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Contents
May 2013
WORKING WITH ENERGY
03.........We can be proud of workforce
Apprentices key to company's growth
04-05...More than 2000 seek EDF careers
Skills gap fuels premium salaries
06-07...Students inspired by Maths in Action
Petrofac unveils eLearning course
13.........Significant growth for Breakwater
ALL EEEGR
15.........People: Powering the Future
16-19....SNS2013 Conference
20.........Delegation presses Energy Minister
21.........Supply Chain Development Programme
EEEGR MEMBERS
22.........£1m revamp for recycling centre
23.........Innovation on Dogger Bank site
24-25...Future of offshore wind debated
Gee-Force celebrates anniversary
26-33...What other members are up to
SKILLS FOR ENERGY
34-35...High profile for skills
Hectic time for ESFP students
Coming soon –
EEEGR events
MAY 2013
29th – Military Energy Industry
Awareness: Norwich Sportspark,
University of East Anglia
JUNE 2013
6th – Port of Harwich, a vision of the
future: Harwich
14th – EEEGR Breakfast Club,
Addressing the Skills shortage:
OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft
25th – The Nuclear Supply Chain:
Trinity Park, Ipswich
JULY 2013
4th – People: Powering the Future -
Skills for Energy Conference:
John Innes Centre, Norwich
11th – Decommissioning SIG:
OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft
16th – Racing with EEEGR
(Ladies Night):
Great Yarmouth Racecourse
SEPTEMBER 2013
3rd – Offshore Europe: East of England
Energy Zone stand, Aberdeen
17th – Innovation Awards and
Gala Dinner:
Holiday Inn Norwich North
DECEMBER 2013
6th – EEEGR Christmas Ball:
Ocean Room, Gorleston
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02 – MAY 2013

WORKING WITH ENERGY
We can be proud of
energy workforce
C Celia Anderson, EEEGR executive director
C 01493 446535
C celia.anderson@eeegr.com
Much is being done to meet the challenge
of finding and creating the skills needed
to sustain our energy industry across the
East of England.
In this issue of EEEGR News, we take a
specific look at all the exciting things about
today's workforce - from those offering decades
of expertise to the new recruits about to
set out on their careers.
Whether they be ex-military, apprentices,
trainees, or people transferring their
skills from another sector, people are crucial
to the wellbeing of our industry and the
region's economy.
Many international players from the
energy field have a base or foothold in the East
of England. They bring with them major investment,
global reputations - and jobs. Each is
only as strong as the team which makes it
work, whether through innovation, inspiration,
engineering, education or simple hard graft.
We are delighted that this region is
the base for such a surfeit of talent and
potential and is devoting so much time and
effort to developing those skills. Our reports
feature many fresh faces - all bringing a new
enthusiasm and extra impetus to the sector
and its future.
Together we are Working with Energy.
Left: Warren Services'
chairman Richard Bridgman
with some of the apprentices
One-time apprentice Darren
Craigen (left) with two of the
newer recruits
Apprentices the
foundation for Warren
Services' growth
C Sophie Kelly
C 01842 760853
C sophie@warrenservices.co.uk
C www.warrenservices.co.uk
Warren Services plans to significantly increase
the size of its workforce in Thetford over the
next five years after purchasing another site.
Chairman Richard Bridgman said that
apprentices had proved vital to the ongoing
growth and ambition of the company.
Twelve of the 90 staff at the multi process
manufacturer are apprentices and developing
their skills as well as the existing workforce
who are the foundations for the future
success of the business.
Former mechanical engineering higher
apprentice Darren Craigen has proved the
point by rising through the ranks, after gaining
his level 3, to become CNC milling manager.
Recently he has starred in a careers film for
the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to
encourage others to follow in his footsteps.
“My apprenticeship has given me an
amazing opportunity to achieve a wellrespected
qualification, as well as gain
valuable experience in an innovative, high
growth industry,” said Darren, 30. “Within
engineering and manufacturing there are
so many different types of jobs, for all
sorts of people.”
Mr Bridgman said the company's expansion
should also enable him to go ahead with
plans for an Apprentice School in Thetford.
“The future plans for our Apprentice
School in the new site, is to train up to 50
apprentices a year including 10 plus for
ourselves, across a range of disciplines.
We’re training for the future of engineering
and manufacturing in our local community,”
he said.
HSBC supported Warren with a loan that
allowed them to buy the former Uniglaze site
from administrators.
“We’ve invested heavily in the business
in recent years, including plant and people.
We view the future positively and are looking
to expand further into the energy sector,”
said Mr Bridgman. “The new additional site is
50,000sq.ft and is just 200 yards away from
our main site.”
He told people attending an Open for
Business Event at the premises in March
that if more companies followed Warren
Services' approach to apprenticeships, levels
of youth unemployment would drop. He also
said: “Sophie Kelly, our sales and marketing
manager, has started planning for the
our 2014 event, we’re that committed to
apprenticeships.”
MAY 2013 – 03

WORKING WITH ENERGY
More than 2000 seek
EDF careers
C www.edfenergy.com
Record numbers of applicants tried to
join EDF Energy’s prestigious four-year
apprenticeship programme, which includes
two years training at a Royal Naval base and
two at a nuclear power station.
A total of 2038 youngsters from across
the country applied for this year’s 52 places
on the EDF Energy Engineering Maintenance
Apprenticeship.
The first two years are spent training at
HMS Sultan in Gosport, near Portsmouth,
home of the Defence School of Marine
Engineering and the Royal Naval Air
Engineering and Survival School. Then the
apprentices head to their base power stations
in England and Scotland.
Ian Williams, EDF Energy programme
manager, said: “Word is obviously travelling
fast about what an excellent career path our
apprenticeship programme offers and the
world-class training they receive.
“Many leaders within the industry have
started as apprentices and moved through
the ranks to reach some very lofty positions.
Our apprentices receive great support and
Right: Danielle Smith is in
the third of her four years
as an EDF Energy
electrical maintenance
apprentice, working in
nuclear generation
quality training, gaining vital skills and a
fantastic and comprehensive introduction to
the industry.”
Angela Knight, chief executive of Energy
UK, said: “Huge investment is now needed to
fill the looming energy gap and we’re going to
need the very best people in the industry for
years to come.
“Apprenticeships are a great way to get
into the energy industry and are important
to its growth. It is really good news that
EDF Energy’s apprenticeship scheme has
received so many applicants. It’s a wonderful
opportunity for young people to progress in
an exciting industry.”
After initial shortlisting, this year’s applicants
took a series of tests at an EDF Energy
assessment centre before final interviews at
power stations around the country.
After completing the programme,
apprentices are awarded an Advanced
Modern Apprenticeship Certificate in
Engineering, will have achieved a BTEC and
an NVQ Level 3, and can study towards an
HNC (Higher National Certificate).
Skills gap fuels
premium salaries
C www.cooperlomaz.co.uk
Highly-skilled technical engineers can command
premium salaries as they pick and
choose between job offers from cutting-edge
East Coast energy companies.
That’s the finding of this year’s jobs market
barometer, the annual East Anglia-wide
Cooper Lomaz Salary Survey.
It is the 10th annual comprehensive salary
survey produced by independent regional
recruitment consultancy Cooper Lomaz,
founded by Suffolk businesswomen Jane
Lovell and Charlotte Cooper, 23 years ago. The
40-strong company has offices in Lowestoft,
Norwich and Bury St Edmunds.
Jane Lovell said: “The survey reveals that
the huge demand for top quality skilled workers
and managers in the East Coast’s energy
industry is far outstripping supply. As a result,
the region’s energy sector has led to salary
increases of up to 7%.”
There are over 6,000 energy sector businesses
in the region. The sector is so dynamic
that in November Cooper Lomaz opened a
new office within the OrbisEnergy Centre at
Lowestoft specifically to service it.
The skills in demand are sub-sea well
Right: Cooper Lomaz
co-founders Charlotte
Cooper and Jane Lovell.
Picture courtesy of
Newsmakers PR
and drilling engineers, geo-sciences experts,
degree/HND-level electrical and mechanical
engineers.
“The skills gap is, in part, due to the
extremely low numbers of graduates in East
Anglia with relevant engineering degrees,” said
Jane. "More senior oil and gas workers are also
approaching retirement and that’s creating a
lack of mid to senior-level managers.
“Companies need to attract new talent
from the so-called ‘Generation Y’. This is the
new generation who are aware of environmental
issues and will carefully consider the roles
they undertake.”
The 2012 survey also reveals East Coast
energy industry companies are taking on more
ex-services personnel who have strong leadership
and technical skills. These candidates are
used to being away from home and adapt well
to going offshore.
Analysis of the 2012 statistics underlined
how quickly the market forces of supply and
demand created skills shortages.
Cooper Lomaz is urging company clients
to react by investing in training and hiring
quality graduates and apprentices who can be
moulded to their niche needs.
04 – MAY 2013

Left: 3sun Group
managing director
Graham Hacon
Below: 3sun scoops the
Great Innovative Business
trophy in the Spirit of
Enterprise Awards 2013
More recruits as 3sun
builds for future
C www.3sungroup.co.uk
3sun Group is creating 100 new jobs in
response to growing demand for its products
and services across the UK and Europe.
The company will increase manpower
within its technical teams, supplementing
the number of local technicians within
the Great Yarmouth area and across the
UK. Last month, the company also began
recruiting highly experienced personnel for
international projects.
“In the last five years the business has
expanded rapidly and, to accommodate our
growth plans, we invested £500,000 in the
development of our new headquarters in
Great Yarmouth,” said 3sun Group managing
director Graham Hacon.
“We currently have 200 people operating
out of our Great Yarmouth office and the new
facility provides us with capacity to increase
our staff numbers to 300. Bolstering our
workforce will put us in a strong position to
attract and secure further contracts, generating
benefits for the local economy.”
To help fill the vacancies, the group will
take on highly trained engineers from the Navy,
Army and RAF, giving individuals the opportunity
to develop a career in a different industry.
“ WE CURRENTLY HAVE 200 PEOPLE
OPERATING OUT OF OUR GREAT
YARMOUTH OFFICE AND THE
NEW FACILITY PROVIDES US WITH
CAPACITY TO INCREASE OUR
STAFF NUMBERS TO 300. ”
3sun has also encouraged potential
young recruits with support - alongside AKD
Engineering - for a Maths in Action event
which saw a group of five students from
Lowestoft Sixth Form College win a trophy
in a contest designed to help guide them into
future careers (see next page).
The company landed some silverware
itself by winning the Great Innovative Business
category in Great Yarmouth's Spirit of
Enterprise Awards 2013.
Winners were announced at a prestigious
awards ceremony to celebrate all that
is outstanding in business and enterprise in
the Great Yarmouth borough. 3sun's award
recognised its groundbreaking electronic 3D
visually based inspection system.
“This is a great achievement and
recognises the hard work and dedication of
the whole team,” said Mr Hacon.
Britannia Training’s
new purpose-built
facility
C Emily Alger
C 01953 606100
C e.alger@britanniaits.com
C www.britanniaits.com
Britannia Training has invested in a new
purpose-built confined space training facilities
at its centre in Wymondham Business
Park. George Freeman MP performed
the official opening attended by 50 local
business people.
The new facility provides onsite training
covering a diverse range of topics including
working in confined spaces, asbestos
awareness and non licensed work, working at
heights, manual handling and emergency procedures
- and all in specially built premises.
Current health and safety legislation
means these courses are mandatory for
many and are relevant across many different
business sectors.
Managing director Colin Wright said:
“We provide staff development services for
hundreds of businesses in the UK and through
listening to their requirements we continue to
develop our centres to ensure compulsory
training needs, as well as other courses, are
available and in a professional environment.
Our customers now have a choice of 450
courses delivered by professional trainers all
with experience and specific qualifications.”
Mr Freeman said: “Health and safety
in the workplace should not be seen as a
distraction but should be viewed as an investment
by businesses looking to develop and
motivate staff to compete for business locally,
nationally and internationally.”
The MP also commented on the need to
develop the thinking of entrepreneurs whilst
training, mentoring and inspiring them to
aim high.
“Norfolk is a great place to start a business
with a cluster group of high tech, the
sciences and clean technology. The eastern
region could and should be seen as the
California of the UK. Developing youngsters
from an early age should be a priority and will
establish the next generation of local business
owners with international inspirations”.
He presented a certificate to Ian Hallett
of Pruce Newman, the 20,000th person to
receive a completed course certificate from
Britannia Training for a recent Health and
Safety Awareness course.
MAY 2013 – 05

WORKING WITH ENERGY
Students inspired by
Maths in Action 2013
C Cheryl Willis
C cheryl@enterpriselowestoft.co.uk
Students from Lowestoft Sixth Form College
took part in a project designed to open the
eyes of young people to the excitement and
value of mathematics and in turn inspire the
next generation of engineers.
The Maths in Action project is in its eighth
year and was supported by EEEGR members
AKD Engineering and the 3sun Group.
Maths students from the college were
divided into teams and presented with an
engineering based question that required the
application of maths to resolve.
Tim Crane, project manager for AKD
Engineering, said the programme not only
encouraged students to develop an interest
in engineering but assisted their personal
development in using logic and undersrstanding
to solve basic problems with simple
techniques. The AKD problem focused on a
2V weld configuration.
Winning team member Adam Youngman
said: “It has given me a better understanding
of engineering and I would certainly
consider a career in engineering in the future
because of it.”
Winning colleague Emma Connelly said:
“It was an eye-opening experience to the real
world of maths; it was great to see how the
maths we learn in the classroom is applied to
real-life situations.”
Maths students from Lowestoft Sixth Form
College with representatives from AKD,
3Sun, sponsors and Jack Keeler
Graham Hacon, 3sun Group managing
director, said: “Before setting the challenge,
which was focussed on determining the
required size of an accumulator in a hypothetical
hydraulic system, we showed the students
around our facilities and answered any
questions. Doing this really gave them an idea
of what we do and what they could potentially
be doing in their future.”
Jack Keeler, the college's head of
mathematics, said: “The students were given
thoughtful and interesting problems to solve
and their solutions demonstrated excellent
application of their knowledge gained from
the classroom.”
Cheryl Willis who manages the project
on behalf of Enterprise Lowestoft, thanked
the sponsors and students and added: “The
project is a direct response to combating both
the local and regional skills shortage.”
“ IT WAS AN EYE-OPENING
EXPERIENCE TO THE REAL WORLD
OF MATHS; IT WAS GREAT TO SEE
HOW THE MATHS WE LEARN IN
THE CLASSROOM IS APPLIED TO
REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS. ”
Company relaunches to
tackle skills challenge
Right: John Balch (right),
NWES strategic director,
welcomes PWE managing
director Stuart Smith to
OrbisEnergy.
C Stuart Smith
C 01502 564892
C StuartSmith@peoplewithenergy.co.uk
C www.peoplewithenergy.co.uk
The search for enough skilled workers to
meet the future demands of the East of
England energy industry has prompted one
recruitment business to rename and relaunch
itself ready for the challenges ahead.
Inspired by its own slogan, Becclesbased
PDS is now known as People With
Energy (PWE Recruitment Group Ltd) focusing
totally on recruitment and saying farewell to a
25-plus year heritage since it started life as
Project Design Services.
Stuart Smith, who took control of the
business four years ago after working there
for nearly two decades, said 2013 would be
a year of change, evolution and expansion
with more than £65,000 invested in the
company's rebranding.
06 – MAY 2013
“Over the last few years, we have gone
from strength to strength and expect last years
£2.4m turnover to leap to £3m this year,” he
said. “We're not only stepping up the recruitment
business but intend taking on six new
staff ourselves over the coming three years.”
The group comprises sister companies
Forces4Energy, which recruits ex-military
personnel for the energy industry, and
London-based Forces4City, which has a wider
industry brief and specialises in finance and
information technology.
And as well as its Beccles headquarters,
PWE has offices at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft,
and Sunningdale and is about to open in
Aberdeen.
“Keeping the lights on is paramount so
the energy industry is always buoyant,” said
Mr Smith. “There is not a significant skills
shortage yet but with the continuing gas field
work, new nuclear and the developing windpower
sector, if we do not get our act together
now the gap could become huge. We want to
ensure clients are prepared.”
The company can also offer recruitment
process outsourcing to clients without their
own specialist or HR teams.
Recruiting everyone from directors and
senior managers through to technicians
and labourers, PWE has companies like
Mott McDonald, Proserv Controls, Tyco
Fire & Integrated Solutions and 3sun among
its clients.
Mr Smith said they were indebted
to EEEGR and consultant John Balch for
support and funding arrangements during the
redevelopment plans.

Trainees test their
marine transfer skills
New training in
marine transfer skills
C Steve Jones, Red7Marine
C 01206 849974
C steve.jones@r7m.co.uk
C www.red7marine.co.uk
Red7Marine Plant and Services has teamed
up with Lowestoft College Maritime & Offshore
department to introduce a unique, innovative
training course.
Its purpose is to test personnel and clients'
physical ability to meet the demanding requirements
when transferring from vessel to barge.
The target audience includes not just crew
members but all visitors to a barge, whether
contractors, clients or representatives of other
organisations.
Together, Red7Marine and the college
have come up with a custom training course
on the topic of Marine Transfer Training to
ensure candidates experience a potentially
high-risk activity in a controlled environment.
A certificate of competence is issued to those
who successfully complete the course.
Red7Marine is building the course into
its safety management procedures following
requests from clients and charterers for
evidence that everyone needing to access the
barge is competent to do so.
The course will be completed at Lowestoft
College which can use its environmental training
pool to simulate various swells, weather and
surroundings making sea conditions as realistic
as possible in a controlled environment.
The course content includes:
C Basic sea survival techniques in situations
simulating transferring and abandon ship
circumstances, both in daylight and night.
C In-depth lecture concerning the theory of the
risks involved when personnel are transferring
from vessel to jack-up
C Practical assessment on transferring from
vessel to jack-up, building up to full adverse
weather conditions including approximately
one metre swell and strong winds.
C Practical implementation and what you have
learnt from theory to demonstration regarding
ladder transfer.
C Practical assessment on how to abandon
ship in night and day surroundings.
The first training was completed earlier
this year by six members of the Red7 team
from various backgrounds within the company.
The e-Learning course offers an interactive Introduction to oil & gas
Petrofac unveils
'Introduction to Oil &
Gas' eLearning course
C Karen Scott
C 01224 244690
C karen.e.scott@petrofac.com
C www.petrofactrainingcourses.com
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of eLearning
specialist Oilennium Ltd, Petrofac Training
Services (PTS) launched “Introduction to Oil &
Gas”, a new eLearning course.
Developed by Oilennium, the course
offers an engaging, interactive overview of
the oil and gas industry that can be used to
enhance a trainee’s in-class training experience.
It's available to thousands of employees
around the world.
The course, which can be accessed
any time online, offers a concise summary
of how the industry works, from exploration
and production upstream to processing and
transmission downstream. User-friendly, it
features full voiceover guidance and colourful
3D animations technology throughout.
When a module is successfully completed,
a certificate is issued to reward the
user’s efforts, fuelling the learning process.
Upon completing the 12-module course, the
user will have a good understanding of how
hydrocarbon fields are found and developed,
industry terminology, and technical
know-how.
“For years, operators and services companies
have been struggling to offer standardised,
quality training that complements the
traditional classroom approach by reinforcing
key points long after the trainee leaves the
classroom,” said Kevin Keable, managing
director of Oilennium. “Not only is this course
cost-effective, it’s the perfect starting point for
employees new to the industry.”
Charlie Mattocks, who recently landed
a UK apprenticeship with a major oil and gas
operator after completing the course, believes
that it helped boost his prospects.
“I found the course easy to follow and
liked being able to work at my own pace. The
rigs and installations, drilling and offshore
modules were especially useful,” he said.
“During my interview, I produced the certificates
to show I had completed the course, in
addition to my A levels and GCSEs. I believe
they demonstrated my commitment, initiative,
and willingness to learn.”
MAY 2013 – 07

WORKING WITH ENERGY
Thoughts of a
graduate engineer
C Name: Gavin Marjoram
C Age: 23
C Current Role: Graduate Engineer at 3sun
What tempted you into the energy industry?
I think two main things tempted me into
the energy industry. The first being that
I've grown up in the Lowestoft area, and
from this I'm aware of potential there is for
offshore wind in the region. The second is
the challenges that face the energy industry
over the course of my lifetime. How we
produce and use our energy will have to
change, and I want to be a part of the solution
to this problem.
What were you doing previously?
Previously I was a student. I studied
Chemistry at the University of Warwick,
thoroughly enjoying a module titled “An
Introduction to Renewable Energy”. This
module led onto me wanting to learn about
the energy industry so I studied for a Master's
degree at the UEA in Energy Engineering
with Environmental Management.
“ HOW WE PRODUCE AND USE
OUR ENERGY WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE, AND I WANT TO BE
A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO
THIS PROBLEM. ”
Did you seek/receive advice?
Probably the most useful advice that I
received was at university. The advice was
simply to take an opportunity if it arose.
Taking that first step in terms of a career is
probably the hardest bit, but once you are
in you can dictate where you want to go and
ultimately where you end up.
What do you think of it so far?
I am enjoying it, and learning a lot. I'm getting
great exposure to the energy industry at
3sun which is definitely helping me. But one
of the things I'm trying to do at the moment
is develop the skills I learnt at university and
use them in the working world.
What is your ambition?
In the short term I would like to get trained to
be able to go on the offshore wind turbines.
I think it would be useful to see first hand
the structures that I co-ordinate work for.
However in the long term I would like to take
on more responsibility as I develop, maybe
one day in the future I'll be managing an
offshore wind farm.
08 – MAY 2013

Safety first and
foremost for SSI team
C Margaret Jessop
C 01493 659411
C margaret@ssiuk.net
C www.survivalsystemsinternational.com
People working offshore need to know that
their lives are in safe hands.
And the word 'hands' underlines dependence
on the human element as much as the
technological one. That is why the safety
awareness and attention to detail of the
Survival Systems International UK workforce
is paramount.
The international reputation of the
SSI Group is second to none with nearly
2,200 people safely evacuated from danger
in survival capsules it has manufactured
over 40 years.
Incidents happen all over the world but
the buck stops back at the SSI base in Great
Yarmouth where around 40 people work
on regular refurbishment and maintenance
of the capsules.
If they needed a reminder of their responsibility,
it is pinned to the building exterior - a
large sign proclaiming: “The work we do today
can save a life tomorrow.”
It is drummed into new recruits from
day one and retained every day by the vastly
experienced team at the base, some of
whom have been with the company for 25
years or more.
“Safety awareness is crucial and is
discussed in detail with every technician who
is interviewed and employed,” said business
development manager Margaret Jessop.
“If they do not work in a safe manner they
are not right for SSI.”
“Offshore work carried out by our technicians
is highly focused and potentially hazardous
in its own right. If two men are sent to do a
job, it is because two are needed. Each must
work to keep the other one safe - especially
when taking lifeboats in and out of the davit.”
She said the approach was no different
for the office staff who needed a complete
understanding of the potentially hazardous
conditions in which offshore colleagues
worked and they had all the parts, information
and safety equipment required.
“Our people must not assume it’s someone
else’s responsibility. In the workshop,
particularly when moving lifeboats, it is equally
important that everyone is aware of their
specific safety role and wears the correct PPE.
“This is what we do - and why we are so
proud of our workforce.”
Sembmarine SLP
invests in apprentices
C Simon Thompson
C 01502 542148
C Simon.Thompson@sembmarineslp.com
Lowestoft-based Sembmarine SLP Limited
has invested in apprenticeship training by
offering eight positions to 16–24 year olds
from the immediate area to train in various
aspects of engineering.
“Our apprenticeship scheme is a threeyear
programme which not only focuses on
the skills required to develop, maintain and
build for the oil & gas Industry but also the
attitudes and behaviours that are essential
for the safe operation of our industry,” said
Simon Thompson, HR manager.
“Throughout the programme the
apprentices will attend the local college to
gain an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship
Certificate within one of the trades of welding,
electrical, mechanical and pipefitting.
"We hope that with our continued
success as a company we can offer more
apprenticeship opportunities in the future
and help restore local economic growth,”
he said.
Sembmarine SLP is an organisation
heavily involved in the design, engineering
and construction of offshore installations. It
provides support to its North Sea clientele in
the oil, gas and offshore renewable energy
sectors, taking up the challenge of problems
facing them and the industry.
The company is primarily focused on
the oil & gas markets for minimum facility
platforms, accommodation, production,
power generation, drilling, utility and compression
modules.
Recent involvement in the renewable
energy sector includes offshore substations
for wind and tidal turbines.
MAY 2013 – 09

10 – MAY 2013

WORKING WITH ENERGY
New radiation
protection course
for oil & gas industry
C Graham Wales, Nuvia
C 01224 224325
C graham.wales@nuvia.co.uk
C www.radiationtraining.co.uk
Lowestoft College is working in collaboration
with Nuvia Limited to provide operators in the
Southern North Sea with accessible Radiation
Protection Supervisor (RPS) training.
By providing the course locally, Nuvia and
Lowestoft aim to reduce the overall cost of the
training for their customers.
The 3-day training package will be run on
September 3rd this year and, depending upon
demand, further dates can be added.
There are a number of radiation hazards
associated with oil & gas production, including
the management of Naturally Occurring
Radioactive Material (NORM). This course will
provide the necessary training to ensure that
companies meet the requirements of IRR’99,
and the HSE Guidance on the appointment of a
Radiation Protection Supervisor.
Nuvia has the largest radiological
protection team in Europe and is a leading
training provider, already delivering courses in
Aberdeen and Harwell. This new addition to the
portfolio at Lowestoft College will be delivered
by experienced Nuvia trainers.
The company is the nuclear division of
Soletanche Freyssinet, a world leader in specialised
civil and geotechnical engineering, and
a wholly owned subsidiary of VINCI, the world’s
largest integrated concessions and construction
group. Employing 2000 staff, Nuvia turns
over more than €200 million per annum.
Right: Peter Fisk, of EDF
Energy Sizewell B, and
Liam Barwood receive
their finalist awards
Celebrating excellence
in Skills for Nuclear
C Mary Kinsella
C 01925 578100
C nuclear.nsacademy.co.uk
Nuclear stars of the future were announced
during the fifth annual UK Nuclear Skills
Awards Evening in Manchester.
Over 450 employers, training providers
and stakeholders attended the event, hosted
by Ben Fogle and organised by the National
Skills Academy for Nuclear and Cogent Sector
Skills Council.
Top award was the heavily contested UK
Nuclear Apprentice of the Year won by Andrew
Hudson of Graham Engineering, who also took
the Supply Chain Nuclear Apprentice of the
Year category.
The Southeast/East Nuclear Apprentice
of the Year was awarded to Louis McGee from
AWE plc who has completed an advanced
apprenticeship in electronic maintenance, and
currently works in the development of tightly
integrated electro-mechanical prototypes/
demonstrator products.
Peter Fisk, of EDF Energy Sizewell B, and
Liam Barwood, of Doosan Power Systems,
were awarded their finalists certificates for
the region.
Peter has completed an advanced level
apprenticeship in engineering and currently
works as a maintenance technician at Sizewell.
His employer commented; “Peter has consistently
performed at or above expectation. He
has always done his best and this is recognised
by all members of maintenance from
fellow apprentices, technicians, team leaders
to the maintenance manager. He has proved to
be a great asset.”
The Northwest of England Nuclear
Apprentice of the Year was awarded to Damien
Murphy who works for EDF Energy, Heysham
1 Power Station.
Taking the title of Northeast Regional
Nuclear Apprentice of the Year was Josh
Groves who completed an advanced
apprenticeship in steel erecting and works
for Doosan Power Systems at Hartlepool
Nuclear Power Station.
The Southwest Nuclear Apprentice of the
Year was awarded to Eifion Edwards who also
works for Doosan.
Paul Donohue, who works for EDF Energy
as an electrical maintenance technician
at Hunterston B, took the regional title for
Scotland while John Bain, of Magnox Sites,
was the winner in Wales.
Jean Llewellyn, chief executive of the
National Skills Academy for Nuclear, said:
“Apprenticeships, foundation degrees/HNDs
and degrees are key avenues for replenishing
and building skills for the nuclear sector. It is
extremely important to highlight the real and
tangible contributions which these people
make to their organisations on a daily basis.”
MAY 2013 – 11

Breakwater IT
Delivering IT and Business Telecom
solutions wherever you need them
12 – MAY 2013
or visit www.breakwaterit.co.uk

Experience is key
to Breakwater IT
expansion
C Kelly Hemingway C 01603 709300
C kelly.hemingway@breakwaterit.co.uk
C www.breakwaterit.co.uk
As well as handling the IT for a wide range of
companies in traditional business sectors,
Breakwater IT has for several years been offering
IT consultancy and support to one of the
East of England's most successful offshore
companies, Seajacks.
Now the IT services company plans to
use that expertise to expand its business even
further into the energy community by recruiting
more key staff over the next 12 months.
From its base at Norwich's Meridian
Business Park, Breakwater has provided
support for Seajacks both in its move to a new
Great Yarmouth headquarters as well as working
in Holland, Canada and the U.A.E.
“In many ways, Breakwater has grown up
working alongside Seajacks and we are very
proud to be associated with such a leading
offshore business,” said Breakwater chairman
Peter Davies.
Breakwater now has a number of staff
qualified to work offshore and offers 24 hour
IT support to the rapidly growing business
including supporting its self-propelled jack up
vessels whilst at sea.
Left: A growing business: the Breakwater IT team
Top: The East Anglian Air Ambulance - great support
from Breakwater IT
Right: Working alongside Seajacks UK
“Breakwater IT is a professional organisation
providing a high quality service. Service
Desk assistance is prompt, friendly and
proficient. Response times to all queries, both
remotely and on-site, are excellent. We have no
hesitation in recommending them to potential
clients,” said Blair Ainslie, CEO, Seajacks UK.
The last year has been a time of significant
growth for the business as in addition to
recruiting a number of key new staff, it increased
its service offering to include selling Business
Telecoms, fixed and leased lines, EFMs as well
as new hosted telephone systems.
Breakwater continues to work on many
key IT projects right across the region and
recently entered into a partnership agreement
with Jarrold Training which will see
the two companies work closely together
to offer IT training to staff alongside IT
infrastructure projects.
“We recognise that installing the hardware
is only the start of a relationship with our clients
and we are keen to improve the efficient use
of systems by improving training across the
board. To us Jarrold Training seemed the
natural partner to turn to,” said Mr Davies.
Susie Jarrold, managing director of Jarrold
Training, said: “We are delighted to develop our
association with an IT provider of Breakwater’s
expertise and levels of customer service.
Many clients have seen and experienced a real
benefit from investing in their staff's IT skill
levels as new IT systems are rolled out. We are
very much looking forward to working together
to help organisations across the region
maximise the real performance improvements
that IT investment can deliver.”
Seajacks isn’t the only company that
Breakwater works with that operates in
challenging environments, as the company
also offers IT support and guidance to the East
Anglian Air Ambulance. Since the charity’s
launch in 2000 their dedicated and highlyskilled
medical crews, operating from specially
equipped helicopters, have helped to save
the lives of thousands of people unfortunate
enough to be involved in accidents or medical
emergencies across the region.
“The East Anglian Air Ambulance is one
of the most progressive and innovative air
ambulance charities in the country, and we are
absolutely delighted to be working with them
to support the outstanding work that they do.”
said Mr Davies.
Tim Page, the EAAA chief executive, said:
“We are operating at the cutting edge of emergency
healthcare provision and are shortly
to introduce the UK’s first dedicated night
air-rescue service. We get great support from
Breakwater, who are a group of people with a
similarly positive and innovative mind-set.”
The next 12 months should see further
growth for the business as it looks to consolidate
its position as one of the leading IT businesses
in East Anglia. The company is keen to
talk to new clients in the energy sector about
the services it can offer.
MAY 2013 – 13

ALL EEEGR
TV team broadcast
from North Sea
C Simon Newton
C Senior broadcast journalist
C BBC Look East
BBC's Simon Newton
and cameraman Shaun
Whitmore on Babbage
BBC Look East had wanted to broadcast
from the North Sea for many years,
but until recently it was logistically and
technically impossible.
Added to that were the permissions and
training needed to reach a platform in the first
place. But earlier this year, journalist Simon
Newton decided to have another go and
approached TMS Media for help.
TMS contacted fellow EEEGR members
ODE who put Simon in touch with E.ON E&P
and the planning began.
“Myself and cameraman Shaun Whitmore
needed to go through medicals and BOSIET
training at PETANS in Norwich,” said Simon.
“Plus we had several meetings with E.ON in
London to explain what we were after.
“In February we flew out to the Babbage
platform to recce and found that we could
indeed broadcast live using the on-board
broadband. By turning off all the wi-fi devices
on board we were able to get 500kbs –
enough to give us a half decent picture.
“In late March we flew out and spent
six days on Babbage, broadcasting live and
servicing TV, radio and online across the BBC.”
To add to the EEEGR involvement, one of
the Look East programmes was partly hosted
from CLS Offshore's Gorleston base.
“Our visit fell just days after the Bacton
terminal temporarily shut, with headlines
declaring Britain was about to ‘run out of gas’,”
said Simon. “It meant we were in huge demand
– appearing on BBC Breakfast, BBC News
Channel, 5Live plus all the local radio stations
in the east from Suffolk to Lincolnshire.
“We broadcast live from Babbage for
three consecutive days – the first time (we
think) any TV channel has ever done so from
a North Sea installation. It was a hugely
rewarding story to work on and our thanks
again go to E.ON for hosting us.”
14 – MAY 2013

Flashback to the first
Skills for Energy
Coference in 2009
Join us for Skills for
Energy Conference 2013
C Louise Jenkins
C 01493 446535
C louise.jenkins@eeegr.com
People: Powering the Future will be the only
face-to-face forum in the UK that brings
together all of the energy sectors to determine
the route for addressing the energy industry’s
skills challenges.
Expert speakers on a range of crucial
topics will line up for the conference to be
held at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, on
Thursday, July 4th.
ECITB has recently predicted that
around 60,000 personnel will be needed by
2023 to replace both retirees and meet future
demand. With an ageing workforce, the need
to attract new talent into the energy industry is
becoming ever more apparent.
On almost a daily basis, the industry
landscape changes. New contracts are won,
new jobs are created, new people look East
to where the opportunities are in gas, offshore
wind and nuclear.
Whether it is the lengthening of timelines
for delivery of the offshore wind and nuclear
build programmes; major gas developments;
life extension and decommissioning of existing
infrastructure; there is an ever-increasing
competition for skilled people both in the UK
and overseas.
The conference this year will see representatives
from five different sector skills
organisations, who will provide an update
“ THE NEED TO ATTRACT NEW
TALENT INTO THE ENERGY
INDUSTRY IS BECOMING EVER
MORE APPARENT. ”
on the sector overall and what that will mean
for the numbers of people, skill level needed,
requirements and knowledge and the challenges
that might be faced particularly in
the East of England. The sectors will include
Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas, Engineering
Construction and Construction, and Nuclear.
The afternoon will be filled with different
seminars covering a range of topics.
These include:
C Building European Environmental Maritime
Skills – what are the cross border needs for
offshore wind training?
C Graduates - why are SMEs struggling to find
graduates
C Managing the X & Y Generation
C Students who don’t know what to do – what
can be done to help them choose the right
path into the energy industry?
C EPISCentre
C Military - why they have the transferable
skills needed
These seminars will encourage discussion
and debate, sharing of ideas and intelligence
on the hot topics surrounding skills in
the energy industry.
Alongside this conference and seminars,
there will also be an exhibition of companies
and organisations involved in skills in the
energy industry.
People:
Powering the Future
Programme:
Registration opens from 9.30am
C 10.00 – Welcome and introductions –
Blair Ainslie, Seajacks
C 10.15 – Senior Minister TBC
C 10.35 – Industry Overview: engineering
construction – David Edwards,
ECITB
C 10.55 – Industry Overview: nuclear
– Charlie Bray, National Skills
Academy for Nuclear
C 11.15 – Q&A
C 11.30 – Refreshments/networking/
exhibition
C 12.00 – Industry Overview: offshore
wind – TBC
C 12.20 – Industry Overview: oil & gas –
Larraine Boorman, OPITO
C 12.40 – Industry Overview: Construction
– TBC
C 13.00 – Q&A
C 13.15 – Lunch/networking/exhibition
C 14.15 – Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
C 15.15 – Session 4 Session 5 Session 6
C 16.15 – Final networking – event closes
Tickets
Delegate – £65
1m Stand (plus delegate) – £200
3m Stand (plus delegate) – £400
There is a limited exhibition area, so book
online early to avoid disappointment.
MAY 2013 – 15

ALL EEEGR
4NRg named
Member of the Year
Research and development company 4NRg
stepped into the spotlight at the gala dinner
to receive the EEEGR Member of the Year
2013 Award.
Nominated for its dedication to the
industry and continued support for EEEGR,
the company was voted into top place by
other members.
Based at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft,
4NRg offers a range of expertise on its own
developments or third party projects, among
them the Tidal Harvester.
Beaten finalists in the competition were
Gee-Force Hydraulics and Sims Systems.
Special achievement awards were
presented to Graham Hacon, of 3sun, a
founder, supporter and ambassador for Skills
for Energy; Richard Jenkins, of AMEC, an
industry stalwart and EEEGR director and
great supporter; and John Westwood, of
research specialists Douglas Westwood, for
his dedication to the industry not only in the
East of England, but globally.
Yvonne Mason was guest speaker at
the dinner which attracted 290 guests to
the Norfolk Showground. She talked about
her life in the marine business and inspiring
work with The Mason Trust which opens up
opportunities for young people in industry.
A raffle during the evening raised £2,265
for the East Coast Hospice.
4NRg's Mark Aspinall (left)
and David Watson receive
the award from Simon Gray
Simon Gray also handed
special awards to (from left)
Graham Hacon, Richard
Jenkins and John Westwood
Provocative ideas
from Platform for
Innovation
Innovation comes in many ways - and can
be a moment of ingenuity rather than the
re-invention of the wheel.
And, as those at the Platform for Innovation
day at SNS2013 heard, it can be inspiration
from an individual or a small business in the
supply chain rather than a major international
player which starts the revolution.
A need for those new ideas, whether for
products, services or people dominated the
afternoon's debate.
Douglas Nunn, managing director of
Fraser Offshore, captured many headlines
by suggesting that the region needed the
cowboy spirit, true grit attitude of Houston
for inspiration.
He wanted the region to encourage more
companies to set up headquarters in the
Norfolk area to create the sort of long-lasting
jobs seen in the American oil and gas centre.
16 – MAY 2013
But vast improvements to infrastructure
were needed and, as an example, he cited the
contrast between the two-lane 'Acle Straight’
approach (with cattle warning signs) to Great
Yarmouth port with the eight-lane highway into
Galveston port.
Bill Cattenach, from the Department for
Energy and Climate Change - official supporter
for the event - told delegates energy
was the place to be at the moment.
“But nothing stands still; it's more and
more important to find clever ways to do
things to reduce costs - although not at any
price, as the food industry recently found. We
can learn from that.”
Keith Tucker, decommissioning manager
for Perenco UK, had some specific areas
requiring innovative thinking, including
advances in cutting technology, improvements
for well tubular removal and the need
for bulk cement transfer vessels in the region
– as the company uses ships from Aberdeen.
And Rob Nibbelke, from Shell, explained
how forward thinking and new ideas had
enabled the company to develop its massive
renovation project to extend the lifespan of
Bacton Gas Terminal.
From Sid Anverali, commercial manager
of SSE, came a hope for better access to
offshore turbines which was restricted to
30% of the time during much of February.
Prevention of marine growth and bird
scarers for helidecks also called for some
bright ideas.
Improved access methods to offshore
locations were also on the mind of Alan
Mortimer, head of renewables policy at
Scottish Power. Futuristic thinking was also
called for on design of turbines and their
foundations, and the wake effect on them.
Scottish Power is in a joint venture
with Vattenfall at the East Anglia Offshore
Wind zone, off the Norfolk coast, which
could ultimately generate 7.2GW and create
2,600 jobs.
But Mr Mortimer felt the principal focus
for all was to reduce the cost of energy
from the current figure of £160 per megawatthour,
down to the government target of £100
by 2020.
Stephen Ward, from Areva Wind UK,
agreed that inspired thinking was essential
to meet a Government demand to keep down
the cost of electricity in the UK.

MAY 2013 – 17

ALL EEEGR
Delegates flock to
hear inside track
on energy
Prospects of an offshore windfarm boom
and a second North Sea 'gas rush' brought
more than 500 delegates to the SNS2013
Conference looking for information, inspiration
and business leads.
The EEEGR event not only attracted
speakers from across Europe and the energy
sector but also drew strong media attention.
Chief executive Simon Gray was delighted
by the enthusiasm for the event and its widespread
interest and said EEEGR had become
“a local base with a global face”.
John Westwood, chairman of international
energy research analysts Douglas
Westwood, was one of many speakers to
comment on what he described as an amazing
attendance for the conference and an
exhibition of 80-plus stands; the biggest ever
of its kind to be staged in the region.
But Mr Westwood also led the way in
warning that government and industry must
ensure that the natural gas industry could
support the UK's energy supply needs until
there was a sufficient contribution from
windpower and other renewables.
And the repeated call from the stage was
for the East of England supply chain to not
only be innovative and progressive but play a
crucial part in cost efficiency.
John Sewell, operations manager at
Perenco UK’s Great Yarmouth base, told of
his company's £62.5m spend with regional
suppliers in 2012.
18 – MAY 2013
“ IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR COSTS
TO BE KEPT DOWN THROUGH
INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY
AND EFFICIENCY. ”
“We use local companies whenever we
can. It doesn't mean they must be cheapest
but must give value for money,” he said.
Perenco needed help to keep gas
platforms operating, safe, and fit for purpose.
Some with an initial life expectancy of 25 years
were now 45 years old and had potential use
for another 20-30 years.
Torgeir Ramstad, managing director of
Fred.Olsen United, echoed those views: “The
key factor is cost and if we do not address
that, the opportunities may never happen.”
With bigger windfarm sites and larger
turbines in deeper water, further from shore,
he said it was imperative for costs to be
kept down through innovation, technology
and efficiency.
An example was the first of two suctioninstalled
foundations - known as bucket
foundations - developed by a Fred.Olsen
related company and currently installed at
the Dogger Bank site to support met masts.
Dogger Bank is being developed by
Forewind - a consortium comprised of
international energy companies RWE, SSE,
Statkraft and Statoil.
Lee Clarke, Forewind general manager,
told the conference that 7.2GW of electricity
would be generated from the first six phases
of Dogger Bank, a windfarm the size of North
Yorkshire. Each would cost £3-4bn with construction
due to begin in 2017 if the political
and financial climate were suitable.
Left: In the hot seat at the conference (from left)
Pierre Girard, John Westwood and John Sewell
Above: Torgeir Ramstad: "The key factor is cost."
Halfdan Brustad, from Statoil Wind
Projects, brought delegates up to date on
the energy giant's continuing move into
renewables as joint developer of the Dudgeon
windfarm after completing Sheringham Shoal
off the North Norfolk coast.
He said they would award major
contracts from 2014, with construction likely
to start in 2015 and operations from 2017.
“There will be opportunities for the supply
chain in the UK as we look for more sophisticated
turbines and all work towards a drastic
cost reduction.”
Pierre Girard, from GDF Suez E&P UK,
said he was looking forward to doing more
business with the regional supply chain and
outlined the development of the Cygnus field,
the largest gas discovery in the SNS in the
last 25 years.
From Ante Frens, ONEgas asset manager
for Shell came a reminder that safety
must remain paramount in spite of the
need for cost-efficiency. “It's not just about
sending people home fit and well - without
safety we’ll have no licence to operate.”
Core sponsor: Perenco
Gold sponsor: Claxton
Networking sponsor: Gee-Force Hydraulics
Refreshment sponsor: ODE

MAY 2013 – 19

ALL EEEGR
(from left) John Dugmore, CEO Suffolk Chamber; Caroline Williams CEO Norfolk Chamber; Ann Steward, Norfolk
County Council cabinet member; John Morse, Gardline; Chris Parkinson, assistant to Brandon Lewis MP; Peter
Aldous MP; John Hayes; Mark Goodall, EEEGR, New Anglia LEP and AKER Solutions; Johnathan Reynolds, Nautilus
Consultants; Judy Terry, Suffolk County Council cabinet; Simon Gray, EEEGR chief executive; and Therese Coffey MP.
Delegation's mission
to Westminster
EEEGR joined a Norfolk and Suffolk Chamberled
delegation which met with then energy
minister John Hayes in Westminster to
highlight issues and opportunities facing the
energy sector in the East of England.
The delegation included business
members from the two chambers, local MPs,
and representatives from Norfolk and Suffolk
County Councils, Orbis Energy and the New
Anglia LEP.
Mr Hayes - later to be succeeded by
Michael Fallon - said it was good to see public
and private organisations working close
together for a common aim.
He recognised the East of England as
being of national importance to UK PLC as a
major ‘all energy hub’ for the UK with its unique
mixture of gas, nuclear, on and offshore wind
and bio and was interested in the key points
which the delegation brought to his attention.
C He was reminded that there was a need for
a level playing field across the key geographic
areas involved in offshore wind.
Currently, of the six areas identified by
the Government as Centres of Renewable
Engineering, two - including Great Yarmouth
and Lowestoft - do not have assisted area
status which rules out support such as the
Port Development Fund.
C It was highlighted that the planning process
involved a number of Government departments.
The delegation requested that it
would be beneficial for plans to be consulted
on with the Planning Inspectorate to prevent
serial appeal and resubmissions. Specific
reference was made to a fast decision needing
relating to EAOW’s planning application.
C Because of delays relating to the offshore
wind planning process the delegation
requested that there was an extension
of business rate relief within the Great
Yarmouth/Lowestoft Enterprise Zone to
2018 from 2015 to attract in suppliers.
C Skills were discussed and the minister
agreed to support the delegation by talking
to other Westminster departments to reemphasise
the needs of the industry and the
supports it needs.
Mr Hayes also agreed to take on board
the delegation’s comments and to review what
actions could be taken.
That responsibility will now fall into the
hands of former business minister Michael
Fallon after a surprise mini-shuffle ahead of
the Easter break which saw Mr Hayes move to
Downing Street to become a minister of state
in the Cabinet Office.
Mr Fallon is expected to encourage his
Energy Department to send more consistent
messages to businesses about its commitment
to low-carbon energy.
Your views needed on
Government strategy
for oil & gas
As part of the Government's recently published
strategy on oil and gas, a new advisory
body has been established called The Oil and
Gas Industry Council.
EEEGR is fortunate to have one of its
members - Patrick Phelan, managing director
of Aquaterra Energy - on the council and he is
willing to consider representing the views of
members of EEEGR in general and, in particular,
on matters relating to SNS activity.
Patrick said: “Although my area of
speciality on which the council wanted my
views relates to SMEs, I am willing to consider
anything that might have an influence on
producers, operators and the supply chain in
the East of England.
“I am delighted to be able to ensure that
EEEGR members' views can be heard and
help to develop the Government’s strategy for
the oil and gas industry.”
Rather than bombarding Patrick with
lots of opinions, EEEGR is asking members
instead to send in their views by emailing chief
executive Simon Gray who will compile them
for Patrick to take forward. Contact Simon at
simon.gray@eeegr.co.uk and make sure your
voice is heard.
The Government strategy can be downloaded
from its website https://www.gov.uk
20 – MAY 2013

Supply Chain Development Programme
Direct support for
330 businesses
C 01493 446535
C supplychain@eeegr.com
There's a simple step forward for any SMEs
wanting to develop or extend their role in the
East of England's buoyant energy sector.
Tune in to EEEGR's Supply Chain
Development Programme which offers free
access to a specialist team which can advise
companies currently operating, or looking
to operate in the low carbon energy sector
in the region.
Already the programme, part-funded
by the European Regional Development
Fund, has given direct help to more than 330
diverse businesses.
Most are keen for a slice of the action
created by the multi-billion pound opportunities
opening up for energy related businesses
across the East of England and beyond.
But many are uncertain of the market
place or unsure how to relate to the needs
and demands of global operators active
in the field.
For some, it is often just a need for
expertise or advice in specific areas of their
operation; others may need a complete overhaul
of the way they work.
Support is available through the programme
from regionally-based Nautilus
Associates who have the insight, experience
and industry expertise to help deliver growth
within your business and supply network.
Businesses which have already taken
advantage of the service are seeing real benefits
from the assistance offered by EEEGR
and the Nautilus team.
“The programme continues to go well
and we have been able to successfully
support an increasing number of businesses
who are interested in opportunities for growth
and cashing in on the potential they can see
just around the corner in the energy sector,”
said John Balch, Nautilus managing director.
He said they could offer the tools and
guidance to help energy supply chain companies
win contracts from the multi-million
pound projects heading for the region.
You can access this support completely
FREE through EEEGR. Just call us on 01493
446535 or email supplychain@eeegr.com
Helping
get the
message
across
C www.ashtonkcj.co.uk
Robert Tiffen, of Ashton KCJ
Ashton KCJ is one of the East of England's
largest and most prominent law firms,
although there was uncertainty over whether
its expertise in the energy field was recognised
in the market place.
So associate solicitor Rob Tiffen
was delighted to find that they could turn
to EEEGR's Supply Chain Development
Programme for free advice on how to get their
message across.
“The energy sector wants to work with
people it trusts so it was important that we
impressed on everyone our credibility in that
market,” he said. “We were confident in our
own expertise but how could we reassure
potential clients in the sector?”
After meeting with consultants from
Nautilus Associates, the lawyers agreed a
series of measures including new media
feeds to the industry; a revamped website
with extra emphasis on energy issues; and
more detail about its existing client base,
many of whom were already in the energy
supply chain. For Ashton KCJ it was about
contextualising their expertise for the sector.
“We knew what we'd got but we needed
that specialist advice to ensure we put the
message across,” said Rob.
“I'd become aware of the support programme
through an EEEGR event but was not
even sure if professions like ours qualified for
assistance. Happily they do and that direct
help has resolved our problem.”
Ashton supports businesses in the East
of England energy sector with cost-effective
professional legal services.
EEEGR support for
flexible marketing
service
C www.rocoto.uk.com
Rocoto
Communications’
Alex Menhams
Rocoto Communications Ltd, a consultancy
that helps companies implement robust marketing
and business development strategy, is
relocating to Suffolk to work with companies
in the energy sector.
Alex Menhams said: “I have worked as
a consultant for several years with clients
such as Shell, the FSCS and Suffolk County
Council, as well as smaller engineering and
manufacturing businesses in Hertfordshire
and Essex.
“As part of a relocation to the Suffolk
coast, I wanted to get some insight into longterm
developments and prospects within the
energy industry, so I turned to EEEGR and
the Supply Chain Development Programme
to help build a business plan, with a view to
growing my own company in this area.
“Johnathan Reynolds, of Nautilus, has
been a valuable guide through the process
and has been particularly helpful in in
making connections with EEEGR members,
such as Claxton Engineering, who invited
me to share their table at the SNS2013 Gala
Dinner. I have known Johnathan since we
worked together on a sustainability project
for the East of England Development Agency,
and I have been impressed again by his
hands-on knowledge of the industry and
insightful recommendations.”
Rocoto Communications is now a
member of EEEGR and offers support
for marketing and business development
strategy, as well as project management for
market research, branding and corporate
communications.
MAY 2013 – 21

EEEGR MEMBERS
£1m revamp for
offshore-waste
recycling centre
C Paul Lewin
C 01493 856722
C paul.lewin@enviroco.co.uk
C www.enviroco.co.uk
Dominic Travers,
Enviroco's UK
facilities manager
Work is expected to finish this spring on the
£1m refurbishment of Enviroco Ltd's oil and
gas waste treatment and recycling centre in
Great Yarmouth.
Enviroco says it aims to attract more
business and create new jobs as a result.
The company owns and operates the site
which has undergone a significant modernisation
to better meet the needs of its
ever-expanding customer base.
Employing 12 staff, it is the largest site
in East Anglia to process and recycle waste
from the oil and gas industry, including
hazardous and non-hazardous materials
such as contaminated water, drilling fluids,
batteries, paints and aerosols. More than
20,000 tonnes of waste is handled there
every year.
The centre will increase in size by 40%
to 7,000sq.m when completed, bolstering
Enviroco’s position as the UK’s leading oil
and gas waste specialists. The expansion
also strengthens the company's capabilities
for handling waste from decommissioned
offshore platforms, a burgeoning part of the
oil and gas sector.
Dominic Travis, UK facilities manager
for Enviroco and leading the project, said:
“On completion, our turnaround times will
“ ON COMPLETION, OUR
TURNAROUND TIMES WILL
IMPROVE AS WILL OUR CAPACITY
FOR HANDLING INCREASED
VOLUMES OF WASTE. ”
improve as will our capacity for handling
increased volumes of waste. We will be
in a better position to cope with peaks in
demand and attract more clients, which can
only be good news for the local economy.”
The investment was welcomed by
EEEGR CEO Simon Gray, who said: “The
East of England is already attracting significant
international interest from companies
keen to work with us to benefit from the
region's rich resources and skills and the
tremendous future potential in our energy
sector.
“So it is even more heartening for
EEEGR to see a successful major UK company
like Enviroco remaining loyal to the
area, prepared to commit its future here and
to invest and expand to meet the increasing
business opportunities ahead, particularly in
the oil and gas sector.”
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22 – MAY 2013

Another first for
innovative Dogger
Bank site
C Sue Vincent
C sue.vincent@forewind.co.uk
C 07768 508742
The Dogger Bank offshore wind zone is
emerging as a site for innovation as a new
and safer installation technique was used
to lift Forewind’s initial meteorological mast
tower on top of the innovative suctioninstalled
bucket foundation.
The use of the bucket foundation was
also a UK industry first when placed on site
in February.
Fred. Olsen United implemented
the concept of moving the riggers, who
previously had to be near the lattice towers
during installation, and instead introducing
guide cones.
This eliminated the risk of a swinging
or falling load causing an accident. The use
of guide cones enables the crew to stay on
deck away from the lifting hazards.
Forewind general manager Lee Clarke
said the technique was another example
of industry cooperation and the potential
safety and efficiency gains to be made
through developers and contractors working
closely together.
Developed jointly between Forewind,
Fred. Olsen United and its partners in
the project, the “human-free” installation
employs strong plastic guide cones that are
strapped to the tower flanges before any
lifting activity. SeaRoc Ltd, the contractor
for the project’s topsides, drew the detailed
design and provided the final solution for
the 93m high tower.
The lightweight plastic cones have a
number of benefits as they enable easier
handling, do not affect coating on the flanges,
and also act as weak-links to avoid structural
damage to the mast.
Fred. Olsen United HSEQ manager Jan
Fredrik Platou said that it was safer than
traditional methods but also much faster.
“This project is a significant achievement
for us as it demonstrates the combined
capabilities of the Fred. Olsen related
companies and of our unique suction
bucket technology, designed by Universal
Foundation,” he said.
The installation of the 44 tonne
galvanized steel tower for Dogger Bank
Met Mast East was carried out by Fred.
Olsen Windcarrier’s 132m jack-up vessel
Brave Tern.
Head of offshore wind at The Crown
Estate, Huub den Rooijen said that the installation
of the first met mast on the Dogger
Bank was a tremendous step forward for
the UK offshore wind industry.
Two new offices
as IVB extends
international reach
C Derek Lockwood
C 01493 412180
C derek.lockwood@ivbltd.co.uk
C www.ivbltd.co.uk
Remarkable growth by specialist East of
England company Inspection Verification
Bureau Ltd (IVB) has prompted it to open a new
office in Abu Dhabi and set up a joint enterprise
in Kuwait.
Around 75% of the Great Yarmouth company's
verification, inspection and audit business
is overseas but it is also seeing steady
growth in the UK offshore wind and renewables
sector. Turnover in 2012 was almost £2.5m.
“What we have achieved in two-anda-half
years is unbelievable,” said director
Derek Lockwood. “It is far better than we
could have hoped or expected so we want to
build on that growth and be there to support
our customers.”
Working through an agency agreement
with Ali & Sons, IVB is opening an office in
Abu Dhabi with an initial two staff based
there. Keen to further develop the United Arab
Emirates side of the business, they hope soon
to open an office in Dubai.
Guide cones were
used in the first
“human free”
installation of met
mast tower
Derek Lockwood
At the same time, they are about to
conclude a partnership agreement with
engineering and construction company
Gasco to open an office in Kuwait.
“Starting with two staff, probably
seconded to IVB from Gasco, we will be
training them up in vendor inspection
and design review and eventually hope to
expand the office to a team of 10-12,” said
Mr Lockwood.
“We're delighted at the success of our
website in promoting what we do and through
it we've just landed a contract out of Houston
for checking equipment which is going to
Australia - and they've given that business to
us in Great Yarmouth!”
Many business leads also came from
their exhibition stand at EEEGR's SNS2013
Conference in Norwich in March and IVB
will be looking for more success from
the Offshore Europe Exhibition in Aberdeen
in the autumn.
MAY 2013 – 23

EEEGR MEMBERS
Howes Percival
launch dedicated
energy law team
C 01603 762103
C www.howespercival.com
Howes Percival has launched a dedicated
energy team bringing together specialist lawyers
from the firm’s corporate, property, planning,
environmental, health and safety, employment
and dispute resolution departments to
provide a co-ordinated service to companies
in the offshore and renewable sector.
The team, headed by Andrew Barnes,
senior partner at Howes Percival, includes
corporate partner Robert Colman, planning
partner Trevor Ivory, commercial property
expert Joanna Nicholls, environmental and
health and safety law expert Rebecca Carriage
and employment law specialist Nicola
Butterworth, who recently joined the firm from
an Aberdeen-based energy specialist law firm.
The new team is a direct response to
increasing demand for legal services from
energy-related companies in the region that
are expanding rapidly and developing into
new markets. The team offers a full range of
legal services from help with employment
issues and regulatory compliance through to
acquiring new premises and financing major
corporate deals. The team can also advise
on contractual disputes, competition law and
intellectual property matters, insolvency and
tax planning.
Andrew Barnes said: “The energy sector
has long been a major driver of economic
growth in the East of England – from offshore
oil and gas to nuclear power and the newer
renewable technologies, and the region is
home to many energy businesses, from global
players to the local supply chain. Many of those
businesses already recognise the unique
“ THE ENERGY SECTOR HAS
LONG BEEN A MAJOR DRIVER
OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE
EAST OF ENGLAND. ”
combination of legal excellence and sector
knowledge that Howes Percival offers and
so creating a formal group that is dedicated
to supporting the sector to take advantage of
new opportunities is a logical next step for us.
“The sector is expanding rapidly, which
creates a demand for premises and financing
as well as generating operational and staffing
issues. Growing companies want to get on
with the business of expanding so they need
support from professional advisers who really
understand the energy sector and the issues
they face.”
Gee-Force celebrates
first year in Great
Yarmouth
C Nick Thomson
C 01493 603797
C nick@gee-force.co.uk
C www.gee-force.co.uk
Hydraulic bolting specialist Gee-Force
Hydraulics is celebrating its first year in
Great Yarmouth with an additional line of
hire equipment.
New supply arrangements mean that the
company will now be offering hydraulic bolt
tensioning equipment for hire alongside its
24 – MAY 2013
core hydraulic torque wrench, nut-splitter and
flange spreading and alignment equipment.
Regional sales manager Nick Thomson
explained: “Our being able to offer hydraulic
bolt tensioning hire equipment represented an
obvious progression for the company and we
are looking also at one or two other potential
product lines following feedback from clients.
Now that we have established ourselves right
at the heart of the East of England’s energy
sector, it is important that we can provide
what the sector tells us it needs.”
The company has engaged the services
of Laurence Shahlaei, winner of Britain’s
Strongest Man 2012, to help promote its
products and Laurence spent two days on
the company’s exhibition stand at the recent
EEEGR SNS 2013 event.
Managing director Graeme Cook said:
“Laurence has already played a big part in
helping us establish the company’s presence
in Great Yarmouth and we are looking forward
to working with him as we build on our capabilities
and profile. He is a powerful guy and
lends an obvious synergy with our high force,
high strength products.
“He was a big hit on our exhibition stand
and we hope that our association with him can
play its part in helping establish Gee-Force as
the premier supplier of hydraulic bolting and
related equipment in the East of England.”
In conjunction with the equipment
manufacturer SPX Bolting Systems,
Gee-Force also provides advice and training
in the competent and safe use of hydraulic
bolting equipment.

Far left: The new Howes
Percival energy team
(from left): Joanna
Nicholls, Nicola
Butterworth, Andrew
Barnes, Rebecca
Carriage, Trevor Ivory
and Elaine Mann
Left: Delegates at the
Asset Management
conference
RenewableUK Connect's
networking and social
evening before the
OrbisEnergy Conference
Above: Weight for it:
(from left) Graeme Cook,
strong man Laurence
Shahlaei and Ian Harris,
of SPX Bolting, at
Gee-Force's SNS2013
Exhibition stand
Future of UK Offshore
Wind in the spotlight
C Johnathan Reynolds
C 07887 518643
C johnathan.reynolds@orbisenergy.net
Almost 200 senior figures from across the
UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon
Suffolk to debate the future of managing
operational wind projects.
Delegates assembled to hear what lessons
can be learnt from pioneering wind farm
operators off the East of England coast, and
the sharing of experiences and thoughts from
past and potential developers which will help
shape the future of the industry.
The ‘Asset Management: Reducing Cost,
Addressing Risk’ conference was staged at the
prestigious OrbisEnergy centre in Lowestoft,
hosted by national trade body RenewableUK.
The event challenged the supply chain
to rethink how operations and maintenance
(O&M) can become a more integral part of
planning at the design and construction
phase of future windfarms. Factoring it in
earlier could help substantially in reducing
overall costs.
Maf Smith, deputy chief executive of
RenewableUK, said he was delighted to
bring such a significant event to Lowestoft
which is recognised as a major hub for the
offshore industry.
“There is so much going on here and we
need that knowledge from the early days of
Round 1 windfarms as we gradually move forward
into the massive Round 3 developments
off the coast here.”
Jon Beresford, operations manager for
E.ON's Scroby Sands windfarm off Great
Yarmouth, outlined some of challenges of
“ WE NEED THAT KNOWLEDGE
FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF
ROUND 1 WINDFARMS AS WE
GRADUALLY MOVE FORWARD
INTO THE MASSIVE ROUND
3 DEVELOPMENTS OFF THE
COAST HERE. ”
setting up the UK's first commercial windfarm
and what had been learned from them.
Invaluable lessons also came from the
more recent Greater Gabbard windfarm off
Suffolk. Stephen Rose, SSE's offshore windfarm
generation manager, said they quickly
found that they needed a good mix of transit
vessels and the support of a helicopter to
maintain maximum access to turbines in variable
weather. Even then access was restricted
to 60-66% of the time.
Stuart Thornton, of Fred Olsen United,
outlined the company's new concept to tackle
transport problems in offshore windfarm
O&M - 'a mother ship' prototype which would
accommodate 40 people, transport parts and
equipment, be a base for smaller crew transfer
vessels and have stability created from being
a one-time floating casino where the roulette
wheel had to be consistently level!
Johnathan Reynolds, business development
lead for OrbisEnergy, was delighted to
see so many leading companies and experts
looking to engage the regional supply chain in
supporting and redefining offshore wind O&M.
“It’s quite something when a nationally
significant conference such as this
highlights the leading roles our existing and
graduate OrbisEnergy tenants are playing.
Leading from the front, or perhaps in our
case, the East!”
MAY 2013 – 25

EEEGR MEMBERS
FRX-1 radio repeater helps in
Royal Navy cleaning operations
C Jennifer Cushion, managing director C 01502 676 045
C jennifer@FernCom.com C www.FernCom.com
The FRX-1 radio repeater from Fern Communications Ltd is being
used to enhance radio communications during essential fuel tank
and bilge cleaning operations carried out on all Royal Navy vessels
by Serco.
Serco, which operates tugs and barges at Royal Navy docks
in Portsmouth, Devonport, Greenock and Faslane (The Clyde) in
the UK, bought the FRX-1 as part of its standard suite of radio
communications equipment following a successful field trial at the
Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth.
“Due to the steel structure of the ships and the confined
spaces in which the crews work, we found that radio signals broke
down constantly,” said Jim Morrison, tank cleaning lighter chief
engineer for Serco.
“This meant that our cleaning crews working in the fuel tank
and their co-workers located on the support barge could not
communicate with each other effectively. When the FRX-1 was
placed mid-ship onboard the HMS Argyll frigate, we were dubious.
Fortunately, the system helped maintain the signal, and radio communications
between the two teams are now greatly improved.”
By strategically positioning the FRX-1 on the ship, radio signals
were able to travel from the radio used by the crew member located
inside the fuel tank around thick steel structures to the radio operated
by the crew member on the support barge. Throughout the
demonstration, radio communications were maintained.
By using the FRX-1 during cleaning operations, Serco crews
can now communicate with the barge vessel team, even when
working in extremely confined spaces and onboard large vessels.
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Website gives Flameskill
a shop window
C Sam Monument C 01493 440464
C sam.monument@flameskill.co.uk.
C www.flameskill.co.uk
A new website has been launched by Flameskill Ltd so that its fire
fighting equipment and products can be fully promoted together for
the first time.
The Great Yarmouth-based company not only supplies firefighting
equipment to the North Sea but all around the world to
offshore platforms and marine vessels.
“Flameskill has been a supplier of fire fighting equipment for over
25 years but we have not been able to present all our products in one
place, until now,” said Sam Monument, sales and marketing director.
“The new website at www.flameskill-shop.co.uk acts as an
online catalogue where you create your wishlist of products and then
send it for a tailored quotation. It will work alongside the company's
existing website which focuses more on our fire protection services.
“Everything we do at Flameskill is in-house. We supply, service
and maintain fire fighting and safety equipment which meet all relevant
current standards,” said Sam.
“If you have any suggestions for fire fighting products you would
like to see on our new site, let us know. We are always looking at ways
of improving the site for our customers.
“We're also proud that Flameskill recently gained ISO 14001
Environmental Accreditation for the supply, service and maintenance
of fire fighting and associated equipment.”
26 – MAY 2013

Mantsbrite's new
Tidal Transit
vessel contract
C David Ash
C 01621 853003
C david@mantsbrite.com
Mantsbrite Limited has won the contract to fit
out the next Tidal Transit offshore wind farm
personnel transfer vessel Tia Elizabeth.
All navigation and communication
equipment for the first two vessels in the Tidal
Transit fleet - Ginny Louise and Eden Rose
- was supplied and installed by Mantsbrite,
a leading distributor of electronic marine
navigation and communication products.
The only change in the specification for
Tia Elizabeth is the addition of a state-of-theart
seabed monitoring system and the use of
new ultra sonic wind sensors.
As in previous contracts, Mantsbrite
will assemble and test all the equipment in
its workshops at Maldon, Essex. It will then
be packed and shipped to the boat builders
Mercurio Plastics in Cartagana, Spain, to
await the arrival of Mantsbrite engineers for
the installation and commissioning process.
“Over the last two years we have built
a strong working relationship with Tidal
Transit”, said Mantsbrite managing director
David Ash.
In the driving seat of Tia Elizabeth's
sister boat the Eden Rose
“We worked in close co-operation with
Leo Hambro and Adam Wright in developing
the initial specification for what could in due
course become a fleet of ten offshore wind
farm vessels. I am very pleased that no significant
changes are needed now that the first
two vessels have been in constant use since
their arrival in the UK last year.”
Tidal Transit, based in Docking, North
Norfolk, is expecting to take delivery of Tia
Elizabeth this month.
“ OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
WE HAVE BUILT A STRONG
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
WITH TIDAL TRANSIT. ”
Haines Watts team
raise £2300 for charity
C Heidi Glendenning
C 01379 640555
C hglendenning@hwca.com
C www.hwca.com
Haines Watts hand over
the charity money
Haines Watts, chartered accountants and
business advisors, have raised over £2300 for
their chosen charity of the year, The Muscular
Dystrophy Campaign.
It is the leading UK charity focusing
on muscular dystrophy and other related
conditions and is dedicated to finding treatments
and helping to improving the lives of
everyone affected.
Staff from the six Haines Watts offices
in East Anglia spent the last year organising
fundraising events including cake sales, wine
tasting, dress-down days and joining the
British 10k Run in London.
Money raised will cover the cost of
running a muscle centre for a week, providing
diagnosis and multi-disciplinary care.
Paul Sumpter, Haines Watts partner,
said: “This is the first time we have nominated
a charity of the year. Trevor McLeese, a
partner at HW Ipswich, suffers from muscular
dystrophy and, working alongside him, we
could see first-hand how the condition affects
people in their everyday lives. We wanted to do
something that both benefited the charity and
gave our team a sense of achievement.”
“We would like to thank all our clients,
employees and suppliers in helping us raise
funds for this valuable cause.”
“ WE WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING THAT BOTH
BENEFITED THE CHARITY
AND GAVE OUR TEAM A
SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT. ”
MAY 2013 – 27

R
EEEGR MEMBERS
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The company is a strategic partner and distributor for
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Compared to mineral lubricants, The Lubricant Company
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These synthetic lubricants with their additives provide
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28 – MAY 2013

Big new Qatar
contract for CIS
C Andy Penman, CIS
C 01493 849680
C andy.penman@c-i-services.com
C www.c-i-services.com
One of CIS's
powerful
hydraulic
hammers
Conductor Installation Services (CIS) has
been awarded a multi-million US dollar
contract through an agreement with
Al-Shaheen Weatherford.
It requires the Great Yarmouth-based
Acteon company to provide conductordriving
and cold-cutting services for
approximately 55 wells located offshore
Qatar on behalf of a major operator in
the region.
The three-year contract, which features
two one-year options to renew, will be
carried out by CIS personnel from its base of
operations in Doha, Qatar.
The project is a joint venture between
Al-Shaheen Holding (a subsidiary of Qatar
Petroleum) and Weatherford Holding BVI (a
subsidiary of Weatherford International Ltd).
Using state-of-the-art 90 kJ hydraulic
hammers, CIS will drive the 20-inch conductors
that will create part of the foundations of
the new wells. To ensure that work proceeds
as planned, CIS will supply a complete set
of 90kJ hydraulic hammers, as well as a
backup set and buffer set, in the event that
two separate operations must be carried out
simultaneously.
Since 2008, CIS has been supplying
major operators with conductor installation
services in Qatar, including a recent series of
operations on a number of wells which saw
the company drive 29 conductor piles over
the past three years.
CIS performed its first-ever hydraulic
conductor installation operation in 2005.
Since then, the company has carried
out over 700 conductor installation operations
worldwide, in Europe, Latin America,
the Caribbean, India, Malaysia, Vietnam,
Indonesia, Trinidad, China, the Middle
East, West Africa, and the Gulf of Mexico,
among others.
Plan ahead with
ecological survey
calender
C 01842 768 350
C info@atmosconsulting.com
C www.atmosconsulting.com
The arrival of spring should also have sounded
warning bells for developers and community
groups who are exploring the potential for new
renewable energy schemes.
“Spring is peak survey season for many of
our protected species and, if you miss the window,
your project could delayed significantly,”
said Atmos Consulting’s principal ecologist
Jon Huckle, who is based in the environmental
consultancy’s new Thetford office.
“We’re keen to help developers understand
the various survey windows for specific
species and plan accordingly, particularly as
the season approaches. Our online ecology
survey calendar has helped a number of our
clients with their project planning.”
Great crested newts, which are found
throughout England and Wales, and also in
southern Scotland, have a particularly tight
critical survey window that runs only from
mid-March to the end of June. Migrating
birds, red squirrels and aquatic invertebrates
have spring and autumn windows, with a long
gap over the summer. If you missed the April
window for white-clawed crayfish surveys,
you’ll have to wait until July before you can
progress survey work on this, the UK’s only
native crayfish.
“ ATMOS CONSULTING
ECOLOGISTS HOLD ALL THE
NECESSARY LICENCES TO
UNDERTAKE PROTECTED SPECIES
SURVEYS WITHOUT DELAY. ”
Atmos’ ecology survey calendar, covering
everything from bats to bryophytes, is
available on the Atmos Consulting website.
Atmos also reminded project managers
that for some protected species, including
great crested newts, bats, dormice, and
some species of birds, specific licences are
required for survey.
“Atmos Consulting ecologists hold all the
necessary licences to undertake protected
species surveys without delay,” continued
Jon. “Of course, ecology work extends to
providing mitigation strategies to satisfy local
planning authorities and, where necessary,
obtaining the appropriate mitigation licences
for implementing development works, which
we do for clients throughout England, Scotland
and Wales.”
MAY 2013 – 29

EEEGR MEMBERS
Panalpina invests in
eco-friendly freight
network
C Emmett Young
C 01493 441 212
C emmett.young@panalpina.com
The investment in two new Boeing 747-8
freighter aircraft and transport fleet secures
Panalpina’s commitment to providing unique
own controlled air and road services.
The aircraft - named Spirit of Panalpina
and Passion for Solutions - are more environmentally
friendly than previous models, with
double digit improvements in fuel efficiency,
CO2 emissions and a 30% reduction in
noise footprint.
As the only forwarder with its own controlled
air freight network, Panalpina provides
critical supply chain and logistical support
that keep the oil and gas industry moving. The
nose-loading capability proves very useful
when shipping oil and gas equipment, such
as pipework up to 40 feet in length.
Using their fleet of trucks, Panalpina in
Aberdeen provide road freight services to
destinations in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia,
Eastern Europe and North Africa.
Panalpina has invested £1.2m in a new
generation of low-emission vehicles, heavy
haulage trucks and specialist trailers.
“These include Euro 6 standard engines
which comply with latest legislations, reducing
their environmental impact considerably,” said
Brian Pirie who is responsible for Panalpina’s
overland transport in Northwest Europe.
Robert Muir, area head of oil and gas,
added: “We have a moral and civic duty to do
everything possible to minimise the impact our
actions have on the environment. Our 747-8Fs
and new fleet of trucks here in Aberdeen are
good examples of our commitment to this.”
The Panalpina Group is one of the world's
leading providers of supply chain solutions.
The company combines its core products
of air, ocean, road and logistics to deliver
globally integrated, tailor-made end-to-end
solutions. It operates a global network with
around 500 offices in more than 80 countries,
working with partner companies in a further
80 countries. Panalpina employs about 15,000
people worldwide.
Innovative progress for
Zarges containers
C Paul Cruickshank
C 0333 240 0006
C sales@zargescases.co.uk
C www.zargescases.co.uk
New EEEGR member Zarges has been supplying
aluminum containers into the UK and
European energy sectors for many decades.
Although founded 80 years ago in
Stuttgart, the company has kept at the
forefront of the industry with state-of-the art
designs and innovative ideas to develop its
cases, boxes and trolleys which protect valuable
and sensitive equipment against extreme
environmental conditions.
Most recently, its K470 universal multifunctional
box was updated with a water jet protection
design (IP65) making it the only waterproof
aluminum container available on the market.
“The series is already equipped with
reliable rain and spraywater protection (IP54),
and the new version of the K470 can now also
be used where more impermeability from
wetness and dust is required,” said Paul
Cruickshank, sales manager for Bletchleybased
Zarges (UK).
“Because of the significantly higher
impermeability of this innovative IP65 version,
each container of the new series is equipped
with a valve to be able to open the lid without
difficulty even in case of pressure changes.
“Protection is our mission and our containers
are designed and produced in a quality
environment certified to ISO 9001.”
John Mayes Engineers Ltd, supplier to the
petro-chemical, process and allied industries,
often uses the Zarges K740 when it needs to
ship high value items.
Works manager John Jones said: “We
have used Zarges cases for around six years;
we find the K470 protects the integrity of our
products, so the fixings arrive as they were
intended, free from any damage.
“We also regularly use bespoke foam cut
outs. The foam interiors protect the equipment
and also make our products look impressive,
an important consideration when we are selling
and hiring-out high value items,” he said.
30 – MAY 2013

Role for patents in
retaining regional
wealth
C Jonathan Perlmutter
C info@ip21.co.uk
C www.ip21.co.uk
Patents offer one way to help tackle an
issue regularly addressed by EEEGR - the
“through-flow” of money in the region. The
billions spent are widely reported but often
the money doesn’t get invested in regional
businesses themselves.
But Norwich-based intellectual property
company IP21 believes patents could help
capture and retain some of this money to benefit
the region and its constituent businesses.
The way the UK government has encouraged
the production of intellectual property
in green and clean technology can help. The
Patent Office now operates a “green channel”
for accelerating the progress of applications
for environmental technology through the
patenting process.
“Its record for granting a patent is
currently 10 months and we are pleased to
report that IP21 either set or matched this
record with a green technology application,”
said Jonathan Perlmutter, patent specialist
with the company.
“ WE HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT
TO INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION
IN EAST ANGLIA. ”
“We are the regional leader in drafting
and prosecuting patent and design
applications for green, clean and conventional
energy generating technologies, both
offshore and onshore.
“We have a strong commitment to
investment and innovation in East Anglia,
for example through our sponsorship of the
EEEGR Innovation Awards and also through
our being patrons of regional investment
network VENTA.”
The East of England has long been
a leader in the formulation and adoption
of green technologies, often because
the fortunes of its people are tied to the
land and sea, something which has continued
through the harnessing of offshore
energy resources.
“By some estimates, global investments
in renewable energy infrastructure are
projected to reach $395 billion annually by
2020,” said Mr Perlmutter. “The clean tech
industry alone is a rapidly growing market
and one that we believe is at a momentous
point in terms of the expansion of technologies
which will help diversify energy sources
and improve the environment.”
“ THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO OUR
COMPANY’S ENTHUSIASM
AND CAPABILITIES AND THE
INVESTMENT AND EXPANSION,
INCLUDING A PLANNED LOCAL
PRESENCE IN GREAT YARMOUTH,
CAN ONLY SEE THINGS GETTING
EVEN BETTER. ”
Top: Panalpina: keeping the
oil & gas industry moving
Above: Busy time for
Hi-Tech Fabrication
Left: Zarges innovative
K7450 case, and above
with bespoke foam option
Hi-Tech Fabrication's
hectic start to 2013
C David Moore
C 01283 817916
C david.moore@g-mind.com
A whirlwind start to the year meant Hi-Tech
Fabrication had established a £12m order
book by the end of March.
Fabrication work will be going as far
afield as Venezuela, Russia and Korea as the
company continue to invest and expand.
The Burton-on-Trent based business,
part of Manoir Industries of France, also
intends to step up its role in Great Yarmouth
as it seeks new work in the upstream and
subsea oil and gas sectors. The company
and group are already successful in the
petrochem, nuclear and downstream oil and
gas sectors.
“Business in 2012 ended on a high
note and that trend carried over into 2013
resulting in further booked orders for international
destinations,” said David Moore, vice
president of sales.
He told of another boost in February
with Yantai Tahai, a private Chinese company,
acquiring two divisions of Manoir
Industries (Petrochem & Nuclear and Oil/Gas
& Specialities), helping to create a group with
turnover in excess of €400m and approximately
3,500 personnel worldwide.
“Taihai intends to significantly invest in
each individual Manoir production plant with
a €60m investment program over the next
five years, doubling the organisation’s R&D
strength,” said Mr Moore.
“There are no limits to our company’s
enthusiasm and capabilities and the investment
and expansion, including a planned
local presence in Great Yarmouth, can only
see things getting even better.”
The company is a specialist fabricator
and welding service provider in hi-pressure
heat resistant and corrosion resistant steels
and alloys, including piping spools, pig
launchers, receivers and pressure valves.
MAY 2013 – 31

EEEGR MEMBERS
Merger boosts Fugro ambitions
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C Paul Collins C 01493 440 320 C paul.collins@fugroemu.com
Fugro’s three UK-based environmental service providers - Fugro ERT,
Fugro Survey Environmental and EMU - have merged to form Fugro
EMU Limited,
It becomes the largest commercial marine environmental
services organisation in the UK, employing in excess of 220 staff
with expertise in oil and gas, renewables, aggregates, ports and
harbours, cables and pipelines.
Simon Shaw, managing director of Fugro EMU Limited, explained:
“Fugro EMU aims to be a world leader in the provision of marine
and coastal environmental services, complementing Fugro’s international
reputation and the group’s capabilities in the marine sector.
“Fugro EMU will build on the excellent reputation of the three
predecessor organisations within all industry sectors. In the oil and
gas industry we have over 40 years’ experience and have undertaken
over 150 environmental assessments and 1,000 environmental
surveys for exploration, development and decommissioning projects.
“Our track record of providing high quality consultancy, survey
and analysis services will act as a springboard for further growth.
We plan to further diversify our range of oil and gas services, while
retaining the tailored, fit-for-purpose approach that clients and
regulators have come to expect from us.”
New sales engineer for Patriot
E: myoilandgascareer@opito.com
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C Dean Pettitt C 0121 522 0261 C www.patriot-int.com
New EEEGR members Patriot International have appointed local
man Dean Pettitt as new sales engineer.
Working out of both Norwich and Birmingham offices, Dean will
be covering England and Wales and supporting Patriot’s customers.
Although Patriot covers Europe with offices in five countries,
UK sales manager Graham Duncan felt some people were unaware
of the equipment, training, and personnel they can provide.
“We really wanted to ensure that potential growth areas such
as Great Yarmouth and East Anglia had the support needed, when
needed, and are pleased to welcome Dean on board,” he said.
Dean added: “As an ex-bolter, I am really pleased that we’re
offering innovative products that can really reduce injuries on site
and offshore and can bring that into East Anglia.”
Patriot International offers integrated solutions for piping
problems providing equipment for all aspects of pipeline work,
training, and personnel.
AKD's framework deal
C Denise Farr C dfarr@akd-engineering.co.uk C www.akd-engineering.co.uk
Engineering and fabrication services provider AKD Engineering Ltd
has announced a three-year strategic framework agreement with
Aker Subsea and updated its plans for the coming year.
To boost growth and long-term development, the Suffolk
based AKD will push ahead with project engineering management
and engineered fabrications to ensure sustainable growth.
Strong emphasis will remain on its core business with a
particular focus on engineered fabrications for subsea to further
consolidate its leading market position in the subsea riser business.
In the overseas market, thanks to the accelerated spending of
investors, engineering technical services demand in the overseas
market remains robust. The company will adhere to a “follow-up”
strategy and strengthen its position in existing markets.
32 – MAY 2013

Minister's insight
into college assets
C Karen Taylor
C 01502 525035
C k.taylor@lowestoft.ac.uk
Lowestoft College’s engineering and maritime
facilities came under the spotlight when
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock visited the
specialist area.
Mr Hancock had a whistle-stop tour of
some of the college’s assets including the
18m wind turbine tower which was installed
just over a year ago to train workers in the
windfarm industry. He also watched uniformed
services students being put through
their paces with an emergency evacuation
drill in the training tank before being 'wowed'
by the realism of the ship’s bridge simulator.
Then he talked to engineering apprentices
and watched them at work in the
recently upgraded workshop which now
boasts state-of-the-art training facilities.
There was also time to meet travel and
tourism students and answer their questions.
Simon Summers, Lowestoft College
principal, said: “We were very pleased that
the Skills Minister spent time with us and was
able to see what Lowestoft College offers.
“By talking to apprentices and students
he was able to gain a good insight into the
issues facing them and see just how committed
they are to their studies. The visit was
an excellent opportunity for us to showcase
the range of courses we offer including those
which support the key local industries of
maritime, offshore and energy.”
During the visit, the minister was joined
by Waveney MP Peter Aldous and Suffolk
County Council leader Mark Bee.
“ BY TALKING TO APPRENTICES
AND STUDENTS HE WAS ABLE TO
GAIN A GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE
ISSUES FACING THEM AND SEE
JUST HOW COMMITTED THEY
ARE TO THEIR STUDIES. ”
Above: Matthew Hancock meets engineering
apprentices at Lowestoft College
The Skills Minister checks out the ship's
bridge simulator
SaxonAir's new
worldwide operating
capability
C Anna Loake C 0845 155 6222
C al@saxonair.com C www.saxonair.com
SaxonAir's Hawker 900XP jet
Private air charter operator SaxonAir has
its new worldwide Air Operators Certificate
(AOC) allowing the company to expand its
area of operation into new and lucrative
business aviation markets concentrating on
Africa, the Middle East, and Russia.
Christopher Mace, group commercial
director, said: “Business aviation has fast
become a viable and affordable means of
supporting the travel needs of corporations
worldwide. It offers considerable
time saving benefits and plays a key role in
facilitating important face to face meetings,
boosting productivity and providing a level
of flexibility and responsiveness that the
scheduled network cannot deliver.
“The new licence capability will
increase our area of operation into new
emerging markets, perfect for our longrange
Hawker 900XP midsize jet. It also
enables us to offer worldwide support for
managed aircraft clients.”
The business aviation sector plays a
crucial role in supporting business and connecting
industry with an estimated 750,000
annual business aviation movements
throughout Europe.
SaxonAir’s clients include many blue
chip companies, the offshore energy industry
and individual businessmen and women.
A purpose built multi-million pound
Business Aviation Centre and hangar facility
at SaxonAir’s headquarters in Norwich
was completed in May 2011; it was designed
specifically to be multi-functional, meeting
the needs of the private air traveller together
with serving the offshore transportation sector.
The centre is now home to many other
companies who collectively cover a wide
aspect of aviation expertise and services.
The current charter fleet consists of
five private jet aircraft, from light to midsize
jets and two helicopters. This mixed fleet
is operated from Norwich and other bases
around London in the UK and also Greece.
MAY 2013 – 33

SKILLS FOR ENERGY
High profile for
skills in the news
C celia.anderson@eeegr.com
C louise.jenkins@eeegr.com
The months seem to have flown since I last
updated all our projects but I'd like to start
by saying thank you for all of the interesting
articles around the EEEGR News theme of
Working with Energy in this issue. They really
show that there is a wealth of new opportunities
in this region.
It is the first ‘skills’ themed newsletter we
have had since the publication started. We
also have the Skills for Energy Conference
in July – which you can read more about
elsewhere in the newsletter. The last one
was in 2009.
We are hoping to make an announcement
at the conference about the EPISCentre, which
is still on track.
At the SNS2013 conference, about 10%
of the exhibition space was taken by skillsrelated
companies including many from our
Education and Training Provider network, who
work hard to showcase the training opportunities
available in this region.
We also had 29 Energy Skills Foundation
Programme students attend, after being
sponsored by Perenco, as well as a number
of UEA students who are on the MSc Energy
Engineering course.
It is predicted that somewhere between
£30 and £50 billion will be invested into the
energy industry to keep the nation's lights
on. Therefore, industry needs to work hard
with those supplying people to make sure
everyone has the right number of people with
the right skills to compete for contracts - and
deliver them.
Courses such as the ESFP or the MSc
Energy Engineering are the local link in
increasing opportunities for local people to get
the skills and knowledge needed to be first in
line for jobs.
Bursary to bridge
energy skills gap for
military service leavers
C James Wortley
C 01603 891255
C JWortley@petans.co.uk
C www.petans.co.uk
Offshore survival training specialist Petans is
providing bursaries for military service leavers
who have skills which can be transferred to
the oil and gas sector.
“Service leavers have a broad range of
skills and attributes that can be applied in the
energy industry,” said James Wortley, Petans
business development and marketing manager.
“Our bursary is also available through
employers for new starters in the industry. We
make every attempt to ensure that it is used
only by those with a strong chance of working
in the offshore industry.”
The New Starter Bursary provides £250
+ VAT towards the cost of basic offshore
survival (BOSIET & MIST) and maritime
(STCW95) training.
“Because these courses are not 'tickets'
to work offshore, Petans will focus on
organisations who prequalify candidates and
on working with the employers themselves,”
said Mr Wortley.
34 – MAY 2013
The bursary will be available only if the
candidates meet the following criteria: have
a trade or skill required or usable in their
chosen industry; be in receipt of government
unemployment benefits, or be on the HM
Forces Resettlement Programme or a recognised
Prison Resettlement Programme;
and inhabit a permanent residence in a UK
postcode area.
“Taking the BOSIET & MIST courses at
Petans will cost private individuals £720 with
the bursary,” said Mr Wortley. “This is a lot of
money if there is no guarantee of a job. This
is why we strongly encourage job seekers to
contact employers first. Possession of this
training is not a guarantee of work offshore.
“If a job seeker meets our criteria, we
will provide them with a Bursary Confirmation
Letter to take with them to interviews before
they undertake any training. This way we can
stop individuals paying for training they don’t
need or won’t be able to use.”

Winning way for
Masters' students
C Lawrence Coates
C Lawrence.coates@uea.ac.uk
C www.uea.ac.uk/eng
Busy time as students
prepare for work
C Louise Jenkins
C 01493 446535
C louise.jenkins@eeegr.com
Students from the Energy Skills Foundation
Programme (ESFP) have been busy over the
past few months.
Many were in the audience or exploring the
exhibition at the SNS2013 Conference in March
after Perenco sponsored their visit (see our front
cover photograph).
The event further fuelled their desire to work
in the energy industry and they were delighted
so many individuals and companies took an
interest in them. The Great Yarmouth students
also held their first presentation evening.
From left: Chloe Moore (captain),
Alice Saunders, Rhiannon Hughes
and Max Thomas face the media
after receiving their cheque in the
RWE npower Energy Challenge
Students check out EEEGR's SNS2013 Exhibition
By now, all students will have taken part
in a speed interview skills evening, brushing
up their knowledge ready to enter into the
world of work. Skills for Energy will have also
hosted its annual Gala Dinner which celebrates
all of the students’ achievements. The event is
sponsored by Perenco, ECITB and Amec.
There will now be 29 work-ready students
looking for the next training opportunity,
apprenticeship or job this summer.
Anyone interested in finding out more
about what they do over the year, and what
the students are interested in, should contact
Louise Jenkins for more information.
The course has been a success at both
colleges this year and another tranche of keen
energy students is expected through the doors
in September.
In September, the University of East
Anglia will admit its first cohort of undergraduates
to the Energy Engineering with
Environmental Management programme.
The third cohort of Masters students
will also commence at the same time – there
has been a six-fold increase in applications
to this postgraduate programme, and 14
students will graduate this year. 2012 saw
100% employment for Masters graduates.
We have been highlighting the UEA
SELECT sponsorship scheme supported
by EEEGR members to prospective
students.
This scheme offers companies the
opportunity to work with our best students,
and, from their second year onwards use
summer placements and sponsorship
money to test the prospect of future
employment: a prolonged interview.
Local industry through EEEGR and
Skills for Energy is offering support with site
visits, lunchtime meetings, case studies
and sponsorship of activities. Over the last
year there have also been a number of individual
practising engineers offering their
services for case studies. We now have a
dozen regular speakers on everything from
finite element analysis to commercial risk.
After last year’s third place, a team
of four students from UEA won this year’s
RWE npower Energy Challenge.
Finalists were asked how energy
providers can engage more positively
with their customers using existing and
emerging technologies.
The team proposed a mobile Energy
Advice Centre which attracted interest from
several councils and struck a chord with the
panel, who thought a welcoming environment
for every visitor would appeal to older
and vulnerable members of the public.
Their entire portfolio of ideas would
cost £3m to implement but demonstrated
value for money if just 12% of npower’s
customers who normally switch were
retained in the first year.
This win-win support from industry
provides great learning and networking
opportunities which dramatically enhance
students’ confidence and motivation.
MAY 2013 – 35

Unmissable events
INNOVATION
YOU
NEEDS
Energy Innovation Awards & Gala Dinner 2013
17th September 2013
Holiday Inn, Norwich North
Application deadline for 2013
12 | 07 | 13
To apply visit www.eeegr.com
or contact the EEEGR team
t: 01493 446535 e: office@eeegr.com
LADIES
NIGHT
EEEGR’s exclusive marquee, situated at the race fi nish line,
will host 200 guests from the energy sector. With a summer
supper, Champagne cocktails, private bar and betting booths.
Finish the night with a superb outdoor concert in front of the
grandstand and dancing on the lawns.
Treat clients and staff at Great Yarmouth’s most glamorous
night of the year.
16 | 07 | 13
Come racing with EEEGR
Great Yarmouth Racecourse
Norfolk NR30 4AU
For more information about the Innovation Awards
and 36 Ladies – MAY 2013 Night visit www.eeegr.com or contact the
EEEGR team t: 01493 446535 e: office@eeegr.com