About Us
Confidence in Achieving
O&G is committed to providing a unique and productive service to clients through extensive knowledge and experience of conducting international business in the Oil and Gas sector. This will involve offering remuneration terms of no benefit no fee all agreed in advance on a case by case basis. Where there is no tangible benefit to the client there will be no cost attached.

Brian Gribble
CEO
The vision and Inspiration behind O&G is Brian Gribble founder of two previous multinational companies, Online Electronics Ltd in 1996 and Online Valves Ltd in 2011. As a Managing Director he was three times successful in achieving the highest of all UK business accolades, the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2008, 2014 and 2016.
Central to his entrepreneurial career was a belief in the need to innovate and deliver industry first technologies. In 2015 Online Electronics Ltd was the winner in the UK of the Pipeline Industry Guild Award for Innovative Subsea Technology for MEGARTS™ a unique system for gathering real time subsea pipeline conditioning data and samples. Previously conditioning of newly commissioned subsea pipelines had been achieved theoretically by industry accepted volumes of chemical application. This award followed many pipeline technology development industry firsts incorporating the use of acoustic, electromagnetic and magnetic as methods of communication.
A resident of the UK and UAE he has extensive Oil and Gas contacts across the Middle East and North Africa. Over the years he has involved Scottish Universities in development projects, has extensive knowledge of technology and services companies in Scotland engaged in the global Oil and Gas sector and engages closely with Scottish Development International and the Energy Industry Council both in the UK and UAE.

Claire Gribble
Business Development Manager
After graduating from the University of Aberdeen in 2006 with an Honours degree in English, Claire began in a marketing role, with a flair and passion for all aspects of marketing Claire advanced to the position of Marketing Manager for an International Company operating in the pipeline sector of the Oil and Gas industry. This involved full responsibility for coordinating all Global Marketing activities across regional offices in the UK, Norway, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and USA.
Claire’s strongest skills are in developing, maintaining and growing a strong network of client and consultant contacts and in implementing action plans to maintain close customer relationships.
Claire is an avid reader of literature, in particular non-fiction, and has a passion for travel. Claire first visited the UAE on a trip to Dubai pre the new millennium – and a lot has changed since then! Now she regularly visits the UAE on business and pleasure having a strong network there. Claire very much enjoys and respects local culture.
Claire focuses on understanding UAE regional market conditions and follows Oil and Gas projects and business opportunities. With experience from being involved in the set-up of companies in the DMCC Free Zone, Claire was given the opportunity to share her experiences and of doing business in the region in a presentation to Scottish companies at a Scottish Development International/Scottish Enterprise seminar.
Claire looks forward to assisting UAE and Scottish clients in developing beneficial alliances.