Gate Energy, which provides engineering and engineering and specialty field services to the energy sector, has opened a new office in Mexico City, the Houston-based company announced in a news release.
"Our goal is to continue to support major international projects destined for offshore markets and replicate the successes we have realized in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which is why we continue to develop regional hubs from which projects can be bid, mobilized and supported," company CEO Grant Gibson said in a statement. "Our overseas offices in Singapore and South Korea, continue to serve as key locations – not only for our commissioning team to serve customers during the construction of floating production platforms, but also for our engineering, consulting and field services teams to offer additional opportunities such as rig inspections and marine risk management delivery in Singapore and asset integrity management support in Israel."
The company hopes to further expand its deep-water projects into Mexican waters, the news release said.
"The Mexican energy sector, including the national oil company, Pemex, and other private oil companies, will also bring excellent opportunities for Gate's engineering subsidiary, Viking Engineering," the news release said.
The Mexican office could also serve as a "springboard" to contracts in other Latin American countries as well, the company said.
"Viking already has an established presence in Mexico, providing engineering and quality assurance services to both shelf and deep-water developments," Jorge L. Garduño, president of Viking Engineering, said in a statement. "To date, we have worked on various critical well engineering projects as well as various systems engineering projects focused on providing operations readiness and flow assurance support. However, we believe this is the right time to develop a closer working relationship with our customers in country. This office will also serve as a springboard to provide our integrated service offerings to the rest of the Latin American region."