Peak employee wins top UKOOA award
Posted: 7 November 2003
Jeanette Gordon, a well engineer with Peak Well Management, has
won the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) Pearl Award for
the oil and gas industry's most promising young employee.
The specially commissioned trophy — a piece of core drilled
from the Dunlin field 30 years ago — and £500 were presented
to Jeanette by SNP Westminster leader and Banff and Buchan MP Alex
Salmond at Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 6th November.
The one off award, which was in recognition of UKOOA celebrating
its 30th year, aimed to find the most promising employee in the
UK oil and gas industry who was also celebrating their 30th birthday
this year.
On receiving her award, Jeanette announced that she would give
her cash prize to the Grampian Autistic Society, and Peak has decided
to make a matching donation to the worthy cause.
Jeanette, who lives in Aberdeen, has worked for Peak Well Management
for three years. The company, which is an international specialist
in well engineering, management and construction, is part of The
Peak Group. Jeanette was commended by the judges for her contribution,
vision and commitment to the future of the UK Continental Shelf.
As part of the award, she submitted a short article on the future
of the North Sea and was then interviewed by a panel from UKOOA.
Her article highlights how the demanding environment of the UKCS
has enabled the workforce to move into the 21st century with vigour
and endurance.
She said: "Peak has been an excellent company to work for,
because they have recognised my skills and enabled me to develop
them to their potential. I have also been encouraged to join various
forums and discussions, which has been great for me.
"This award is a recognition, not only of the increasingly
significant role woman are playing in today¹s oil and gas industry
in the North Sea, but of the forward thinking approach of Peak to
develop its personnel.
"We are all working in evolving, technically innovative industry
utilising computer, internet and communications software to a degree
unimaginable 30 years ago, therefore I look forward to the next
30 years of revolutionary change."
The Peak Group managing director, Andrew Paterson, said: "At
Peak we take great pride in developing the engineers of the future
and welcome the fact that Jeanette, as one of our promising young
well engineers, is helping to shape the industry in the North Sea."
UKOOA acting director general Steve Harris said: "The hunt
for this pearl was not easy. Competition was tough with a large
number of high quality entrants. However, it is exciting and reassuring
to see that the industry employs some very promising young people
who will carry the sector forward through the next 30 years."
Established in 1996, The Peak Group has grown rapidly to become
a leading supplier of well engineering and operations management
services to the global upstream industry.
The Peak Group incorporates Peak Well management, Peak Solution
Systems and Peak Consultancy Services. The group's service portfolio
incorporates the provision of full project management solutions
from engineering studies through to the provision of individual
consultants and well engineering processes.
The Peak Group, based in Aberdeen (UK), Perth (Australia), Houston
(U.S.) and Jakarta (Indonesia) was recognised as one of the UK's
fastest growing privately-owned companies in a survey commissioned
by Real Business magazine in 2002.
In January 2003 the company officially launched its unique campaign
modelling software application C1.
The application is an effective process in the better understanding
of risks and the reduction of campaign costs for projects ranging
from single well planning to multiple well campaign analysis. In
November 2002 The Peak Group launched P1Version 2, an update on
its P1 software application for the time-cost risk planning of well
construction activities.
For more information see www.peak-group.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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