Growing your business
Empowering growth, unlocking potential
As an OEUK member you have access to a range of resources to help your business grow.
From access to finance to helpful business guides, we’ve signposted key resources to inform your strategy and day-to-day operations. We are proud to champion the UK offshore energy supply chain, ensuring expertise is anchored in the UK through a strong and sustainable industry.
- Supply chain strategy
- Access to finance
From bringing industry together to develop supply chain principles which support prompt payment, to shining a light on regulatory developments and regional and professional bodies, OEUK has a range of resources to help you shape your business strategy in the short, medium and long term.
Together with Robert Gordon University, we’ve produced a Supply Chain Transformation Roadmap – that outlines how the UK can support jobs, economic growth and innovation well into the future.
OEUK’s Business & Supply Chain Outlook 2024 highlights an unprecedented scale of opportunity, positioning the industry as central to the UK’s ambitions for net zero.
NSTD Supply Chain Champion Report 2024 provides actionable insights on how to repurpose and revitalize the oil and gas supply chain to support emerging energy sectors, such as floating wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS)
There are a range of government funding programmes available to UK supply chain companies. We’ve listed some of these below but please reach out to our team to find out more.
We’ve developed a powerful supply chain spending tool with up to date insights to help you visualise future demand and support your investment and business cases. OEUK’s work is complemented by the NSTA Energy Pathfinder contracts portal which features live opportunities for oil and gas, offshore wind and carbon capture and storage projects.
OEUK’s Supply Chain Investment Task Force brings industry together to synchronise investment in the supply chain to avoid gaps and ensure strategic, early action to support a resilient and sustainable supply chain.
Public Funding Opportunities
The offshore energy industry is supported by a variety of funding opportunities aimed at fostering innovation, research, and development.
Useful links
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
Global professional body for procurement and supply chain management professionals
NOF Energy North-East England
Business development membership organisation connecting businesses in the global energy sector
OGA Supply Chain Action Plans
Helping operators to structure and submit their plans
Cost Sustainability Information Paper – Issue 1
Sustainability of the cost reductions the industry has delivered during the recent downturn
NSTA Decommissioning Roadmap
Creating global competitive advantage for the UK
Global Underwater Hub
Leading trade and industry development body for the UK’s subsea sectors
OPITO – Competence Management System approval
Information from a global, not-for-profit, skills body for the energy industry
Scottish Enterprise – Business guides
Information to help you make the most of your business
Supply Chain Principles
Written by industry for industry, describing good procurement practices
Energy Industries Council
Latest EIC industry events
ECITB Project Collaboration Toolkit
Toolkit advises companies who want to work together more effectively
Competition law: information for trade associations
Information that trade associations need to know about competition law
How to manage sensitive information
Guidance on limiting competition law risks when dealing with commercially valuable information.