Claxton Engineering Ltd

Claxton Engineering
Private limited (Non-trading)
Industry Oil and gas engineering services
Founded Great Yarmouth, England (1985)
Headquarters Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom
Area served
 Global
Key people
 Laura Claxton, Managing Director
Revenue £33,000,000[1] (2009)
Number of employees
 96 (2011)
Website http://www.claxtonengineering.com/

Claxton Engineering Services Ltd (Claxton) is an engineering and service company registered in the United Kingdom and has its headquarters in Great Yarmouth, UK.

Claxton provides engineering services for the oil and gas industry a with specific focus on well systems, pipelines and offshore structures . Main areas of commercial operation are project engineering, a fast-track design-analyse-build engineering service and a rental tools service. The company is an accredited and registered organisation with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

History

Claxton was founded in Great Yarmouth in 1985[3] and in addition to its headquarters has operations bases in Aberdeen, UK and in Dubai, UAE. In 1999 Claxton became part of Acteon Group Ltd.

Claxton has supplied drilling risers for many major projects around the world [4][5][6] and has achieved safety milestones for its operations.[7] Some of the company’s projects involve developing new components for the oil and gas industry, for example, technical innovations for drilling risers.[8]

Claxton has received several industry awards, including the Queen's Award for Export Achievement (1998) and the Spirit of Enterprise Great Engineering Company Award (2009).[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/claxton_s_25_year_milestone_1_472242 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Accredited and registered organisations
  3. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/claxton_s_25_year_milestone_1_472242 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.oilandgasonline.com/article.mvc/UWG-Group-successfully-completes-Shell-Baram-0001 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/1m_us_contract_boost_for_firm_1_750296 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/340787/articles/offshore/volume-68/issue-9/departments/subsea-surface-systems/subsea-systems.html Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=70184 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Shrink fit for purpose", August 2008.
  9. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/claxton_s_25_year_milestone_1_472242 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ http://www.enterprisegy.co.uk/awards/winners-2009.php Missing or empty |title= (help)

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