Expro North Sea Limied last night won the award for Subsea Company of the Year at the Subsea '08 Business Awards dinner, writes Graeme Smith.

Expro started out as a small Yarmouth-based service company and has developed into a global player with a turnover which increased 73% to £519m in 2006-07.

Best Newcomer to the Subsea Industry was Brinker Technology which was originally a spin-out company from the University of Aberdeen.

Best Young Personality of the Year, an award to recognise the new talent coming into the industry, went to Klaire Evans of Brinker Technology.

Dave Turner, BP's first subsea operations manager for the Gulf of Mexico deepwater business, won the award for the greatest individual contribution to the subsea industry.