Centrica chief is Decom speaker

Industry body Decom NorthSea (DNS) hasunveiledChris Cox, managing director of Centrica’s offshore exploration and production business, as keynote speaker for its 2017 conference and exhibition.

The Challenging the Norm event, principally sponsored by Bureau Veritas UK, will be held at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Wednesday, May 24.

Mr Cox has more than 30 years’ experience in global oil and gas upstream activities. As well as senior management jobs atBGGroup, he has held key international technical, commercial and management roles at Amerada Hess and Chevron Corporation.

Decom North Sea chief executive Roger Esson said: “With a number of mature assets in the Centrica portfolio and efficient dec o m m i s s i o n i n g

“Clear picture of recent and current activity”

amongst his top priorities, Chris is ideally positioned to provide insight into the current decommissioning landscape from an operator perspective and we are delighted to announce him as keynote speaker.

“Now in its fifth year, Decom Offshore 2017’s programme will reflect the title, Challenging the Norm, by focusing on providing a clear picture of recent and current activity within the decommissioning sector.

“This is an evolving sector, and it is fundamental to our commitment to assisting a robust, global supply chain win work to ensure we are constantly learning from latest experience.”

This year’s conference programme is focused on the opportunities currently available for all levels of the supply chain in the late life and decommissioning sector.