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About Us
Your Leading Independent Subsea Contractor In The Asia-Pacific Region
Founded in 2015 by seasoned industry professionals, Shelf Subsea has rapidly established itself as a leader in offshore contracting. With offices strategically located across Perth (WA), Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Sarawak, PNG, India, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia, we are well-positioned to serve our clients’ needs globally.
Our commitment to excellence drives us to continually expand our service offerings and capabilities. We pride ourselves on delivering world-class assets and resources, ensuring top-tier project execution and adherence to the highest HSEQ standards. At Shelf Subsea, we live by our mission of delivering ‘Commitment Without Compromise’, consistently meeting and exceeding our clients’ expectations.
‘Commitment without compromise’
Maintaining our HSEQ standards and reputation is critical to remaining competitive and viable in the industry.
We value our employees’ contribution to our exemplary HSEQ record.
All employees, contractors, and sub-contractors have access to training and instruction to guarantee an inclusive and cohesive workplace. Our workforce is empowered to succeed and determined to uphold our expected standard.
2015
Shelf Subsea is established by experienced and respected industry professionals in Perth, WA, Australia
Shelf Subsea acquires the assets and operations of CalDive Australia and creates a core business focused on Diving.
2017
Significant asset acquisition diversifies our service offering
Shelf Subsea add ROV capabilities to our service offering through the acquisition of assets from Bibby Offshore Asia.
Bintang Subsea joins Shelf Subsea bringing together a leading regional survey company with the region’s leading diving company.
The Shelf Subsea group is a fully integrated one stop Subsea contractor with core in house disciplines and equipment covering Diving, ROV, Survey and Vessels.
2018
Chartering new territory – the growth of our fleet of dive support vessels
Shelf Subsea expands to be a fully-fledged turnkey provider of subsea solutions. We begin our first long-term charter of two Dive Support Vessels (DSV) – the NPP Nusantara and the MMA Prestige. Shelf Subsea now offers project management, engineering, saturation, and air diving equipment, ROV, vessels and survey resources.
2019
We acquire our flagship vessel
Shelf Subsea adds the Southern Star, the region’s most advanced DSV to support our continued growth.
2020/ 2021
Substantial growth year
During the exceptionally complex COVID period the Shelf Group was one of the few companies that continued to successfully execute multi-jurisdiction Subsea projects, a testament to the exceptional project management and planning skills developed in the group.
2023
Proudly operating in more than 30 different countries
We’ve successfully completed projects in more than 30 countries around the world. Our growing international client base and HSEQ record proves to our clients and employees that we are a professional, safe, and efficient organisation.
The Future
Always adapting and evolving
We look forward to marking our journey with new milestones in the areas of Environmental Monitoring and Autonomous Vessels, as well as continuing our current integrated service offering.
Subsea Operations Conducted to the Highest Standard
Shelf Subsea continues to maintain a reputation for safety and delivery of quality services to the offshore oil and gas industry, renewables, telecoms, and civil sectors. We utilise our unique range of skills, assets, and competencies to create surface and subsea solutions that consistently exceed client expectations.
Our compelling value propositions are underpinned by a performance focused, innovative, agile organisation. Subsea oil and gas projects are multi-disciplinary and complex, demanding the highest levels of HSEQ compliance and operational excellence. Our audited track records show Shelf Subsea meets and exceeds these standards in our core competencies:
Which we use to deliver successful projects in the areas of:
