Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting in St Andrews, with 4 new directors elected and 4 directors re-elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry.

The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has 225 fee paying members. Attendees were also given an overview of Decom North Sea activity over the past year and an update on progress against the various strategic objectives.

The directors re-elected on to the board were Nigel Lees, Wood Group PSN; Dick Lagerweij, Boskalis Offshore; Stuart Wordsworth, SPD Group and Mark Stanley, Peterson (United Kingdom) Ltd.

The new directors elected were Ian Whitehead, Petrofac; Pamela Ogilvie, Quickflange UK Ltd; Andrew Sneddon, URS Corporation and Dr Stewart Davies, Augean Plc.

Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK jointly hosted a major decommissioning industry conference on October 2 and 3 at The Fairmont, St Andrews.

With annual expenditure for North Sea decommissioning projects forecast to top £1billion in the coming years, this year's event focused on collaboration and promoting knowledge share and best practices among operators and supply chain members.

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