UAE Business Awards 2022 Best Independent Diving Company - Dubai Stemming out of Dubai, Petrodive Group has certainly earned its position as a leading diving company. With decades of experience under its wing, the company has consistently aided international maritime, oil, and gas corporations with onshore and offshore services to a highstandard. Indeed, the company has devised an effective method that has ensured its longevity and success – a method that has infused its future with an array of exciting plans that will be coming to fruition over the next year. With over 20 years of relevant experience in subsea management, Petrodive Group operates as an independent diving company that specialises in the maritime and the international oil and gas industries. Moreover, whilst the company is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, it primarily operates in West Africa and the Caribbean. No matter where the company undertakes a project, it endeavours to provide a professional, safe, and high-quality service. Henceforth, Petrodive is proudly a Contractor member of the IMCA, participating in the work of the Diving Division in the Europe and Africa section, and complies with the guidelines set by Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) and the international Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). The past ten years has seen Petrodive conduct over 100,000 dives, and since January 2021, the company has amassed 3079 diving hours. Indeed, its experience is unmatched, with much of its expertise stemming from its founder, Stéphane Trote. Joining the French Navy, Stéphane discovered a passion for diving, and upon leaving in 1991, he began his career as a diver. Jumping forward to 2009, Stéphane takes over the TPSMI group, managing the original offices in Gabon and the Congo, and opening it’s Dubai headquarters in 2013. In 2019, the TPSMI Group became the Petrodive Group, continuing its ground-breaking work for the maritime, gas, and oil industries. From construction to inspection, to repair and decommissioning, Petrodive offers a vast range of services to its clients. Working both onshore and offshore, the company’s mission is to provide a support network that bolster’s the clients’ business – Petrodive’s motto is, ‘We dive, You thrive.’ This phrase not only acts as an excellent marketing tactic – it’s a rhyme that consists of four monosyllabic words and is therefore memorable – but it also wholly encompasses what the company does and how it chooses to conduct itself. Petrodive is committed to conducting its operations in compliance with the existing standards and regulations in the domains of quality, health and safety, and environmental preservation. Furthermore, the company prides itself on being flexible to its clients’ needs, tailoring its services to their requirements and goals. In essence, Petrodive takes an almost entirely clientcentric approach to business as it believes that the client should come first. However, the company also prioritises its team, working to keep them happy, involved, and most importantly, safe. 88% of the company’s staff are recruited from local areas – an element that remains a core part of the company’s recruitment policy. In addition, Petrodive maintains over 150 divers who are constantly in rotation in order to ensure the highest standards of inspection, repair and maintenance. The company has built its team upon three core pillars – safety, quality of service, and motivation. Of course, safety, particularly in this sector, is greatly important. Diving is a risky career path and its imperative for Petrodive to implement safety features and responses that can be enacted quickly in the event of an emergency. Hence, Petrodive makes it a priority to ensure the safety of each of its staff members, particularly its divers. The industry itself is monitored through numerous regulations and guidelines that have been designed to make diving as safe as possible. Dubai is home to some of the world’s best diving suppliers on the market, which may well be due to the UAE’s extensive history in the pearl diving industry. Additionally, Dubai is a global business hub and gateway to growth market. Petrodive benefit greatly from this location as it primarily operates largely between Africa and South America, and Dubai is home to both a seaport and airport, making logistics significantly easier for the company. As the industry is booming in the city, Petrodive has had to create something unique – something that makes it gleam amongst the competition, attracting clients From construction to inspection, to repair and decommissioning, Petrodive offers a vast range of services to its clients. Working both onshore and offshore, the company’s mission is to provide a support network that bolster’s the clients’ business – Petrodive’s motto is, ‘We dive, You thrive.’ PETROD IVE
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