Atlas Wins Over £3.6 Million of Export Orders
Aberdeen (UK), January 2012 - Atlas has reported a period of international growth over the last twelve months, winning over £3.6 million of new eLearning contracts. These focussed on safety, skills and competency training in the oil and gas sector, and produced a resultant eighty percent increase in new jobs within the UK.
The recent wins include a multi-million-pound deal that will see Atlas deliver training courses to ConocoPhillips' Australian LNG business unit. The contract includes the development of an eLearning process operations programme for personnel across the region, in particular ConocoPhillips' offshore operations in the Bayu-Undan field and at the onshore Darwin LNG plant.
Atlas has also won a significant share in a £6million ($10 million USD) project to provide a major new global learning framework for energy major ExxonMobil in the USA to be deployed across their global workforce. Atlas is the only partner outside of North America to be chosen to deliver courses in a framework supply agreement being led by the oil and gas operator's Houston operation.
Chief executive officer John Rowley says, "One of the biggest risks for organisations operating within safety-critical industries like oil and gas on a global basis is the competence of the people engaged in their projects. Having robust, quality training tailored to meet unique geographic needs is vital when ensuring safety requirements are met."
Atlas has transformed itself following private-equity investment from HgCapital in 2007. Since then, the business has experienced significant growth and expansion across priority international regions and market sectors.
Despite the challenges of the global financial crisis that hit home in 2009, Atlas has continued to perform well on the international market. The company has invested heavily in its export-led strategy, establishing sales teams in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia and adapting its award-winning courses to over twenty languages.
"Atlas's point of difference is our continued investment in technology and new products, which has helped to drive continued growth of the company across the international oil and gas and other safety-critical industries. These latest successes, combined with the IMIST contract, will help us to pursue an aggressive growth strategy in terms of penetration of the international markets with the aim of doubling our sales over the next three years", adds Mr. Rowley.
