To celebrate 30 years in business Aberdeen-based Balmoral Group has published a limited edition full colour book entitled Black and Green Gold.

Written by Jeremy Cresswell, edited and produced by Balmoral’s in-house PR team, with Sir C Duncan Rice providing the Foreword, the 168 page book celebrates the achievements and the people of the oil industry in the north of Scotland and considers Aberdeen’s future position in the global sector through a series of candid interviews and thought-provoking editorial. The book is sub-titled: Aberdeen’s continuing role in the energy revolution.

Black and Green Gold was written to complement the company’s previous book, Black Gold and the Silver City, which was published in 2000 and looked at the impact the industry made on the north and north-east of Scotland from its arrival in the sixties through to the end of the last millennium.

A copy of Black and Green Gold was presented to Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen, Mr Peter Stephen, at a recent ceremony attended by senior business people from Aberdeen city and shire.

Jim Milne, chairman and managing director of Balmoral, said: “Black and Green Gold is the result of extensive research, carefully considered opinion, photographic archive exploration and, I feel, has been very finely produced.

“I wanted to create something special for our thirtieth anniversary and although looking into the future is somewhat challenging I believe we will stimulate some fascinating conversations with the content. I don’t believe anything quite like this has previously been published.”

Interviewees contributing to the book include Rita Marcella, Sue Bruce, James McCallum, Mike Salter, Neil Bruce and the late Matt Simmons.

A limited edition of 2000 copies has been produced that will be gifted to friends, clients and colleagues of the company, both at home and overseas.

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