ABL strengthens oil and gas service offerings with Ross Offshore acquisition
(WO) – Global consultancy ABL Group has completed the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares of specialist energy consultancy Ross Offshore, who now will merge with ABL Group company AGR.
The combination of AGR and Ross Offshore will further strengthen the group’s centre of technical excellence in wells, reservoirs and marine & survey management.
“Joining forces with Ross Offshore allows us to expand our technical offering in drilling project management, well engineering, and subsurface and asset evaluations, as well as to further enhance our capacity to support marine operations & rig management worldwide,” says Svein Sollund, CEO of AGR.
AGR is a specialist engineering consultancy in well engineering, drilling project management, technical safety, decommissioning, subsurface and asset evaluation services, and offer software and resourcing solutions for hydrocarbon and low-carbon projects. It also provides expertise in energy transition technologies carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) and geothermal.
Ross Offshore is a complete provider of drilling and well management services on behalf of operators; subsurface services including offerings within reservoir and field development, exploration, reserve audits and due diligence, and carbon capture and storage and resourcing services.
In addition to its wells and reservoir offering, Ross Offshore provides services within marine mobilisation services, HSEQ consulting and contracts and logistics support – adding to ABL Group’s growing service portfolio to help drive sustainability in energy and marine operations.
Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Ross Offshore has over 220 experts working on their clients` projects. As a result of becoming one team with AGR, the united team has more than 500 knowledge heavy professionals working on behalf of the client base.
Going forward, Ross Offshore will operate under the AGR brand.
“We look forward to bringing Ross Offshore into the growing AGR family where we will work together within oil and gas, marine & survey management, and on energy transition projects including offshore wind, CCS and geothermal drilling,” adds Svein Sollund.
