Global Industries expanded into the Asia Pacific/India region with the acquisition of Divcon International in 1996 and Sub Sea International in 1997. Global's Singapore office serves as the Asia Pacific/India regional headquarters and the Batam Marine Facility, established in 1998, provides regional marine and operational support.

The Batam Base, located fifty minutes by ferry from Singapore, provides a central location for mobilizations and demobilizations for offshore marine projects in the Asia Pacific/India region. Centrally located in Asia, Global's onsite management is familiar with local administrations and has access to a large pool of skilled workers, both local and foreign.

Global maintains three modular saturation diving systems in the Asia Pacific/India region as well as twelve surface-supplied air/mixed gas diving systems, cable/umbilical installation underoller systems, pipeline burial systems, and a variety of equipment and tools associated with marine construction activities.