Woodside join HOIS

HOIS is delighted to announce that Woodside have become HOIS members, bringing the total membership to 13 category 1 members (asset owner and operators) and 25 category 2 members comprising inspection service companies, inspection equipment suppliers, notified/appointed bodies, the UK Health and Safety Executive and the Aberdeen-based Oil and Gas Technology Centre (The OGTC).

Woodside describes itself as the pioneer of the LNG industry in Australia and is the largest Australian natural gas producer. They have a global portfolio and are and integrated upstream supplier of energy. Woodside became aware of HOIS because of their close links with existing HOIS members.

We very much look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship as HOIS members work together to achieve the vision to be the best forum for the energy industry to improve the effectiveness of in-service non-destructive testing.

HOIS (www.hois.co.uk) is a well-established joint industry project, managed by ESR Technology, which has been running for more than thirty years with project partners in the energy sector including asset owner/operators, non-destructive testing service companies, NDT equipment vendors and regulatory authorities such as the HSE. The HOIS vision is to improve the effectiveness of in-service inspection for the energy industry.