Business Chief Europe Magazine June 2015 | Page 61

ENERGY
Norway with an office in Baku , Azerbaijan set up mainly to support BP ’ s IMR and subsea requirements in the Caspian Sea .
Arvid Pettersen , CEO of Swire Seabed , said : “ The origins of the company lie in deep water salvage work , and today we have approximately 175 employees who maintain those pioneering skills but now focus primarily on the oil and gas industry . Cargo recovery is the icing on the cake for the business . People love that kind of work because it is out of the ordinary . Take the recovery of the engines from the NASA Apollo 11 space programme for instance : It was a fantastic experience for the crew and everyone involved enjoyed doing this exciting work with someone as dynamic as Jeff Bezos .

Key Personnel

Arvid Pettersen CEO of Swire Seabed
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