UNIQUE Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has announced a joint venture agreement with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East region.
The new joint venture company, OEG Unique, which will be based in the UAE and Qatar, will provide local access to OEG’s full range of over 200 individual certified designs of DNV 2.7-1 certified Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs) and A60 modules across the GCC countries.
The partners have invested in new equipment including offshore containers, baskets, half heights, tanks and waste equipment rated to the leading international standards DNV 2.7-1 and EN 12079. The sales and rental fleet is located in bases at Sharjah and Doha and available for immediate mobilisation. The modern and diverse fleet will be supported by OEG Unique’s customer and technical support resources from facilities in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
Sahil Gandhi, director at Unique Maritime Group, commented that the new business was in line with his company’s growth strategy for the year. By partnering with OEG Offshore, his company was confident that specialised or customised products certified to DNV 2.7-1/EN 12079 would be available to customers in the Middle East region. “We look forward to a stronger brand presence in this business over the years to come,” he added.
Daniel Lim, group asset director, OEG Offshore, asserted, “We are delighted to be working closely with an experienced and respected Middle East partner that has an established reputation for quality service and support and shares similar business ethos. These new bases are the next step in our ambition to offer our customers a first class service in all the key offshore oil and gas markets. We are pleased that the resources and systems are already in place to meet demand and indeed have already commenced operations with key clients.”
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Founded in 1993, Unique Maritime Group is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers. Through its expanding network of companies, UMG is a specialist in the provision of services, and the sale and rental of equipment for the marine, diving, hydrographic, oceanographic, oil and gas and NDT market sectors. The group has an established manufacturing capability for the delivery of customised engineering projects worldwide. UMG has local presence in the US, the UK, South Africa, Nigeria, India, Middle East and Singapore and employs over 500 people worldwide.
OEG Offshore is a leading provider of specialist offshore cargo carrying units and A60 cabins. OEG can provide a vast array of equipment on a sale or rental basis from its locations worldwide. It is a privately owned group headquartered in Aberdeen. OEG’s assets are currently operating in over 25 countries with a team of over 100 staff operating from 20 main bases around the globe.
