Aberdeen-based Unity has accelerated its global growth trajectory following a record period, securing more than £6 million in new contracts and committing £1.8 million to enhance its specialist technology portfolio.
A new multi-million-pound well decommissioning project with a global operator in the North Sea headlines a series of recent contract wins for Unity. Under the agreement, Unity will deliver a full scope of plugging and abandonment (P&A) services, including the supply of all required equipment, with inspection work already underway.
The wider wins include three significant contract extensions and two Master Service Agreements with major oilfield service firms, further reinforcing Unity’s market-leading position in the well integrity sector.
The business has also secured a 15-well Thru-Tubing services scope. The contract is a result of the company’s significant investment in its well intervention tools, which enable operators and service providers to source fully integrated well integrity solutions from a single vendor. This ‘partner of choice’ approach streamlines operations for its clients by removing the cost and complexity of managing multiple suppliers.
To support growing demand, the firm has made a series of senior appointments with Gillian King joining as Sales Director; Catherine Bain, Finance Director; Aimée Tennant as Head of Marketing and Francis Newbatt as Technical Sales Manager. The business also plans to increase its talent base by 17 people this year.
Stuart Slater, who has been with the business in Aberdeen since 2019, has relocated to Perth, Australia. He takes on the role of Region Manager - Asia Pacific, where he will spearhead Unity's expansion leveraging the company’s 30-plus years of proven track record in North Sea tree and wellhead systems, as well as a new in-country fleet of the firm’s propriety technology. As a result, the business has secured its first handful of projects to support mature assets in Australia and Malaysia.
Gary Smart, CEO of Unity, said: 'This has been a landmark phase of progression and uplift for Unity and I’m exceptionally proud of the results our team have delivered. We have made significant investment in our technology portfolio to ensure we can provide operators with assurance of well integrity from production to abandonment, and we are now turning our attention firmly to international growth.
'We have spent decades building specialist knowledge in well integrity in the UK with more than 1,000 wells maintained and 300 well abandonment wells completed. We recognised the opportunity to take that expertise global. APAC is a key market and we are already seeing strong early traction, with plans to expand our in-country capability over the coming year. We have a great team and with the addition of Gillian, Catherine, Aimée and Francis, and Stuart’s relocation, we are well-positioned to build on this momentum and accelerate our performance across our target markets.'
Unity, part of the FrontRow Energy Technology Group, and as well as being headquartered in Aberdeen, the company also has service offices in Great Yarmouth (UK), Esbjerg (Denmark), Houston (USA) and Perth (Australia).
Source: Unity
