North Sea Oil Part Two: Sir Ian Wood
Peter Day talks to Scottish businessman, Sir Ian Wood, who tells us his fascinating story of transforming the family firm from a fishing company to a global energy services group.
Aberdeen is the centre of an off-shore oil boom in the North Sea which has been going on for almost 40 years. Peter Day talks to Sir Ian Wood, a local businessman who transformed his father’s fishing boat company into what became a huge global supplier to the oil industry worldwide. Sir Ian was there when the oil first started to flow and he tells his story – and Aberdeen’s – charting the development of the North Sea energy industry.
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