Lloyd’s Register has recently secured 2 of the 4 major UKCS projects recently tendered by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) for the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The contracts are for the provision of Regional Exploration Maps and Regional and Field Support Engineering Services. Technical expertise and productivity strategies provided by the Reservoir Services and Development Solutions teams of Lloyd’s Register will help OGA work towards its goal of maximising the economic recovery of the UKCS’s oil and gas reserves.
OGA has named Lloyd’s Register, a provider of integrity, compliance and specialist risk consulting services, as its trusted supplier for the Regional Exploration Maps and Regional and Field Support Engineering Services bids for the UKCS. The new OGA has a role to regulate, influence and promote the oil and gas industry to achieve its principal objective of maximising the economic recovery of UK offshore oil and gas resources. In its Corporate Plan 2016-2021, the OGA describes priorities and plans incorporating actions from its Call to Action Report and the Wood Review, in support of its ambition to be a world leading regulator, and setting the framework for a sustainable and competitive UK oil and gas industry. Lloyd’s Register was chosen for these contracts based on its in-house technical excellence, breadth of experience globally and regulatory insight.
