Share

Wood Group PSN appoints UK Managing Director

Robin Watson, previously managing director of Wood Group (North Sea) Ltd, has been appointed UK managing director of the newly formed Wood Group PSN business, effective immediately.

Mr Watson has overseen the expansion of Wood Group’s UK asset operations business since 2010. He was previously responsible for duty holder contracts with clients including Centrica, Ithaca and Premier Oil and significant North Sea contracts with Hess, Talisman and TAQA. He brings to the role more than 20 years of industry experience in production and energy development.

“I’m delighted to lead the new Wood Group PSN business in the UK and I am excited about the additional value we will be able to deliver for our customers as a result of the merger,” says Mr Watson.

From its headquarters in Aberdeen, Wood Group PSN will provide global brownfield support and life of field production services to clients by drawing on the expertise and experience of its global network of 23,000 employees.

In his new role, Mr Watson will be responsible for the delivery of the combined UK legacy businesses of Wood Group’s Engineering North Sea and PSN. This portfolio includes large integrated service contracts with TAQA, Talisman, Shell and BP, existing duty holder business with Ithaca, Centrica and EoN-Ruhrgas, engineering and construction services to Total, CNR and EnQuest, support contracts to Hess, ConocoPhilips, Chevron and Exxon, operations and maintenance support to Nexen and additional operations in the North of England, Runcorn, Hull and Yarmouth. The UK is one of Wood Group PSN’s largest operations centres and Mr Watson will be responsible for both the delivery of these existing contracts and future business growth in the UKCS.

“The merger of Wood Group Production Facilities and PSN in the UK creates a business of significant scale, a company with an unrivalled talent pool and one of the world’s leading brownfield energy services providers. We have extended capability and presence in all of the major oil and gas and energy centres in the UK and will offer an enhanced and assured service delivery to all of our customers,” he says.

Wood Group PSN in the UK now employs almost 8000 people and operates across four locations – Aberdeen, Glasgow, Runcorn and Hull. Almost 4000 of its employees work offshore in the North Sea.

Robin Watson will report to Wood Group PSN’s CEO, Bob Keiller.

The deal to merge Wood Group’s Production Facilities business with PSN was completed on April 20, 2011. The merger creates the world’s leading brownfield service provider with annual revenues of around US$3 billion and a 23,000-strong workforce operating in more than 35 countries.

238 views