Lloyd’s Register EMEA has made a significant move in becoming the leading authority in risk management services to the nuclear, oil and gas, and transportation sectors. Lloyd’s has signed heads of terms to acquire one hundred per cent of the share capital of Scandpower AS.
The acquisition will be the largest the Lloyd’s Register Group has ever conducted. Scandpower has a staff of approximately 250 that specialises in the provision of risk management services to the nuclear, oil and gas, and transportation industries. Approximately 65 per cent of staff are headquartered in Norway and 25 per cent in Sweden. The remaining staff are evenly split between Houston and Beijing.
In the nuclear field, Scandpower’s services are entirely focused upon civil power generation. Within the oil and gas sector, the company’s services are focused upon exploration, production, refining and transport. Activities in the transportation sector are focused on railway and aviation industries.
Achieving Goals
Iain Light (picture), Lloyd’s Register’s Oil & Gas Director said of the agreement: “Lloyd’s Register has a clear strategy to become the leading provider of compliance, integrity and specialised consultancy services to clients throughout all sectors of transportation and energy. The acquisition of Scandpower will be a major step towards achieving that goal.”
Room for Growth
Demand for energy is increasing world-wide. Combined with raised safety and environmental expectations, and the need for operational efficiencies, the demand for nuclear, oil and gas energy and transportation related risk management services is at an all time high and is now expected to increase further.
Bjørn Inge Bakken, President and CEO of Scandpower said: “We experience an unprecedented level of demand for our services and we are keen to expand geographically and increase our market share in the nuclear and oil and gas sectors. To achieve this, we need to be capable of handling substantial and rapid growth, both operationally and administratively. The Lloyd’s Register Group is an ideal partner with similar values and an infrastructure that can be leveraged to support our growth plans.”
Source: https://www.lr.org/News+and+Events/Agreement+to+acquire+Scandpower.htm[Lloyd’s Register]
