This year got off to a flying start with the signing of a new US$750,000 contract with The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC). The state owned company is a new client for Amor Group and they’ve signed us up to design and install a gas management system for the Caribbean’s Cross Island Pipeline.
“We already have customers in Trinidad and Tobago and are pleased to be adding NGC to our customer base. This is an exciting time for us to be extending our current projects in Trinidad and Tobago amid major investment in the energy sector.”Robert McSaveney, Solutions Director (Energy), Amor Group
The Cross Island Pipeline is part of NGC’s ongoing thrust to position the country as a key player in the global natural gas industry, and the project will see Amor Group provide the organisation with a sophisticated gas management system based on its RT-HAS hydrocarbon accounting solution.
In order to maintain accurate records and in anticipation of NGC’s expected 2010 growth, the organisation decided to replace their existing manual spreadsheet solution to fulfil their need for additional system flexibility. With Amor Group’s RT-HAS solution NGC will now be able to accurately mange their hydrocarbon production, planning and reporting both efficiently and effectively.
Find out more about our hydrocarbon management system RT-HAS
Houston, We Have an Office
The opening of our new office in Houston, Texas, adds to Amor Group’s growing global reach.
The office is headed up by Bryan Parker, Amor Group’s VP of Sales in the States, who although 
originally from the UK, has lived and worked in America for over a decade.
“The establishment of the Texas office is central to Amor Group’s Pan American growth strategy. We already work together with a number of large US based operations and we believe that our strengthened presence in the region will enable us to further serve and develop our American off-shore and on-shore clients.Bryan Parker Amor Group’s VP Sales (USA)
Since joining Amor Group in 2008 Bryan has established several key oil and gas accounts in the Americas that have generated over US$2.5 million in sales. Bryan is soon to be joined in Texas by Amor Group’s senior consultant, Brendon Glass who has over 10 years engineering experience working in the oil, gas and utilities sectors. A winning combination for sure, and we look forward to many more future successes for Bryan and the team.
A Consolidated Energy Practice for Amor Group
Our experience and expertise over the last two decades has seen us deliver successful business technology solutions and services time and again to oil and gas organisations and utility companies across the globe. We’re proud of our proven and trusted heritage within these industries and we can see how our accumulated knowledge, solutions and skills will be invaluable in helping to address future challenges and changes the energy industry is set to face.
“The Energy Practice has created a hub of energy best practice, expertise and experience that differentiates Amor Group from its competitors. Oil, natural gas or renewable sources, our solutions enhance the entire energy value chain from the production of the raw energy resource, right through to the delivery of energy to the consumer.”Alec Harley, Energy Director, Amor Group
Our unique understanding of how to enhance production performance, drive business value, meet industry standards and ensure compliance has led directly to the creation of the Amor Group Energy Practice.
With more than 20 years experience in delivering business technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas markets, Amor Group has pooled its resources and expertise to create a dedicated energy business.
The team of almost 200 IT, engineering and business experts already work with clients including BP, Shell, Talisman, Nexen, Cairn Energy Centrica and Scottish Power and will be lead by Alec Harley, the Group’s Energy Sector Director.
IM Top of the Agenda
Working in conjunction with Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University and Ovum, Amor Group has recently launched the IM Energy Forum to promote information management improvement in the energy sector. Several major North Sea operators have signed up for the forum, which brings together industry analysts, academics and technology providers to give members direct access to information, industry best practice and networking opportunities. The IM Energy Forum aim is to help UK oil and gas information management specialists shape information management strategy to transform the effectiveness of current IM operations.
Forum members enjoy access to the following resources:
One Day Master Classes: Twice each year, the forum organises a one day master class allowing time out to really focus on issues driven by members. Here analysts deliver research and insight. Topics are also discussed among members.
Site Visits: In order to learn from leading IM in action we facilitate site visits to member organisations premises.Analyst Insight: Our unique partnership with Butler provides you with access to strategy briefings, strategy forums and webinars. You also have access to a limited number of individual enquiry calls.
Web Portal: Membership provides access to on online portal which acts as a hub for IM research and papers and a discussion forum for you to interact with your peers, analysts, academics and technology providers.
IM Energy Masterclass, April 2010 (date TBC), Aberdeen, UK
If you would like to attend or receive more information about the forum, please contact Neale Stidolph or visit www.imenergyforum.com
Forecasting Operations at Norway’s Largest Airport
Oslo Airport Gardermoen, Norway’s largest international airport, has gone live with a new forecasting solution provided by Amor Group.
FirstPlanIT is a cutting edge Amor Group transport solution that uses key information including current and historical flight schedules, actual passenger numbers from security metal detectors, national holidays, religious festivals and passenger trends to provide accurate forecasts for every 15 minutes of the operational day.
As well as reducing operational costs through a more efficient balance of staff and resources to satisfy demand, FirstPlanIT helps to reduce congestion and improve the flow of passengers through the airport resulting in increased customer satisfaction.
Lars Aasvestad, Project Leader from Oslo Airport, said: “We were due to replace our existing forecasting system and were impressed by the capabilities of Amor Group’s FirstPlanIT, which came with positive recommendations from other airports. “We needed a robust system to allow us to make the most efficient use of our staffing resources”
“It was also important for us to be able to adjust the system to fit our individual needs and we have found that FirstPlanIT is extremely flexible as well as accurate and fast.”
Find out more about our queue management technology at FirstPlanIT
Airport Check-in Made Easy
Checking in at the airport, as any family or frequent flier will testify, can be a frustrating and unnecessarily time consuming process but not for the tens of thousands of Austrian Airlines and bmi passengers who already enjoy a hassle free check-in with the use of our revolutionary FirstPass solution.
FirstPass uses our unique animated barcode technology to deliver airline boarding passes direct to passenger’s mobile handsets. Managing passenger check-in at the airport is costly, time consuming and space constrained. And with flight usage set to rise, airlines need to increase the amount of ‘off airport’ check-in, maximise bag drop and allow passengers to proceed directly to the gate as quickly and easily as possible. FirstPass helps them do exactly that.
Looking at how Apple revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music, the ease and simplicity of use of FirstPass is surely set to alter check-in for the technology savvy and fast paced 21st century traveller.
Try out FirstPass for yourself using our online product demo!
We are continuing to lead boarding pass innovation with the launch of our secure platform to meet the requirements set out by the American Transportation Security Administration. FirstPass can now manage all barcoded boarding pass digital signatures and key pairs on behalf of the airline to allow rapid and simplified implementation and rollout
FirstPass also supports the emerging NFC (Near Field Communications) technology for ‘touch and go’ boarding with mobile phones, providing a future-proof solution for the airlines.
Find out more about our mobile boarding pass platform FirstPass
Amor Group Scores Place on Learning and Skills Council Framework
Amor Group’s Public Sector practice has secured a place on a new framework which is set to bring in significant revenue from the education sector.
We beat off strong competition from a number of companies to be one of just three suppliers chosen for the Solutions Development category by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for its Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) programme.
The QCF is a new framework for recognising and accrediting qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and it is at the centre of a major reform of the vocational qualification system designed to make the whole system simpler to understand and easier to use.
This new appointment presents an outstanding opportunity for the Public Sector Practice over the next few years and comes hot on the heels of a new professional services contract totalling £3.5 million secured with Ofqual, the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. The contract was awarded via the Buying Solutions UK public sector national procurement framework and we beat off strong competition from a number of companies in order to win the business.
These recent deals demonstrate Amor Group’s growing Public Sector expertise which has been proven with the continuing working partnership we have established with the Welsh and Scottish education departments.
