{"id":72462,"date":"2016-07-18T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ccd61f0e031fd94015c5e2d449510b98"},"modified":"2016-07-18T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:59:24","slug":"news-story-2016-mer-uk-awards-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72462","title":{"rendered":"News story: 2016 MER UK Awards now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Andy Samuel, chief executive of the OGA, said: \u201cLast year we were delighted to have a very strong category for the inaugural MER UK Awards with great examples of companies pioneering new, more collaborative ways of working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe selected four very deserving winners and I look forward to recognising and sharing more tangible examples of good practices and sustainable behavioural change from across the UKCS in support of delivering MER UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information about the awards and details about how to submit a nomination are available from <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/oilandgasukawards.co.uk\/award-categories\/\">Oil &amp; Gas UK\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>Further information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Candidates must be currently active on the UKCS and be able to describe positive collaboration. Entries are welcomed from operators and service companies both large and small.<\/li>\n<li>The Awards which will take place at Aberdeen\u2019s Exhibition and Conference Centre on Thursday 3 November. Nominations close on August 19th 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/oilandgasuk.co.uk\/previous-winners.cfm\">Last year\u2019s MER UK Award winners<\/a> were; Nexen, Northern North Sea Operational Gas Group, Centrica, Total and Dong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leona Minellas<\/p>\n<div class=\"address\">\n<div class=\"adr org fn\">\n<p>Press and Media Advisor<br \/>\n<br \/>Oil &amp; Gas Authority<br \/>\n<br \/>Tel: +44 (0) 300 020 1072<br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:leona.minellas@oga.gsi.gov.uk\">leona.minellas@oga.gsi.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations have opened today for the Oil &amp; Gas UK Awards where OGA will present, for a second time, the MER UK Awards to recognise innovative and sustainable ways to maximise economic recovery from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}