OEG Offshore continues growth with Pelagian acquisition

OEG Offshore (OEG) has announced the acquisition of Pelagian Ltd (Pelagian), a leading provider of consultancy, engineering and installation management services to the submarine cable and offshore renewable energy industries.

Pelagian Ltd is an established UK-based company with over 20 years of experience in the subsea cable industry. Their worldwide expertise in the provision of subsea cable construction services makes them a valuable asset for OEG Offshore.

With this acquisition, OEG will be better equipped to support the cable sector across different end markets including telecommunications and interconnectors as well as offshore wind.

Commenting on the acquisition, OEG Offshore CEO, John Heiton, said: “We are excited to welcome another expert business to the OEG family. Their experience in the subsea cable industry will be invaluable to us as we continue to expand our services in the offshore renewables sector.

“This acquisition is a strategic move for us, and we look forward to working with Pelagian to provide our clients with innovative and reliable subsea cable solutions.”

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John Brebner, Chief Executive Officer, Charlie House

When was your business established?

Charlie House was founded in 2011 by Aberdeen-based mum, Tracy Johnstone, who is determined to help local families, like hers, who do not have access to the support they require when they need it most.

What does your business do?

Charlie House supports children in North-east Scotland who have lifelimiting or life-threatening conditions to live life to the full and make memories for the whole family to treasure.

Our vision has always been to build a specialist care facility for local families, so they don’t have to travel 100+ miles to get the support they deserve.

What sort of companies do you do business with?

We work in partnership with individuals and businesses big and small, in varying industries, tailoring their donor options to meet their business needs so we can provide vital funds to maintain the work we do at Charlie House.

What is the biggest challenge facing your business at the moment?

It’ll be no surprise that the continuous need for funding and the cost-of-living crisis is a threat to our work. We rely on the generosity of donors, but when they themselves are struggling to make ends meet, donating to charity may not be high on their agenda.

What does your business do?

And the biggest opportunity?

Our greatest opportunity is adding to the community in Aberdeen and the North-east. Not only are we creating a place for 1,800 families to go to receive the support they require, but we will be creating jobs and using local contractors to build the facility. It’s a huge community effort.

What are you most passionate and proud of?

Providing accessible support and activities for families at no expense to them, while working hard towards our goal of building our specialist centre, is paramount to us. We offer experiences to families that many never thought possible, like paddleboarding, giving them much needed respite and opportunities to meet other families like their own.

Brian Ritchie, Managing Director, Denholm Environmental

When was your business established?

Denholm Environmental is part of Denholm Energy (formerly Denholm Oilfield Services) which can trace its corporate ancestry back almost 150 years.

Operating from strategically located bases in the Central Belt, Highlands, Aberdeenshire and North of England we are a leading one-stop provider of asset cleaning and decontamination solutions to the oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation and utilities industries. Denholm Environmental works closely with domestic and international customers to provide bespoke, uncompromising solutions which give the option to combine services whilst considering key issues such as cost and schedule delivery.

What sort of companies do you do business with?

We work with clients, from private domestic jobs to large multinationals, across a range of sectors including oil and gas, utilities, petrochemical, brewing and distilling, waste energy, power generation, and paper manufacturing. With bases in Invergordon, Inverurie, Grangemouth and Carlisle our footprint extends from the Highlands of Scotland to the Northwest of England, and we have one of the largest privately owned offshore equipment fleets in western Europe. The kit also includes a large, state-ofthe-art fleet of modern tankers, and it’s still growing thanks to continuous investment.

What is the biggest challenge facing your business at the moment?

In a word, costs. There is a lot to consider and we, like so many other businesses, are getting hit from all angles just now including fuel costs, energy costs and labour costs. We are currently working hard to remain competitive and retain our high quality of service levels against rising costs.

And the biggest opportunity?

There is a huge opportunity for us to continue to build our brand based on pillars of trust, quality of service and reputation. Our ethos remains firmly committed to the importance of internal and external relationships, trust and ethics and the value of that is evident in the good levels of repeat work we win.

Paul Davidson, Account Manager, Dräger Marine and Offshore, Draeger Safety UK

When was your business established?

Founded in Lübeck in 1889, Dräger has grown into a worldwide, listed enterprise and is in its fifth generation as a family-run business.

What does your business do?

Dräger manufactures medical and safety technology products, and operates in multiple industries, including marine and offshore. We protect, support, and save the lives of people working in hospitals, with fire departments, emergency services, authorities, and in mining as well as the offshore industry.

What sort of companies do you do business with?

As a subsidiary of Dräger, at Dräger Marine & Offshore we co-ordinate with all stakeholders involved in marine and offshore activity within the UK Continental Shelf both onshore and offshore, from Tier 1 operators to third party sub-contractors and everything in between.

What is the biggest challenge at the moment?

External factors always play a part in the marine and offshore industry, and every company in the gas detection marketplace has encountered global supply chain issues due to shortages of microchips. However, Dräger Marine & Offshore in Aberdeen have managed to

What does your business do?

Commercial and personal insurance broking.

What sort of companies do you do business with?

Mathew Johnston, H & R Insurance Services, Commercial Account Executive

When was your business established?

The business was established in 1972 – the company recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and is the last locally established independent insurance broker based in the area. I joined in November 2022 and have 15 years’ of insurance industry experience.

We can cover any type of business operating in the oil and gas, IT, hauliers, motor traders, sports and leisure, hospitality and retail sectors. As well as cleaning companies, construction contractors, general tradesman, property owners (commercial and personal), property factors, manufacturing companies, pharmaceuticals, and professional services such as accountants, architects, estate agents and solicitors. Plus, personal household and private motor.

What is the biggest challenge at the moment?

The rising cost of overheads in the current climate and increased regulatory requirements imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority. Also, trying to get clients to understand the combat this for the most part through collaboration, a strong hire fleet and proactive measures to ensure there is no additional downtime to our client base. impact rising inflation has on the rebuild cost of buildings, which inadvertently leaves clients underinsured in the event of a claim.

And the biggest opportunity?

New markets such as decommissioning and clean energy. In Aberdeen, we have played a significant part in keeping individuals safe from hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on well abandonment campaigns for key North Sea operators. We also support operators and vessels within the offshore wind marketplace as well as developing key opportunities within areas such as carbon capture and hydrogen.

What are you most passionate and proud of?

The teamwork – we truly are “One Dräger” and we all constantly try to pull in the same direction to achieve our goals, I’ve never experienced it to such a degree in any other workplace.

And the biggest opportunity?

As an independent insurance broker, we have the flexibility of a large panel of insurers to offer to our clients. We offer face-to-face reviews and take this time to fully understand our clients’ business. We conduct a full review of your insurance programme to ensure that the correct covers are in place, with a view to making savings where possible.

What are you most passionate and proud of?

Providing a personal customer service experience for all our clients and helping solve insurance related challenges.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he will head to Aberdeen to engage with the oil and gas sector as he draws up the party’s energy policy.

The Leader of the Opposition has accepted an invitation from Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce to visit the North-east to hear directly from the people and companies impacted by the energy transition.

Addressing business leaders at the British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference in London, he said the mistakes made in coal-mining communities in the 1980s “must never be repeated” as the energy transition gathers pace.

Sir Keir has led the charge for an even-tougher windfall tax on oil and gas companies, and has indicated that a Labour government would be against new hydrocarbon developments in the North Sea.

He accepted that this has made workers in the Northeast “anxious”, but has vowed to travel north to hear their concerns first hand.

“As we transition, it needs to be a fair and just transition that takes communities with us,” he said.

‘People are anxious’

“Many people in well-paid and secure jobs in oil and gas are anxious about what happens when we transition.

“I think this can be handled well. If you look at offshore and floating wind turbines, we have more skills in these areas than any other country. And many of these are located in the regions where we need to see the transition happen.

“The worst thing we could do is not engage with these communities and have a plan, or to do what happened at the end of coal mining and simply saying to people, we’re moving on.

“The effects of the post-mining decline are still felt across many communities today, and we must never ever make that mistake again.”

In a speech to the conference, Sir Keir stepped up his efforts to woo businesses ahead of the general election, saying he wanted “robust private-sector growth” and a partnership with industry.

The Labour leader also said he wanted to see the price of houses come down, relative to incomes, as he accused the Tories of killing off the dream of home ownership.

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