biz • www.interpipe.biz

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