Guyanese registered firm, AGT Energy Group Inc., recently disclosed that it has inked a three-year joint venture agreement with Norway-based Marine Service International (MSI) to provide a suite of marine services to Guyana’s offshore oil sector.
The agreement was signed on May 11, 2021, at AGT Energy’s Providence, East Bank Demerara office by Danny Balkissoon, Managing Director of the AGT Energy Group and Peter Wilhelmsen, Managing Director of Marine Service International.
The partnership will pave the way for specialized services to be provided to the oil and gas sector as well as training opportunities for Guyanese interested in learning about pipe fitting, steel repairs and SPS overlays, refurbishment of interiors, de-mucking and industrial cleaning, rope access work, scaffolding, steel inspections, passive fire protection, replacement of heating coils and hydraulic lines, asbestos removal for offshore vessels, drilling installations, fixed oil and gas installations, cruise and commercial vessels of any type, among other services.
Mr. Wilhelmsen, Managing Director of MSI commenting on the signing of the agreement said, “This is part of our future strategy to be present in Guyana and later Suriname. For us, it’s a huge achievement and we are confident that our agreement with AGT Energy is going to be a very successful one.”
He added, “We are going to be developing our operations in Guyana with the aim of having a very strong local content and hopefully develop a great company here with a lot of local support.”
Guyana Standard understands that MSI has over 25-years of experience in mobile shipyard services and operates globally in two main markets, offshore oil and gas and shipping. Their projects range in sizes from blasting and re-coating a slop-tank in the Mediterranean to renewing hundreds of tons of structural steel for a floating production, storage and offloading cargo tank rebuilt off Costa Rica.
MSI’s head office is in Drøbak, Norway, with regional offices in Denmark. They recently expanded into Brazil where they support offshore operations in Rio de Janeiro.
