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Venterra opens in Providence, Rhode Island to help accelerate growth in US offshore wind

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind services company, today announces the opening of its first office to support its expanding operations in the fast growing United States (‘US’) offshore wind market.

Venterra signs Military Covenant

Venterra signs Military Covenant to highlight opportunities for service veterans and their families

Appointment of Duncan Palmer as Non-Executive Director to chair Audit and Risk Committee

Venterra Group Plc today announces Duncan Palmer is to join its Board on 1st October 2022 as a Non-Executive Director and he will chair the Audit and Risk Committee in due course.

Launch of New Member Company, Naver Energy

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces the launch of a new member company, Naver Energy, to support windfarm developers with project management services.

INSPIRE Environmental Joins Venterra in First United States Acquisition

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces its entry into the United States with the acquisition of INSPIRE Environmental, a leading marine environmental consultancy with expertise in the acquisition and interpretation of data that determines the health of the seabed and the resources that rely on ocean habitats.

Partrac, Leading Metocean Specialist, Joins Venterra Group

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces the acquisition of Partrac, experts in metocean and seabed measurement, analysis and critical advice for the offshore wind industry.

Acquisition of Balltec

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces the acquisition of Balltec, a global provider of high integrity connectors for subsea and marine engineering in the renewable energy sector.

Appointment of Executive Vice President Engineering

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind services company, today announces the appointment of Paul Doherty as Executive Vice President of its engineering phase offering, which focuses on providing best in class services during the development phase of offshore wind farms.

Acquisition of world leading UXO specialist, Ordtek

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces the acquisition of Ordtek, a world leading provider of unexploded ordnance (‘UXO’) risk management consultancy.

First Reserve becomes Strategic Investor

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces that First Reserve has participated as a strategic investor in its third funding round since formation in early 2021. First Reserve is a leading global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on industrial, infrastructure and energy businesses.

Appointment of Chad Holliday as Lead Independent Director

Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, today announces Chad O.Holliday is to join its Board as Lead Independent Director with immediate effect.

Venterra - addressing the offshore wind challenge

Venterra formed to create global services champion for offshore wind energy

Venterra Group Plc has been formed by Ayman Asfari and colleagues to create a global services champion supporting the offshore wind industry’s rapid expansion and leading role in the energy transition.

GDG ACEI 2021 Award Win

On 21 September we attended the ACEI 2021 Awards, where it was announced that GDG, working with Donegal County Council, Fox Building & Engineering, GeoStrong, Maccaferri and Arup, had won an ACEI 2021 Engineering Excellence Award for Environmental Sustainability in the Natural Environment, for its involvement in the N56 road project, above the Gweebarra Estuary, near Lettermacaward, Ireland.

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions Shortlisted for Four Ground Engineering (GE) Awards

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) is delighted to be shortlisted for four awards, in the 2021 Ground Engineering Awards, taking place 23 November 2021, at The Brewery, London.

Osbit to supply versatile Swordfish trenching vehicle to Jan De Nul

Osbit Ltd. (UK) has been awarded a contract by Luxembourg vessel operator Jan De Nul Group for the design and construction of a new subsea trenching vehicle, named Swordfish.

Osbit introduces new teaching and learning structures

Teaching and learning is at the core of everything we do at Osbit and, to support Osbit’s continued success, we are incorporating some new frameworks into our structure, following feedback from our team.

Osbit Gripper installs first pile for Sapura Energy on Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

A pile gripper system, designed and built by offshore equipment supplier Osbit Ltd for leading Malaysian energy service provider Sapura Energy Bhd, is now being used to install monopiles WPD’s Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.