ABL is the energy and marine consultancy of the Aqualis group, carrying out marine warranty survey, marine assurance, engineering and technical advisory work for offshore energy and maritime projects. It is one of four consultancy brands alongside AGR, which covers energy and software consultancy, OWC in renewable energy and Longitude in design and engineering. The group is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker AQUA, reports in US dollars and states that it has offices in 43 countries. Its registered address is 1st Floor, Northern and Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN, and its switchboard number, +44 20 7264 3250, is the same line promoted for emergency casualty response.
Renaming of the listed parent in June 2026
On 16 June 2026 the listed parent, ABL Group ASA, was renamed Aqualis ASA and its ticker changed from ABL to AQUA, with the group website moving to aqualis-group.com. The company said the change was made to remove the confusion caused by ABL being used both for the group and for its energy and marine consultancy, and to give the individual brands more visibility and autonomy. The Aqualis name comes from Aqualis Offshore, founded in 2012 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2014. ABL continues to trade under its own name and website as the group's energy and marine consultancy, and Hege Norheim remains chief executive of the renamed parent, with Stuart Jackson as chief financial officer.
Survey, assurance and advisory services
The core of ABL's work is marine warranty survey, under which it reviews and approves the transportation and installation of offshore structures, subsea cables and heavy lifts on behalf of project owners, insurers and lenders. Around that sit vessel suitability and marine assurance reviews, dynamic positioning and marine operations assurance, structural and integrity engineering, decommissioning support, due diligence for project financiers, and a 24-hour casualty response service that handles emergency requests through the London number. Sector coverage runs across offshore wind and other renewables, maritime and shipping, and oil and gas including upstream, midstream, ports and harbours. The group's website groups its markets as renewables, maritime, oil and gas, digital and energy transition, and the consultancy draws its staff from naval architecture, marine engineering, surveying and offshore operations backgrounds. ABL also publishes an online conflict-checking tool and holds a group certificate covering ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
Offshore project work reported in 2026
On 24 September 2026 ABL announced its appointment by the German transmission system operator 50Hertz as marine warranty surveyor for the Ostwind 4 grid connection in the German Baltic Sea, a 2 GW project that will use the region's first high voltage direct current transmission system and involves a cable route of roughly 110 kilometres as well as a converter platform; ABL's Hamburg team is handling the work, which covers the transportation and installation of subsea cables, the platform and associated offshore infrastructure. That contract followed ABL's appointment for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, where its scope includes marine warranty survey and marine assurance for the transportation and installation of foundations and other offshore infrastructure. On 10 August 2026 the company reported a marine warranty survey contract on the NZT Power carbon capture project in the United Kingdom. Other work published during the year includes support to Allseas on an offshore single lift operation the company describes as the heaviest to date, marine warranty survey for an FSO installation in Papua New Guinea, and a Baltic Sea vessel suitability partnership with BMB. The group's news archive tags its releases by sector, including offshore wind, energy transition, midstream, upstream, ports and harbours and asset and integrity management.
Trading, ownership and returns
Aqualis reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of USD 90.8 million against USD 96.1 million a year earlier, with operating profit of USD 4.5 million compared with USD 2.5 million and adjusted EBIT of USD 5.3 million against USD 3.5 million. Revenue rose from USD 82.4 million in the first quarter of 2026. Net debt stood at USD 20.4 million at the end of June, against USD 12.0 million three months earlier, and the company paid a semi-annual dividend of NOK 0.45 per share in June 2026. In July 2026, after the quarter closed, it completed the acquisition of SynergenOG, a move intended to strengthen its technical capabilities and expand its presence in South East Asia. Management said offshore oil and gas activity is expected to remain resilient, maritime markets continue to be favourable, and bidding activity in renewables is improving, and it reaffirmed a target of a 20 percent return on capital employed in 2027. General enquiries are handled through the contact form on the company's website, and the only role address published on abl-group.com is [email protected], which appears in the privacy policy for data protection matters.