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Photo 2 - Global Energy
Group - Nigg Yard

projects (from Egypt to Croatia, Russia to Qatar), initiative because it meets the requirements we
we believe we have the skills and expertise to deli- had originally identified. During our initial contacts,
ver them successfully in the UK too. we immediately recognised a common long-term
vision which was also determined by a similar sha-
In order to take full advantage reholding structure to ours: the majority of the sha-
of all the potential opportunities res in both companies are owned by the families
that founded them.
“arising from the offshore market
in the UK, we decided to In the Global Energy Group, we
invest in a long-term strategic have found the perfect partner
partnership with a reliable UK “for this initiative, because
operator it meets the originally identified
requirements
We were also pleased to see that our idea of co-
operation and partnership was shared by other Global Energy is a financially sound group of com-
companies and was confirmed by Lorenzo Simo- panies, with a solid reputation in the UK market as
nelli, CEO of Baker Hughes, who said at the last a service provider. It has a turnover similar to that of
Annual Meeting: “There’s no path to net-zero wi- Rosetti Marino, it operates the Port of Nigg in the
thout partnership and collaboration”. Scottish Highlands with a 33 hectare yard equip-
ped with all the required facilities for our projects
(see photo 2). In addition, Global Energy is strongly
Identifying and choosing motivated in investing resources in order to play a
leading role in the offshore renewable energy mar-
a partner kets and more generally in Energy Transition (Gas
to Wire, Blue and Green Hydrogen, Carbon Cap-
For a partnership to be long-term, it is essential to ture, etc.). This very strong common interest has
clearly identify from the outset the characteristics already given way to the commencement of our
that the potential partner must have. The require- collaboration in Offshore Hook-up and Commis-
ments we were looking for were many: financial sioning activities where Rosetti Marino is currently
solidity, a common business vision, a similar size working on the Tolmount Project for Premier Oil
to ours, the availability of suitable assets, the pre- (see photo 3).
sence of skills which were complementary to ours
and, last but not least, an interest in making an in-
vestment in order to play a leading role in the ener-
gy transition process. Objectives
The search required a great deal of effort, also This initiative is also part of a broader entrepreneu-
because it was strongly influenced by movement rial project aimed at consolidating Rosetti Marino’s
restrictions. However, if this made the process position among the leading players in the current
slightly longer, it did not prevent us from achieving and future energy market.
the goal we had set ourselves. In Global Energy The collaboration with Global Energy has three
Group, we have found the perfect partner for this main business goals: Natural Gas, Wind and Ener-

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