Stats Group targets Australia

Stats Group, the Aberdeenshire pipeline technology specialist, is targeting new opportunities in Australia and Papua New Guinea after extending its relationship with Brisbane-headquartered OSD.

The move follows on from a similaragencyagreementcovering the New Zealand market which is said to have resulted in “positive results” for both companies and their clients.

Stats specialises in the provision of pipeline isolation, repair and integrity services, including the design, supply and provision of specialised test, intervention and isolation tools, to the global oil and gas industry.

The Scots company has successfully collaborated with OSD on three pressurised pipeline isolation projects in New Zealand and plans to use this template to grow the two firms’ respective businesses in Australia.

Gareth Campbell, Stats Group regional sales manager for Asia Pacific, said: “The template we have established with OSD in New Zealand is working extremely well and we look forward to rolling this out to tap into the many opportunities that Australia’s onshore, offshore and emerging LNG [liquefied natural gas] markets has to offer.”

OSD’S asset services manager, Jarrod Woolnough, added: “We are delighted to be able to announce an extension of our successful New Zealand partnership with Stats as it further supports our drive for excellence in providing world class engineering, technical and innovative solutions to industries toughest challenges.”

Stats Group is headquartered in Kintore in Aberdeenshire and also operates from Kendal and Inverurie in the UK, Edmonton and Calgary in Canada, Houston in the US, Abu Dhabi and Qatar in the Middle East and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

OSD has offices in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Darwin in Australia and New Plymouth in New Zealand.