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
editOn 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.
Political activity
editThe company donated over £100,000 to the Conservative Party during the 2019 United Kingdom general election[3]
Structure
editIt 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
edit- Gas and oil platforms.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sea Cities
- ^ Port of Tyne
- ^ "Donations". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2020.