Decom North Sea has appointed a new leadership team.
Following a period as interim, Sam Long has been confirmed as the industry organisation’s chief executive, with previous board chair Callum Falconer joining him in the role of operations director.
Long, who has been active in the energy industry for more than 20 years, with companies including Wood, Petrofac, Baker Hughes and Aker Solutions, brings a career-long focus on decommissioning, well abandonment, late life asset management and the need to decarbonise the upstream oil and gas industry.
Falconer, who has been involved with Decom North Sea since its launch as both member and non-executive director, has a track record reaching back to the early days of North Sea decommissioning. Since this time, he has led the industry’s approach as decommissioning manager of Marathon Oil and as chief executive of the Dundeecom partnership.
The newly-formed leadership duo is poised to implement a strategy of growth and diversification, reflecting the evolving global energy landscape, and in particular the role of decommissioning in the journey towards net zero.
Long stated: “Our growth and ambitions have to be in line with the needs of our membership, as they also diversify in scope and geography.
“Our fundamental commitment to the sustainability of the decommissioning sector remains firm, and the relevance of late life and decommissioning to a successful, efficient energy transition cannot be understated, particularly in terms of the sector’s future security.”
Falconer added: “The Scottish Government has well-documented ambitions to position Scotland as a global energy hub, not least via a commitment to the North Sea Transition Deal.
“The stages of transition itself are clear – from oil and gas to decommissioning, renewables and hydrogen.
“Our role is to facilitate the successful creation of a best-in-class, future-proofed and truly exportable decommissioning sector against this context.”
For more than a decade, Decom North Sea has worked with the renewables, oil, gas and nuclear sectors to share knowledge, facilitate collaboration and maximise business potential.
The 230-strong membership is drawn from operators, major contractors, services specialists and technology developers.
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