Mr Peattie was guest of honour at one of the oil and gas
industry’s most highly anticipated events at the Fairmont
Hotel, in St Andrews, where he spoke to a 500-strong
gathering about the challenges faced in the nuclear
decommissioning and oil and gas sectors.
The Offshore Decommissioning Conference, which ran from
November 27 to 29, saw some of the industry’s leading
figures listen to Mr Peattie’s keynote speech on the
similarities between the 2 sectors.
He addressed delegates on the parallels of
decommissioning in nuclear and oil and gas, and spoke of
collaboration, skills, standardising solutions and
achieving the mission.
Mr Peattie, who took over as CEO at the Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority in March, has extensive
experience of the oil and gas industry with a 35-year
career spanning the sector.
He started out as a young engineering graduate at BP in
1979.
The event, hosted by industry bodies Decom North Sea and
Oil & Gas UK, highlighted the continued importance of
cross-sector learning via the nuclear and marine salvage
sectors.
Mr Peattie shared his knowledge on the opportunities that
arise from the synergies between the 2 industries.
He said:
As CEO of the NDA, I’m thrilled now to be able to have
the opportunity to transfer learning and experience
from my oil and gas years to nuclear. And maybe even
facilitate some flowing back the other way too.
Being keynote speaker at such a prestigious event is an
honour. Energy has been in my blood from a very young
age and is still a passion of mine.
