Sapura Group in General

Background

Sapura Group in General

For over three decades, the Sapura Group has taken the lead in the acquisition and development of strategic technologies. Established in 1975, the Sapura Group is a 100% Malaysian-owned technology-based organisation. From its humble beginnings as a telecommunications infrastructure & service provider, the Group has expanded and diversified its businesses across four major business areas, namely: Secured Communications, Oil & Gas, Industrial & Automotive, Knowledge & Education and Premium Automotive Retail. Their listed entities are SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd, Sapura Industrial Berhad, Sapura Resources Berhad.

Over the years, Sapura's business has been backed by a fundamental belief in integrating People with Technology. Sapura's persistent efforts in capability-building of home-grown talents and aggressive investment in R&D have positioned the Group to be globally competitive, producing highly-specialised and multi-skilled pool of technology experts. The Sapura Group today has capabilities and competencies that cover the full lifecycle of systems and products.

Their globalization effort has taken them to countries such as Australia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Pakistan and China, with more nations on the horizon.

SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad

SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad [SAPCRES], is one of the leading and reputable integrated technology & service providers in the oil & gas industry. Its services encompass a wide range of competencies, technology know-how and expertise in fulfilling the sophisticated requirements of the oil & gas industry.

Their state-of-the-art technology solutions are engineered and developed to meet international standards, hence making them one of the very few companies in the Asia Pacific region that has capabilities and resources to serve the oil & gas sector, especially in deepwater environments across the Australasia.

The core activities of SapuraCrest Petroleum (http://www.sapuracrest.com.my) are as follows:

• Offshore Drilling

• Offshore Construction,

• Marine Geo-Sciences

• Underwater Services; and

• Operations & Maintenance.

The company has competent, dedicated and high performance teams that are supported by world class partners providing uncompromising quality services to customers. The team is consistently trained to equip them with knowledge and innovative use of technologies to deliver unrivalled service in this competitive global industry. There are currently over fifty companies under SapuraCrest's organization, and it is continually