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HFI is pleased to support Tekmar Group with their Middle East business expansion and we were delighted to catch up with Marc Bell, COO and Tallulah Whitewood-Spedding, General Counsel and Company Secretary for Tekmar at their HQ in Newton Aycliffe, North England.

Tekmar provides leading technology and services to global offshore markets including oil and gas, wind, wave, tidal, interconnectors, telecommunications and marine civils. Through their primary operating companies Ryder Geotechnical, Tekmar Energy Services and Pipeshield International, they offer a diverse yet complementary range of products and services to support the full offshore project life cycle - assessment, analysis, design, protection, and stabilisation of subsea cables, umbilicals, flexibles and rigid pipelines, seabed assets, vessels and structures. Tekmar operates across 11 countries including the UK, Germany, South Africa, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Azerbaijan Singapore, USA, China.

With US$242 billion of energy projects being tracked by the Energy Industries Council (EIC) Datastream, Saudi Arabia is one of Tekmar’s key territories. EIC KSA Connect 2025 is fast approaching on 18 February in Dammam. HFI is pleased to be sponsoring the event along with our local network partners AlSuwaiket and AlBusaiyes Co.

It was great to see Marc participating in a panel during ADIPEC Exhibition and Conference 2024 discussing “Offshore and Wind Perspective on Managing Subsea Power Systems” as part of Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT).  This event was introduced by Adrian Phillips, Chairman of SUT and featured Global Underwater Hub’s (GUH) expertise on subsea cables as part of the ADIPEC Marine & Logistics Innovation sessions.

As part of the HFI UK Visit, we met with Steve Fernie, Strategic Programme Manager at GUH. GUH is headquartered in Aberdeen and represents the diverse range of businesses operating in the UK’s £8 billion underwater industry. It facilitates cross-collaboration and growth across the underwater industry, which comprises offshore energy, aquaculture, defence, telecoms and subsea minerals. Key GUH members include leading industry players such as Tekmar Energy,Brimmond, ROVOP, Proserv, STATS Group and Xodus.

With its origins in the North Sea oil and gas sector, HFI has been privileged to support various GUH members in their MENA business expansion and the subsea sector will be a key feature in the expansion of our Bridgehead Solutions service in 2025 particularly in relation to business growth ventures through international group structures, local partner ventures, acquisitions and in-region technology manufacturing.

Looking ahead, GUH’s keynote conference, Subsea Expo 2025, takes place in Aberdeen on 18 - 20 February. We look forward to meeting with our clients and connections there.