WIRELINE ISSUE 27 SPRING 2014

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The transformation from a land surveyor toworking in the Forties Fieldon theUKContinental Shelf took less than five weeks. Intensive training at ScopusEngineering’s in-house academywas thekey stepping stone toWilliamPridgeon’s new careeroffshore

Island hopping – from theCaribbean to theUK Working in theCaribbeanwasn’t enough todispelWilliamPridgeon’s interest in the UKoil and gas sector. Thedimensional control surveyor at Scopus Engineering talks to Wireline about his voyage to theUKContinental Shelf. H ad it not been for his former school geography teacher and his godfather,WilliamPridgeon

At 24,William admits hehas taken some “ribbing” from friends for givingupwhat seemed like an idyllic lifestyle in the Caribbeanbut hebelieves the switchwas wellworthwhile. Sun, seaand surveying William’s interest inoil andgas in fact developed from anearly age. “Mygodfather

works in theoil andgas industry and has travelled theworldwithhisworkon rigmovements andpositioning; hehad obviouslymentioned theopportunities available in the sector,” recallsWilliam. Andwhile apupil atKingEdwardVI Grammar School inLouth,Lincolnshire, his geography teacher,whoencouraged

might still be enjoying life surveying millionpoundmansions in the sunshine of theBritishVirgin Islands in the Caribbean. Instead, he isworking in the Forties Fieldon the UKContinental Shelf (UKCS).

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