Offshore Group Newcastle
Offshore Group Newcastle or OGN Group are a British company that fabricate steel in North East England, often for oil platforms. It is Tyneside's largest manufacturing yard.
History
On 5 February 2016 it appeared in the episode Sea Cities Tyneside of BBC Two series Sea Cities.[1] Also appearing in the programme was the Shields Ferry and the Port of Tyne.[2] It also visited South Shields Marine School, part of South Tyneside College and the oldest marine school in the world, Target of Leif Höegh & Co from Norway, the Great North Run, MS Marina of Oceania Cruises, and the Old Low Light.
Structure
It is an offshore fabrication yard on the north bank of the River Tyne in Wallsend, near Point Pleasant, opposite the former site of Hebburn Colliery.
Products
- Gas and oil platforms.
See also
- Floating production storage and offloading
- Severfield, of North Yorkshire, who built the Gateshead Millennium Bridge
- Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company
- Category:Oil platforms off the United Kingdom
References
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