ESR Technology strengthens Asset Integrity team

Warrington, UK. ESR Technology, one of the industry’s leading engineering, safety and risk management consultancies, today announced the appointment of Steve Ballantyne as an Asset Integrity Consultant.

Based at the company’s Aberdeen operation, Steve will be responsible for the delivery of a range of asset integrity related services to organisations in the region.

He joins ESR Technology from Baker Hughes where he worked as a Reliability Engineer for nine years. During that time he was involved with several global projects which included providing training and new technology introductions in Singapore, Australia, Nigeria and Angola.  Most recently he spearheaded major reliability projects for companies in Saudi Arabia.

Steve brings to ESR Technology a broad range of technical skills including asset integrity management, reliability analysis and strategy, maintenance management, root cause failure analysis, business process optimisation, statistical analysis and quality management.

"Steve is a very welcome addition to our growing team,” said Jim Thomson, ESR Technology’s Head of Technical Services. “He brings a broad range of international experience of oil and gas asset integrity management to our portfolio of skills."