Wendell Offshore Services commenced operations
from offices at Port Taranaki in 1988, and to this
day the company continues to operate from within the
Port boundaries.
Wendell Offshore Services was originally part of the
Kingston-Wendell group of Companies, but in the late
1980's Wendell Offshore and Wendell Catering became
part of what is now known as the Wendell Group of
companies. Wendell Offshore Services continues to be
the market leader in providing leading edge "support
services" to the offshore and onshore oil & gas
industry in New Zealand.
The initial contracts were with Shell BP Todd Oil
Services and Petrocorp Exploration, and involved the
supply of labour to load condensate and oil at Port
Taranaki, and subsequently to manage the deballast
facilities for SBPT and the NZ Ministry of Energy. In
1989, Wendell Offshore Services won a 5 year contract
with Tidewater Port Jackson Marine to manage and man
the supply vessel "Swan Tide" which was contracted to
Shell BP Todd Oil Services - operators of the Maui A
Platform. Contracts were then acquired with various
international companies undertaking offshore
exploration in New Zealand waters. A joint venture
with Brian Perry Ltd resulted in Wendell/Perry JV
undertaking all the New Zealand onshore and offshore
support services for the Scandinavian consortium of
Alcatel/STK of Norway and ABB Cables of Sweden for
the laying and inshore burying of three 500KVDC 1600A
armoured submarine cables contecting Fighting Bay in
the South Island with Oteranga Bay in the North
Island.
In 1991 a major contract was secured with Heerema BV
of Leiden, Netherlands to supply all marine and
construction personnel on the semi submersible crane
vessel "Balder". The "Balder" was used to lift the
accommodation module onto the Maui B Platform and to
lay a pipeline between the the Maui A and Maui B
Platforms. Wendell also manned the support vessels
"Laga" and "Maersk Bonavista" along with the "Rocky
Giant" used to cover the inshore parts of the new
pipelines laid by the "Balder"
Since then, and to the present time, Wendell Offshore
Services has continued to supply management and
manning services to the majority of explorers working
in New Zealand waters - whether they are undertaking
Seismic Surveys or Exploration Drilling services.
We look forward to assisting any company
seeking to undertake
Seismic and/or Oil Exploration in New Zealand
waters.
