SPONSORS OF EAST OF SCOTLAND
HIGHLANDS FABRICATORS A JOINT VENTURE
In 1972, and in response to the UK’s entry into oil & gas production offshore a few years earlier, a joint venture company between Brown & Root and Wimpey, called Highlands Fabricators, was established and the Nigg yard was opened. At its peak, over a 30 year period, the yard employed up to 5,000 people and produced about one third of the UK’s large offshore structures for oil & gas production. In 2002, the yard was moth-balled as no further orders were received and subsequently put up for sale by KBR (the owners).
GLOBAL ENERGY GROUP – ENERGY PARK
Global Energy Group saw a unique opportunity to acquire Nigg and develop the yard and port as an Energy Park, to attract work into the facility for oil & gas projects, Renewables and other energy related ventures. Global completed the purchase in October 2011 and have since embarked on an aggressive investment program to bring the yard back to life and refurbish/update its infrastructure.
CURRENT WORK UNDERTAKEN The work that is currently undertaken includes: drilling rig repair/maintenance/ upgrade; construction of structures for oil & gas subsea/topsides projects; yard and port logistics for energy related marine operations. The company has also worked on a number of marine tidal/ wave prototype projects and hopes to obtain further work in future. Nigg was used a few years ago for the assembly of the Beatrice Offshore Wind demonstrator project. In the last year, the yard has employed up to 750 people at any one time and in future, after the introduction of other work, the yard could employ up to 1,500/2,000people.
COMPANY STRATEGY – OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY
As part of the company strategy, a mix of energy contracts will be brought to Nigg, to ensure that employment opportunities for the local community and beyond, are sustainable going forward. The company has some exciting new business concepts that will be announced shortly, especially looking at the offshore wind industry, which is being developed around the Scottish Coastline.
Global Energy, with funding support from public sector agencies, opened Nigg Skills Academy to ensure that locally trained skilled tradesman are available to assist the company’s expansion plans and assist in addressing the skills shortages within the energy industry.
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER Global Energy are the largest private employer in the Highlands and Islands and in addition to Nigg, they have facilities at Rosyth, Dunfermline, Aberdeen and around the Inverness/Cromarty Firth area. With a projected turnover of £350 million and over 4,200 currently employed worldwide. The company is engaged in energy related work from construction, to inspection and quality management services, offshore accommodation, architectural work, fabrication and brownfield integrity support to offshore oil & gas operators. They also have a major presence in the market for Human Resource Management/Manpower Services.
Global Energy Group
www.gegroup.com
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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