Business physique Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) 2025 awards ceremony occurred in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Thursday night time, crowning a number of winners throughout a variety of classes.
“In Aberdeen … [on Thursday], the UK’s offshore power trade paused to have fun its individuals – from these simply beginning out to these whose careers have spanned the North Sea’s six-decade story,” OEUK mentioned in an announcement despatched to Rigzone.
“At Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) 2025 Awards … the highlight turned to the people and corporations shaping the sector’s future, even because it faces a posh fiscal panorama and a subsequent downturn in exercise,” it added.
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“The night acknowledged younger professionals bringing contemporary concepts to established challenges, in addition to the engineers, technicians, and leaders whose expertise continues to anchor an trade in change,” it went on to state.
OEUK Chief Government David Whitehouse mentioned within the assertion that the night time was a reminder of each the continuity and evolution throughout the power workforce.
“Our sector has all the time been outlined by its individuals; their expertise, resilience, and ingenuity,” Whitehouse added within the assertion.
“What we noticed this night is how that very same spirit is driving innovation throughout carbon seize, hydrogen, and offshore wind, whereas persevering with to ship the oil and gasoline that the UK nonetheless relies on,” he added.
“We hope the Autumn Funds acknowledges the worth of those expert jobs and the communities they maintain,” he continued.
“It is a story of transition, but in addition of continuity – of people that’ve powered the nation for many years and are actually serving to to form the way it’s powered for many years to come back,” Whitehouse mentioned.
The funds, or monetary assertion, is an announcement made to the Home of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the nation’s funds and the federal government’s proposals for modifications to taxation, the UK parliament web site states, including that the federal government has introduced that the following funds will happen on Wednesday, November 26.
The total listing of winners on the 2025 OEUK Awards will be seen beneath:
Apprentice of the 12 months: Liam Godsman, Katoni Engineering
Early Profession Skilled of the 12 months: Luke Donnelly, Ready
Individuals and Tradition: Altrad
Excellent Contribution to Power Safety: Shell U.Okay. Restricted
Excellent Contribution to Power Decarbonization: Oxford Stream
Excellent Contribution to Round Economic system: Ready
Progressive Provide Chain Firm of the 12 months – Giant Enterprise: Tracerco Restricted
Progressive Provide Chain Firm of the 12 months – SME: Apollo
Neighbor of the 12 months: Ithaca Power
Round 600 individuals attended this 12 months’s OEUK Awards ceremony, in line with a separate OEUK assertion despatched to Rigzone on Friday, which famous {that a} complete of 39 entrants had been shortlisted as finalists after a document variety of nominations had been thought of from throughout the sector.
In a launch despatched to Rigzone final month, OEUK introduced that tv presenter and radio host Stephen Mulhern had been confirmed because the host of this 12 months’s OEUK awards ceremony.
OEUK mentioned in that launch that the awards “have fun the individuals and corporations driving progress throughout the UK’s offshore power sector – together with oil and gasoline, wind, hydrogen, and carbon seize and storage” and added that the occasion “will as soon as once more highlight the trade’s brightest stars, with greater than 120 nominations acquired this 12 months”.
The trade physique highlighted in that launch that Mulhern is understood for presenting “a variety of iconic reveals”, together with Dancing On Ice, Deal Or No Deal, Britain’s Acquired Extra Expertise, In For a Penny, Catchphrase, and You Guess.
In a launch despatched to Rigzone again in September, OEUK revealed the finalists for the newest iteration of its annual awards.
“The finalists will now go on to be judged by an professional panel of trade leaders, earlier than being introduced at the ceremony on Thursday 20 November at P&J Reside in Aberdeen,” OEUK famous in that launch.
The OEUK awards web site describes the awards as a “flagship occasion” and as “some of the anticipated occasions on the trade calendar”.
In an announcement posted on OEUK’s web site again in November final 12 months, Whitehouse hailed 2024’s OEUK awards ceremony, calling it “the biggest awards occasion we’ve had for a decade with over 40 finalists inspiring us with their achievements”.
In response to the OEUK awards website, the 2026 OEUK Awards will happen at P&J Reside in Aberdeen on November 19, 2026.
OEUK describes itself on its web site because the main commerce affiliation for the UK offshore power trade and a not for revenue membership group with a historical past stretching again 5 a long time.
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