ADTI staff add knowhow with well managers

SEVERAL senior members of staff from the recently closed oil and gas services business Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI) have joined well management bu si ne s s Exceed.

ADTI, bought by private equity firm Sun European Partners for an undisclosed sum from Transocean last year, was shut at short notice in May with the loss of around 90 jobs.

Now Aberdeen-based Exceed, which mainly works internationally, has formed a new subsidiary with eight ex-ADTI employees to target drilling and project management work in the North Sea and further afield. It said the agreement extends its service offering to include well abandonment, production technology and petroleum engineering and will allow it to enter new markets.

John Anderson has joined Exceed as its commercial director of wells, Calum MacDonald as well engineering and operations director, Bart van de Laar as wells project manager and Steve Hayhurst as production technology and petroleum engineering manager.

Also taking up roles are Dave Craig as engineering team lead, completions and workover manager John McNab, well test and decommissioning manager John S i mp s on and s ub s e a manager Ross Mack.

The subsidiary, called Exceed Wells, is looking to attract a number of ADTI clients as well as new customers. Exceed confirmed that if sales go well it may look to employ more former ADTI workers in the coming months.

With the latest additions Exceed now has 30 staff with a further 20 contractors