WellCut appoints new general manager
Posted: 7 August 2003
WellCut Inc, a leading cutting and abandonment service provider
to the offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed Neil McKay as
General Manager.
Neil will take up his new post in Lafayette on 1 September 2003,
and will report to WellCut Inc's President, Paul Alcock.
Neil is a Chartered Engineer, having graduated in1983 in Mechanical
and Offshore Engineering. He subsequently obtained a PG Dip. in
Computer Applications in Engineering and a Masters Degree in Offshore
Engineering, both from Robert Gordon University.
He began his career working as a Graduate Engineer with Subsea
Offshore and then held various contract subsea engineering positions
with Conoco and BP.
In 1991 he joined Elf Enterprise Caledonia Ltd as a Staff Subsea
Facilities Engineer. In 1996 he returned to Subsea Offshore and
held a number of positions including Diving Manager and General
Manager of Subsea's office in Great Yarmouth.
Neil joined UWG Group in 2001, managing the company's subsea well
abandonment business. He moved from Aberdeen to Norwich in 2002
to take up the position of the Business Manager responsible for
all UWG Severance Services.
The move to WellCut Inc follows a natural progression for Neil
as it will be the main vehicle to expand UWG's Severance capability.
Speaking about his role, Neil said, "I am looking forward
to the opportunity to increase WellCut Inc's portfolio of products
and expanding the services into the international markets. We have
got an excellent team of experienced and dedicated personnel who
are all committed to the vision we have for WellCut Inc. and UWG
Group as a whole. There are so many opportunities for us in the
industry and we are all looking forward to the challenges and rewards
these will bring."
" The whole team is really excited about Neil taking this
new role. WellCut Inc. has such great potential that we needed a
strong driver in the seat. Neil is certainly the right person to
bring that potential to fruition and meet the ambitious business
targets we have set," said Paul Alcock.
UWG Group provides: Deep Water Riser Engineering - Equipment Sales
and Rental - Well Systems Engineering - Well Construction, Intervention
and Decommissioning. Proven innovators in many disciplines, UWG
Group member companies include UWG Ltd, Team Energy Resources Ltd,
Claxton Engineering Ltd, 2H Offshore and WellCut Inc. The Group
employs approximately 160 staff worldwide.
For more information see www.uwggroup.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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