Friday 5 September 08 - 13:42
 

Gas interdependency is changing fast in the two largest gas markets, the USA and Europe, as LNG increases in volume. Also, although economies will be dependent on hydrocarbons for many years to come, there is increasing awareness of industry responsibility for sustaining the future with a lower carbon impact.

Against this backdrop, the pace of technical change continues to accelerate while the competition for access to new reserves, skilled workers and equipment is strong. Existing basins and fields are being ‘rediscovered’ as new technology and higher commodity prices create opportunities for both exploration and development. This challenging environment demands continued innovation and accelerated learning along the industry’s entire chain of business.

OE 2007 will feature national pavilions from Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, The Netherlands, the Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Scotland, the UK and the United States.

Visitors will have the opportunity to evaluate the products and services from over 1,400 exhibiting service and operating companies, increase technical knowledge and expertise in the free Society of Petroleum Engineers Technical Conference, and optimise business efficiency at the Intelligent Energy Zone. Recruitment concerns can also be addressed at the Oilcareerfair.

Among the Offshore Europe 2007 visitors are many contract engineering manufacturers including those selected below.

www.offshore-europe.co.uk

Angle Ring Co, West Midlands, offers a comprehensive service for the forming of steel, aluminium, stainless steel and exotic materials. A specialist in steel bending, pipe forming, and plate rolling, Angle Ring offers the largest single site steel bending facility in the UK. www.anglering.com

Cutting Edge Engineering (Scotland) Ltd, West Lothian offers total valve machining services primarily to the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical industries. www.cuttingedgeltd.co.uk

Fife Fabrications Ltd (FiFab) supplies precision sheetmetalwork, precision machined components and electro-mechanical assemblies worldwide. The company’s 106,000-sq.ft facility houses one of the most advanced manufacturing sites in the world. Accredited to ISO9001:2000, ISO14001. www.fifab.com

GA Engineering (Scotland) Ltd, Dundee specialises in high precision CNC turning and milling and has gained great experience over many years of working with specialist materials such as Inconel, Monel and Duplex as well as standard grade steel and alloys. The company provides CNC machining services to many industries such as oil and gas, chemical, computer, nuclear, medical and machine tool. www.gaengineering.net

James Walker & Co Ltd, Cheshire, is a group with modern workshops around the world to augment their fluid sealing activities. These facilities also provide local industries with top-quality machining, fabrication and general engineering services. www.jameswalker.biz

Jet Engineering Plastics Ltd, Strathclyde, has an impressive portfolio of subcontract machining with engineering plastics. www.jetengineering.co.uk

Newburgh Engineering Co Ltd, Derbyshire Newburgh Engineering is a progressive contract manufacturer of high specification component parts and assemblies. Established in 1939 we offer two outstanding production facilities combined with a highly skilled workforce. We specialise in cellular manufacturing solutions that ensure our partners projects are delivered both to program and for the lowest costs. www.newburgh.co.uk

Perfect Bore Manufacturing Ltd (PBML), Hampshire, produces bores in components to extreme, exacting, sub-micron geometrical tolerances in parallel with specific surface finish requirements. PBML provides singular and turn-key solutions to both internal and external surface machining operations through its gundrilling, deep-hole boring, honing, superfinishing and CNC turning capabilities. www.pbm-ltd.com

Premier Deep Hole Drilling Ltd is the largest independent Drilling and Machining company in the UK. Specialists in drilling, honing and machining round and prismatic components up to 4m x 250mm i/d. The company supplies complete finished components or sub-contract services. AS9100 approved. www.premier-drilling.co.uk

Stevens Rowsell is a specialist precision sheet metal engineering company in East Sussex