THE ABBOT GROUP PLC


Company Overview


            Abbot Group plc is a world leader in providing drilling and related well and facilities engineering services in the global energy industry (Datamonitor 2004). Headquartered in Aberdeen, Abbot is the largest offshore platform drilling contractor in United Kingdom (UK) and also happens to be one of the largest land drilling operators outside North and South America (Abbot Group 2004a). In particular, Abbot has a fleet of 45 land drilling rigs and 34 offshore drilling platforms in Europe, the Caspian region, Russia, North and West Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the United States (US) (Duncan 2005; Datamonitor 2004).


            Core business services of Abbot include: conceptual and front end studies; detailed design; engineering procurement and construction; offshore drilling and work-over; onshore drilling and work-over; drilling and well engineering; rig refurbishment and upgrade; slick-line services and well intervention; integrated project management; technical limit drilling and specialty engineering; and, consultancy services (Reuters 2005). These activities are basically carried out by the company’s wholly owned (operating) subsidiary, KCA DEUTAG, that is involved with providing drilling, well engineering and facilities engineering services—both onshore and offshore—within the international oil and gas industry (FML eXchange 2005; Abbot Group 2004b). KCA Deutag is the offspring of KCA Drilling and DEUTAG merger, with the latter being acquired by the Abbot Group on October 1, 2001 (Abbot Group 2004b).


            Another subsidiary of Abbot is Bentec, an international drilling and oilfield systems company, and with Bentec’s expertise in both onshore and offshore drilling operations, the Company provides a range of onshore and offshore drilling facility design, fabrication, installation and project management services (Abbot Group 2004b; Reuters 2005).


Abbot Group’s Human Resource Management


The employees of Abbot Group plc are one of the key stakeholders of the company, and since Abbot have long recognised the importance of balancing the expectations of all their key stakeholders (other key stakeholders include the customers, shareholders, and the communities where Abbot operates) so as to be a well run business, the company naturally has policies and procedures developed and improved “for the management of safety and the environment, and the protection of the welfare of our employees” (Abbot Group 2005, p. 2). This section, however, will focus only on the policies and procedures concerning Abbot’s workforce.




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