OilVoice - Clough Announces Investment in Peritus International

Clough Announces Investment in Peritus International

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Peritus operations have been established in Perth, London and Houston to create a global network of regional engineering centres that enable specialised skills, knowledge and expertise to be shared across global operations. The company will operate independently.

The Peritus leadership team consists of known industry experts with decades of experience in the offshore industry. Steve Hindmarsh, based in Perth, will lead the organisation as Chief Executive Officer and will also be responsible for growth in Asia Pacific in his role as Managing Director for the region. Steve will be supported by Dr Chris Tam, President of the Americas, based in Houston, and Graham Taylor, Managing Director of Europe, Africa and Middle East, based in London.

The investment in Peritus will not have a material impact on Clough's earnings in the financial year ended 30th June 2010.

John Smith, Clough's Chief Executive Officer said:
'Clough defines itself as an engineering led oil and gas EPC contractor, focused on gas projects and marine construction. Peritus will strengthen Clough's subsea and floating systems engineering capability and is a step in our gradual global expansion. We look forward to supporting the Peritus team as it offers its clients globally an alternative subsea and floating systems engineering choice for major deepwater offshore developments'.