Wireline Magazine Issue 51 - Summer 2021

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Delegates heard from speakers including bp CEO Bernard Looney, OGA chief executive Dr Andy Samuel, Equinor senior VP for UK & Ireland Offshore Arne Gürtner, and many more. In a speech opening the conference, OGUK CEO Deirdre Michie said that with the right support, the UK could become “the Silicon Valley of energy” – a global leader in the critical areas of the future, such as emissions reduction, clean energy and low carbon technologies. Meanwhile, in a fireside chat session titled Resilient Hydrocarbons and the Energy Transition, bp’s Bernard Looney called for more support for greening companies, if a transition to a net zero future is to be achieved.

OGUK Annual Conference explores energy’s

OGUK-led Supplier Qualification Joint Industry Project delivers SEQual® Since 2018, OGUK has been facilitating a Joint Industry Project, working with operators and the supply chain to simplify supply chain pre-qualification processes and increase the choice of options available to the industry. Over the past two years, the project has developed SEQual: a new web-based tool that reduces bureaucracy by standardising HSEQ pre-qualification questions and the on-site assessments needed for higher risk goods and services, so that they are accepted by all SEQual buyers. SEQual was launched on 19 May with the support of nine operators and is operated on a not-for-profit basis by OGUK’s LOGIC subsidiary. To learn more about the SEQual scheme and the benefits of a common industry approach to pre-qualification, visit sequal.co.uk.

‘Silicon Valley’ and the future

of greening companies

This year’s OGUK Industry Conference was delivered as a series of free-to-attend webinars running 1-3 June. Attracting over 1,500 registrations over the three sessions, attendees were able to hear from leading industry figures, regulators, academia and research, the next generation and an exciting high-speed tour from six energy hubs around the UK.

Catch up on the sessions. presentations and recordings at ogukindustryconference.co.uk.

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