Jobs boost for the north east
Fabricom Oil & Gas is to establish a base in north east England bringing with it up to 250 engineering jobs.
Fabricom Offshore Services, a subsidiary of Fabricom Contracting, is creating a base for its offshore oil and gas engineering business in north Tyneside bringing with it up to 250 engineering jobs.
Fabricom Offshore Services’ North Sea activity will include design and detailed engineering, maintenance and modification work to terminals and platforms, field decommissioning work in the North Sea.
In addition, it will provide on and offshore services for international companies such as BP, Shell, BG, Total and ConocoPhillips and new entrants into the industry such as Talisman, Apache, Valiant and Nexen.
Fabricom’s decision to locate a new base in north Tyneside was secured thanks to a £1.6m Selective Finance for Investment (SFI) grant from regional development agency One NorthEast.
The agency’s sectors team has been working with Fabricom over a period of several months, looking at the region’s supply chain to link Fabricom into the relevant regional partners to help find the right location for Fabricom Offshore Services.
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