STR Invests in New Norway Facility and Appoints General Manager

20 February 2025

Oskar Tveit, STR’s new General Manager, and James Whyte, Technical Operations Team Leader. (Image credit: STR)

Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), a leading global subsea sensor equipment and solutions provider, has appointed a new general manager in Norway as the company targets the offshore energy, infrastructure, and marine science markets in the country and across central Europe.

Oskar Tveit joins STR with a wealth of subsea experience and has worked for several of the company’s key clients, including, most recently, Solstad.

Supporting Oskar in Norway is James Whyte, a technical operations team leader who is relocating from STR’s base in Aberdeen. STR plans to increase its headcount to double figures in Norway within two years, with a focus on developing local talent.

Oskar said: “I have had huge respect for STR’s technology and services for many years from the client side, and I am proud to be leading the business in Norway. STR has made significant investments in its facilities, people, and equipment, building one of the world’s largest sensor technology fleets, enabled by its own in-house product range. This allows us to offer clients a differentiated service while helping them optimize project costs. Being in Norway will provide an additional gateway into supporting our central European clients.”

STR’s new Norway Technology and Service hub will be located at Åkrehamn, close to key customers in Haugesund and Stavanger. The custom-designed facility will be 1,000 sqm with STR investing more than NOK 70,000,000 (around £5 million) in the base, equipment fleet, and organization in 2025. The workshop will include workstations for both electronic sensor technology and mechanical tooling.

Steve Steele, CEO, said: “Developing a leading sensor, mechanical tooling, and inspection service offering in Norway is part of our organic growth strategy. In the last few years, we have become a trusted international provider of subsea sensor technology and services across the offshore energy, infrastructure, and marine science markets.

“Oskar is vastly experienced, having spent time with several of our key clients in Norway and is very much respected across the industry. Establishing a technology and service hub in the country provides us with a fantastic opportunity to better service a suite of new customers in Norway as well as those in Denmark, Sweden, and across Europe.”

Norway expands STR’s global presence, adding to its technology and service facilities in Aberdeen, Great Yarmouth, Houston, Perth, and Singapore—with further expansion on the horizon.

Over the past three years, the company has doubled its headcount to 115 people and expects to add another 20 in the coming year, driving growth through strategic acquisitions.