Global Energy Group’s multi-client contract showcases UK-based engineering talent to achieve first oil for Catcher

Global Energy Group (GEG) has played a key role, together with local businesses, in supporting Premier Oil reach first oil on the Catcher field in the North Sea.  This was safely achieved on 23 December 2017. GEG’s multi-faceted scope of work began in 2014 and is worth in excess of USD $40 million to date. This included extensive fabrication work for a number of UK energy and engineering firms at the company’s Invergordon and Nigg facilities on the Cromarty Firth.  It comprised of constructing six bundled towheads and associated spools for Subsea 7, six subsea drill centre templates (DCTs) for Aquaterra Energy, as well as the Spring-lok units for Britannia Engineering Consultancy. Read more…

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