A Scottish oil services firm has completed its second major investment in Fife this year with the establishment of a new £1 million workshop and warehousing facility.
Glacier Energy Services, which is headquartered in Glasgow but operates its oil and gas services business out of Aberdeen, said it was creating 10 jobs initially at its new 15,000ft2 unit at St David’s Business Park in Dalgety Bay.
The firm said the new facility which will house three Glacier Energy businesses brought the capabilities of its offshore divisions closer to clients carrying out new construction contracts and working on existing refurbishment and maintenance contracts in the area, and had already lined up £1m of supply chain work.
The new investment comes just months after Glacier moved to snap up Methil-based non-destructive testing specialist PTS in a deal understood to be worth £5m.
Mark Derry, managing director of Glacier’s offshore division, said that Fife had become a key location for the business.
“We have significant activity in Fife and opening this workshop is a natural step, complementing our main energy sector base in Aberdeen as we grow the business,” Mr Derry said.
“There is a synergy across our businesses which will often bring colleagues from Ross Offshore, Roberts Pipeline Machining, Site Machining Services and PTS together on the same projects, and this new facility ensures we are able to deliver directly in an area of increasingly high activity.
“Added to our existing bases in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Newcastle, we now operate from four key locations which play a vital role in the delivery of new facilities and refurbishment projects for the sector.
“We have already appointed 10 additional heat-exchanger engineers for the new workshop at Dalgety Bay, and will be recruiting more people for the base over the coming year, in addition to providing support to the team from our existing base in Aberdeen.”
Glacier was formed in a management buyout in 2011 to acquire Roberts and welding services specialist Wellclad.
The group has since continued to expand through a targeted buy-and-build strategy, and its workforce has now grown to more than 200.