Decom Engineering has invested more than £250,000 to open a new facility near Aberdeen, as it plans to expand its business.
The Northern Ireland-based pipeline decommissioning specialist has chosen to open a base at Potterton, near Dyce, to be “strategically” closer to North Sea oil and gas clients.
The 6,000 sq ft facility that will be used for equipment testing and storage, as well as hosting customer trials days, and it should allow faster deployment of Decom’s assets to clients working in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Chief executive Sean Conway said: “We are delighted to extend our footprint with this new Aberdeen presence, which adds to our existing capability in Holland and our headquarters in Belfast.
“This investment gives us a platform for significant growth in 2022 and beyond by offering more direct and speedier access to existing North Sea clients and a large number of potential new customers who operate in the UKCS and international oil and gas markets.”
Decom’s technologies have been deployed on international decommissioning projects where oil and gas operators have to replace or remove ageing subsea infrastructure and redundant assets.
It secured three new contract wins, valued at more than £400,000 - including a six month campaign in the Gulf of Thailand - on behalf of a global oil and gas operator, in which Decom will remove subsea pipelines in water depths of up to 100 metres.
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