According to the information Petrofac Energy Development Ltd has donated £10,000 to the Scottish Fishermen’s Trust in recognition of the contribution made by SFF Services Ltd in ensuring the safe development of two of its North Sea oilfields. It is said that SFF Services – a company wholly owned by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation – provides fishing vessels to guard subsea structures and pipelines for the offshore oil industry, and for over a year it provided continuous guard vessel services for Petrofac during the construction phase of its Don Southwest and West Don Development Project without any safety incidents reported.
Matt Huntington, Petrofac Subsea Manager, informed that a total of 13 separate guard vessels had operated on the project and their exemplary safety performance was a credit to all of the crews involved especially when we consider the harsh environmental conditions that have been experienced in the Don area. James Brown, Chairman of the Scottish Fishermen’s Trust, opined that Scottish Fishermen’s Trust is very grateful to Petrofac for their extremely generous donation to the charity. It is also said that the activity of SFF Services Ltd over a considerable number of years in organising guard vessels has facilitated good relations between the fishing and the oil and gas industries to our mutual benefit.
