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Customised Hyundai forktruck for WellGear

by Kyle Molyneux  |  Fri 21 Feb 2020

Customised Hyundai forktruck for WellGear

Oil and gas operations company, WellGear UK has recently taken delivery of an 18-tonne load capacity Hyundai 180D-9 diesel forktruck – the first to be delivered into the region. The compact but powerful machine is powered by a Mercedes-Benz 6R1000 281hp engine and has a maximum lifting height of 4,020mm. Despite the custom paint job in company colours, the machine arrived from Hyundai’s factory in South Korea in 12 weeks.

WellGear Group was established by Sigo Tjeerdsma (CEO) in the Netherlands in 2015. UK Managing Director, Murdo MacLeod set up the UK division in Aberdeen in 2016 and it became operational in 2017. The company specialises in the oil and gas well workover, well control, casing recovery, and well abandonment operations. Its clients include major blue-chip oil and gas companies. WellGear has experienced rapid expansion and has grown from employing just four staff in 2015 to over 150 in just four years within its Holland and Aberdeen divisions.

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