Our Story
SUBSEA ALBA LIMITED IS A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE, PROVIDING A UNIQUE EDGE IN OILFIELD SERVICES.
We’ve grown to be one of the world’s largest and technologically advanced oilfield service providers.
We are defined by our inspired thinking and our culture of achievement, delivering a superior customer experience and trusted, reliable performance. Our premium services include contract drilling, directional drilling, under balanced and managed pressure drilling, rental equipment, well servicing and production services.
Established in 1987, our operations now extend from Canada, United States to the United Kingdom
Over the past quarter-century, we have built a reputation as technology innovators. We were the first in UK to drill a horizontal well and the first in the world to employ PLC technology, now the industry standard, on an automated drill rig. Those are just two of the many innovations that have kept us at the forefront of technology.
Corporate Responsibility
While we provide oilfield services to meet the world’s growing energy demands, we understand our role begins within the communities we operate in. Our innovative use of emission-reducing technology and unwavering commitment to operating safely, responsibly and ethically has made us an industry-leader in corporate social responsibility.
Corporate Governance
Subsea Alba Limited’s Board of Directors currently has four (4) committees, all of which are comprised of independent members of the Board of Directors. Those committees and a summary of their mandates are as follows.
Subsea Alba Limited’s Code of Conduct includes such topics as employment standards, conflicts of interest, and the treatment of confidential information and trading in the Corporation’s shares, to ensure that the Corporation’s business is conducted in a consistently legal and ethical manner.
Health & Safety
We are committed to building and maintaining a best in class safety culture, through safety and training programs designed to improve safety performance, raise awareness of the importance of safety in our operations, and minimize the impact of our operations on the environment.
Every one of us, from management through to entry level, is responsible and accountable for HSE at Subsea Alba Limited.
- We comply with all applicable laws and relevant industry standards of practice
- We continuously evaluate the HSE aspects of our equipment and services
- We believe that effective HSE management is good business and we are committed to the continuous improvement of HSE management practices
Driving To Zero
Subsea Alba Limited’s goal is to Drive to Zero® – zero safety incidents, zero injuries, zero days off work due to injury. Driving to Zero® means accepting that every incident is preventable and focusing on the operational discipline to achieve zero incidents and injuries.
Our tools and processes have resulted in an increasingly safety‐aware workplace culture and safer operations overall.
Unique to Subsea Alba Limited, our Global Risk Management System (GRMS) captures data from all our operations so performance metrics can be trended, shared and analyzed down to rig level, ensuring every Subsea Alba Services Limited employee in every location around the globe is actively engaged in best in class safety practices.
Sometimes the most important work we can do is to stop working. Our Stop Work Authority procedure encourages our crews to proactively identify and intervene to stop the unsafe behaviors and conditions that can lead to workplace incidents and injuries.
AdslCAAP is a tool to that improves communication between our leaders and their teams in order to better execute core tasks consistently and effectively. It requires that teams effectively engage with each other when they plan tasks and transition to work to ensure safe execution. AdslCAAP also helps to identify performance gaps in operational and safety systems and behaviours.
Environment
Our commitment to deliver superior oilfield services in a responsible and sustainable manner has led us to develop innovative technologies with one goal in mind – minimize environmental impacts while improving operational performance.
ADR®
Our electric ADR® drilling rigs are smaller than other drilling rigs in the same horsepower category, and through efficiencies, reduce the overall time, energy and resources needed to drill and complete a well. This results in less surface impact and lower emissions.
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
Subsea Alba Limited was an industry visionary when we started converting drilling rigs from diesel to natural gas. In 2014, we drilled the world’s first commercial well with a hybrid rig, powered by natural gas generators and batteries.
In 2019, we completed a successful test of our next generation hybrid drilling rig technology, powered by natural gas generators and a battery energy storage system. This technology was applied to rig #162 in our United States fleet, which resulted in CO2 emissions reductions of between 45-55%.
POWERING OUR EQUIPMENT
In addition to hybrid technology, we continue our efforts to work with our customers to utilize alternative fuels to power our equipment. We have a number of drilling rigs in our active fleet which use natural gas and bi‐fuel generators, as well as electric grid‐tied power (“highline”).
In 2019, we saved approximately 45,000 tons of C02 emissions by our mix of highline, hybrid, natural gas and bi-fuel powered rigs, when compared to traditional diesel-powered rigs.
We continue to operate in several urban and suburban environments because of successful consideration and mitigation of light, noise, and odour that may result from our operations. We have modified exhaust systems to mitigate noise and odour, and use soft yellow lights instead of the typical white lights to minimize disturbance to suburban communities and wildlife.
GEOTHERMAL DRILLING
We have been a leader in geothermal drilling since the early 2000s, having drilled some of the world’s longest geothermal wells in New Zealand and Indonesia. Today, we continue to be an active participant in geothermal policy and technical development across our global operations.