Aker BP Partners Up with GCE Subsea

Norwegian industry initiative GCE Subsea has welcomed Aker BP as its new partner.

GCE Subsea has 23 partners within industry, R&D, academia and public offices.

Through this partnership Aker BP has gained access to an arena where they can meet potential customers and partners, and where valuable knowledge, and know-how is shared and transferred within the cluster’s 115 partners and members.

“Aker BP is one of the most innovative, capable and competent oil and gas companies operating in Norway. They will strengthen the technical subsea competence in the cluster, and it is our great pleasure, to announce our partnership,” says Owe Hagesæther, CEO of GCE Subsea.

“Aker BP values the clusters national and international network and their driving role in the industry driven R&D and Innovation processes,” says Tove Ormevik, offshore installation manager, Skarv FPSO at Aker BP.

“We also focus on building relations with the Oceans Industries Incubator and the Startup and ScaleUp programmes and companies in GCE Subsea, and we believe this will prove to be a useful arena for innovation relevant to our value chain.”