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Over time NDE has grown into an international company expanding its services well beyond diving activities and opening new bases. In the 25 years to follow, NDE learned and gathered brilliant minds and experiences, granting the company access to business in civil and energy sectors from aviation and marine to land. We operate via our own offices or Ad Hoc selected local facilities to contain the costs and maintain competitiveness.
Today we operate in:
- Sweden, Sollentuna HQ
- Malta, La Valletta Operation office Africa
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Khobar onshore logistic base
- United Arab Emirates, Dubai representative office FZ
- United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi operations office ME
Our history timeline:
2005 NDE Offshore was founded
The company was founded in Sweden as a civil diving contractor, mainly performing construction and maintenance works for harbors, dams and work energy-related project
2006 First international project
NDE is awarded a construction support project in Tarifa Spain, the first outside Sweden.
2007 IMCA
The company become ISO 9001/14001 certified and a member of IMCA.
2008 First oil and gas project in the Middle East
Apr 2008-Nov 2010 Muhibbah Marine GmbH , Yemen
• Installation of 2×800 m long outlet pipes for cooling water
• Positioning and installing jackets for the jetty.
• Fitting and installation of anodes and removal of redundant material after installation: underwater welding/burning, dredging etc.
2012 Project in the North Sea using DP2 Vessel
Apr-Oct 2012 North sea, German Sector
Subsea inspection and installation campaign:
• ROV dredging
• ROV inspection of the substructure
• ROV wire cutting and recovery from the seabed
• ROV clamp installation
2013 RAT, Siemens
Jul-Oct North Sea, German Sector
Subsea inspection and installation campaign:
• ROV cutting of hydraulic jacking strands
• Removal of grout hoses/hydraulic lines
• ROV/Dive inspection of platforms
• ROV/Dive removal of clamps
• Sealing of holes in the structure
• Removal of installation equipment
2016 Project using a drone, Siemens
North Sea, German Sector Dec, 2016
Periodic subsea and topside inspections of offshore converter platforms.
2016 Periodic inspections of helidecks on offshore converter platforms, Siemens
Apr-Jun North Sea, German Sector
Periodic inspections of helidecks on offshore converter platforms:
• Rope Access inspection of helideck structure
• Bolt testing
2016 Survey, ABB
July North sea, German Sector
Subsea installation and inspection campaign:
• Installation of filter units (scour protection)
• ROV Seabed debris scan
• Salvage of seabed objects
2019 NDE Offshore opens up office in the UAE
Feb 2019 Dubai UAE
Headquarters moves to Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2019 Project in Barzan Field, Qatar, Sapiem
Oct 2019-Apr 2021 Barzan Field, Qatar
Activities relating to the installation of pipeline
2021 Helideck installation
Mar– Jun 2021 North Sea, German Sector
Fabrication & Installation of new helideck including Commissioning after installation.
2022 NDE Offshore opens up office in KSA
Feb 2022 KSA
NDE Offshore Saudi Arabia
– Alfahes Marine Consulting Co.
2022 SPM Installation KSA
March-Ongoing
Installation of 4 x SPM boys at ARAMCO terminal Juaymah Terminal.
2023 Ocentra/Hilong KSA
June 2023-ongoing
ROV Pipelay touch-down monitoring, SAT diving for Spool installation, Riser Clamp
replacement, Riser installation, and J-Tube installation, ROV as-lay inspection.
Pre-construction Survey of Cable lay Corridor, Anchor clearance Survey, ROV
touchdown monitoring & ROV Platform structure inspection.