Client Name: Leading National Oil Company
Country: UAE
Year: 2026
Summary of the Project
Unique Group successfully delivered a complete ABS-classed Air System to a key offshore customer, providing a fully integrated solution designed to support safe, reliable, and efficient offshore diving operations.
The project covered the engineering, manufacture, integration, testing, commissioning, and certification of the complete diving spread. The system was designed to support a range of offshore activities, including inspection, maintenance, repair, and subsea intervention (IMR).
The delivery demonstrates Unique Group’s ability to provide end-to-end diving solutions, combining in-house engineering and manufacturing expertise with project management, integration, and certification support.
Client Requirement
The client required a complete, class-approved air diving spread capable of supporting offshore diving operations while meeting stringent safety, performance, and regulatory requirements.
The solution needed to provide:
- Reliable breathing air and life-support capabilities.
- Safe diver deployment and recovery.
- Hyperbaric accommodation and emergency recompression capability.
- Integrated diving control, communications, CCTV, and monitoring.
- Compliance with applicable ABS, IMCA, ASME Section VIII Division 1, PVHO-1, ATEX, and relevant DNV requirements.
- Vessel integration, testing, commissioning , documentation and certification, support.
Challenges Faced
Delivering a fully integrated diving system required the coordination of multiple specialist systems and disciplines, from engineering and fabrication through to testing, certification, and vessel integration.
Key challenges included:
Complex system integration: Combining diving control, life-support, high-pressure air, chamber, LARS, communications, and emergency systems into one operational spread.
Stringent certification requirements: Ensuring the complete system met applicable classification and industry standards and supporting the approval process with ABS.
Operational safety: Incorporating redundancy and emergency capabilities to ensure diver safety and system reliability during offshore operations.
Vessel integration: Providing the engineering documentation and technical support required for successful installation and certification onboard the vessel.
LARS- Load test
Unique Solution Delivered
Unique Group engineered and manufactured a complete ABS-classed Air Diving Spread, incorporating a range of integrated systems to provide a robust and reliable offshore diving solution.
The system included:
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- Dive Control Container (DCC) with a three-man air diving control panel, supervisory systems, integrated CCTV, and communications.
DDC Container 
DDC Dive controls
- ABS-classed Hyperbaric Chamber providing accommodation and treatment capability for up to three divers.
- Standby Chamber Container incorporating an additional chamber and high-pressure air storage to provide emergency and operational redundancy.
- Machinery Container housing three high-pressure air compressors and a 48 x 50-litre high-pressure air storage bank for a continuous breathing air supply.
Container Machinery support 
Air supply
- Two compact ABS-classed Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) with diver baskets and over-hoist protection.
- Two-diver Scuba Replacement Package (SRP)for remote and shallow-water diving operations.
- Oxygen quads and standby diver facilities supporting emergency and chamber operations.
- ATEX Zone 2-certified generator, hydraulic power pack, environmental monitoring, and essential diver equipment.
- DNV-approved deployment cradle for Rhino boat supporting remote diving operations using the SRP.
In addition to equipment supply, Unique Group provided vessel integration engineering, documentation, testing, certification support, and liaison with ABS, supporting the customer through the approval process and enabling the system to achieve operational readiness.
Benefits to the Client
- Complete, Ready-to-Deploy Solution
The client received a fully integrated diving system capable of supporting a broad range of offshore diving and IMR activities. - Enhanced Safety and Operational Reliability
Class-approved equipment, integrated monitoring and communications, emergency systems, and operational redundancy provide additional assurance for offshore diving operations. - Regulatory Compliance
The system was engineered, tested, and certified against applicable classification and industry requirements, supporting safe and compliant operation. - Simplified Project Delivery
By managing engineering, manufacturing, integration, testing, documentation, and certification support under one project, Unique Group reduced the complexity of coordinating multiple specialist suppliers. - End-to-End Expertise
The project demonstrates Unique Group’s capability to take a complex diving system from engineering and manufacturing through to integration, certification, and commissioning, providing customers with a reliable single-source solution for offshore diving operations. - After Sales Support
Unique Group’s technical team will be providing periodic inspection, certification and other after sales support to ensure smooth operation and integration for the client.
The successful delivery of the ABS-classed Air Diving System reinforces Unique Group’s capability to manufacture and deliver complex, fully integrated diving solutions that meet demanding offshore requirements for safety, reliability, compliance, and operational performance.
