Wireline Magazine Autumn 2020 Issue 49

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COVID-19 Testing Guidelines now available New COVID-19 Testing Guidelines have now been published and are available on the OGUK website. This document is a guideline for use by those organisations who have included screening testing amongst their COVID-19 prevention barriers (or are considering doing so) and aims to provide clear information, guidance and advice on testing protocols to ensure this is done in line with good practice. Unwrapping decommissioning in newvideo series In a bid to explore and expand industry awareness, OGUK has launched a new series of videos, titled Decommissioning Unwrapped. In the first of the series, OGUK's Decommissioning Manager Joe Leask takes a look at well decommissioning and what the UK's oil and gas industry is doing to reduce costs. This episode follows Joe to Nigg, where he meets Phil Milton, CEO of Well Safe Solutions, to look at what's being done to improve the well decommissioning process.

culture, the SME Forum will give participants access to OGUK’s existing business support guidance/initiatives and an opportunity to shape the agenda going forward. The forum will provide an opportunity to address major concerns including loss of skills in the sector, offering the chance for participants to collectively develop solutions to common challenges. Items on the agenda for the first forum included an update on Brexit and its impact on the industry, and input from OGUK’s external affairs team on political developments and their impact on the oil and gas supply chain.

NewSME Forum supports businesses under pressure Amid concern that a growing number of smaller companies may not survive the current downturn and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, OGUK’s Continuous Improvement team launched its SME Forum in August.

Stay tuned for further updates in the series throughout the year.

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