A delegation of UK subsea companies will head to Texas next month to showcase their skills and expertise at a major two day exhibition and seminar.
Fourteen companies, led by industry body Subsea UK, will travel to San Antonio on March 3rd to join 150 exhibitors and an estimated 2,500 international visitors at the 9th annual Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition (SSTB) – the premier event for one of the fastest growing sectors of the offshore oil and gas industry.
The businesses taking part in the exhibition – The Deepest Show on Earth – are all members of Subsea UK, the self-sustaining organisation formed to harness the UK expertise in the subsea sector which employs around 42,000 in the UK and contributes approximately £2billion to the economy. They are: Optical Metrology Services Ltd (OMS), Self Energising Coupling Company (SECC), SMD, BPP-TECH, DES Operations, Nautronix, BEL Valves, UTEC Survey, GE Sensing, First Subsea, Dunlaw Engineering, Aquanos and Atkins Boreas.
Subsea UK chief executive Alistair Birnie said: “The US is a key region for subsea companies because of its concentration of key operators and contractors working in the US and the Gulf of Mexico. Production from deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico has been increasing rapidly, with deepwater wells now accounting for about two-thirds of total U.S. Gulf output and the region’s reputation as a hub of global activity in the oil and gas sector makes it a real target for UK subsea companies.”
The major international event will this year focus on the necessity for sharing knowledge and experience in an ever-changing industry where quality, safety and economics are crucial factors to its continuing success.
Mr Birnie adds: “The UK's subsea companies are active in the full lifecycle of the industry from research and development through to the operation of producing oil and gas fields and can offer an unrivalled package of experience and knowledge.
The exhibition represents a prime opportunity for us to highlight the skills, capabilities and resources of our subsea companies to a very important audience.”
SSTB runs from March 3rd – 5th. Subsea UK is leading the delegation with support from Scottish Development International.
Tony Kenyon, of exhibiting company BPP-TECH, said: “We have joined with Subsea UK at SSTB for several years. The opportunity to be part of a UK group at this, and other international events, is just one of many advantages of being a member of Subsea UK. The time is right for UK companies to demonstrate their world-class capabilities."