HC Deb 10 January 1985 vol 70 c531W
Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what exhibitions in which British companies participating in China were visited by the Minister of State, Department of Energy in his recent visit at the end of November.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

During my visit to China, from 1 to 7 December 1984, I opened the United Kingdom offshore oil and gas seminar in Beijing (Peking) and also participated in the seminar in Guangzhou (Canton).

The seminar, held in three centres (Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai), was organised jointly by the Offshore Supplies Office of the Department of Energy and the Sino-British Trade Council, and has been judged a highly successful event. It was technical in character and involved the following companies:

  • Atlantic Drilling Company Ltd. (exploration drilling)
  • BP Exploration Ltd.
  • Matthew Hall plc (project management)
  • Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd. (engineering design)
  • John Brown Engineers and Constructors Ltd. (engineering design)
  • Rolls Royce Ltd. (power generation)
  • Cleveland Redpath Offshore Ltd. (fabrication)
  • Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd. (hook-up and commissioning)
  • British Underwater Engineering Ltd.

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