The operator´s association for emergency response
The Operator’s Association for Emergency Response, known as OFFB, is a member-led, non-profit emergency response organisation utilised by many operating companies on the Norwegian continental shelf. We provide professional 2nd line emergency response services to our members, and are an integral part of their emergency response systems. OFFB also acts as a resource and expertise centre for all its members.
New film: Exercise Draugen
In March 2023, a total of 800 people participated in one of the largest oil recovery exercises in Norway ever, arranged by OKEA, NOFO and OFFB.
Equinor accident gave valuable learning for Neptune Energy
In a series of exercises during the spring of 2023, all of Neptune Energy's six emergency response teams had to handle an accident with serious injuries to personnel on the Gjøa platform. The scenario was built around a real-life incident on the Heimdal field in 2019. Emergency response manager Pål Erland in OFFB commends Equinor for sharing its experiences. “We have learned a lot,” he says.
OFFB joins important work for helicopter safety
- Joint audit is important work that I am glad OFFB can contribute to, says aviation advisor Thea Blume.
Løpefest i Stavanger
Lørdag 3. juni deltok hele 3.750 personer i Energistafetten i Stavanger. Åtte av dem hadde OFFB-logoen på brystet. – I år var ambisjonsnivået å delta. Nå begynner planleggingen av neste års stafett, sier stabsleder og løpegeneral Brigt Nesheim.
Technical forum for the 50th time
Once in every quarter of a year, OFFB assembles its technical forum to exchange knowledge and discuss current emergency response issues. “A highly useful forum,” says its leader, Kåre Olav Oftedal of Gassco.
Aker BP joins OFFB
Aker BP has become a member of the Operator’s Association for Emergency Response, known as OFFB. “We are looking forward to further develop OFFB’s emergency response collaboration together with such a large and highly skilled player on the Norwegian continental shelf,” says Ole Jacob Haug, managing director of OFFB.
“The worst thing one can do is to do nothing”
“A rule of thumb for people assigned to take care of those affected by crises and their next of kin, is to help more and cry less,” says crisis psychologist Jakob Inge Kristoffersen with a smile. The class room at OFFB’s Competence Centre was packed when he gave a course on how to handle crisis reactions.
Beredskapskonferansen i Stavanger i september
13. til 14. september inviterer Offshore Norge, Industri Energi, Petroleumstilsynet og OFFB alle som jobber med beredskapsfaglige spørsmål i privat og offentlig sektor, akademia, organisasjoner, politi og forsvar til Beredskapskonferansen i Stavanger.
