The offshore business began in 1973 or 1974. Comex Services was acquired in 1992 and combined with Seaway as Stolt Comex Seaway, renamed Stolt Offshore in 2000. Stolt-Nielsen reduced its holding to 41.7 per cent in 2004 and ended ownership in 2005. The offshore organisation included Norwegian, British, US and Brazilian concerns; ETPM Deepsea was bought in December 1999. The sources differ over the precise formation dates and antecedents of the Comex Seaway companies.
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