Month: April 2022

“OFFB offers the best solution for emergency preparedness, both in terms of experience and breadth of services. OFFB was therefore a natural choice for us, when we start drilling our second own-operated well on the Norwegian continental shelf this summer, in the Copernicus prospect off Brønnøysund in Nordland county,” says Marek Woszczyk, general manager of PGNiG Upstream Norway.

The Norwegian company is wholly-owned by Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA, which is the biggest petroleum exploration and production company in Poland. PGNiG was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2005, and the Polish state is its biggest shareholder.

PGNiG Upstream Norway has been active on the Norwegian continental shelf since 2007. The company has expanded through a series of successful investments and acquisitions. In 2021, it acquired INEOS E&P Norge.

The main objective of PGNiG Upstream Norway is to secure the supply of gas and oil to the PGNiG Group. The hydrocarbons will be transported to Poland through the Baltic Pipe. Together with its partners, PGNiG Upstream Norway has participated in the drilling of more than 50 exploration- and production wells, resulting in significant oil and gas discoveries such as Ærfugl, Shrek and Warka.

PGNiG Upstream Norway holds shares in nine producing fields on the NCS today. These are Skarv, Morvin, Vilje, Vale, Gina Krog, Skogul, Ærfugl, Kvitebjørn and Valemon. It also has shares in seven projects with plans for development: Ærfugl phase 2, Gråsel, Duva, Tommeliten Alpha, King Lear, Alve Nord and Shrek. The company holds shares in a total of 60 licenses on the NCS.

PGNiG Upstream Norway’s head office is in Stavanger.

Managing Director of OFFB, Ole Jacob Haug, and general manager of PGNiG Upstream Norway, Marek Woszczyk.

Peter Wessel Cupen er Norges største håndballturnering og arrangeres hvert år i Larvik. Her konkurrerer de beste lagene i aldersgruppen 12 til 16 år fra hele landet.

KFUM Stavanger J07 stilte med to lag. KFUM Håndball Stavanger – 1 spilte finalekamp mot Årsta AIK HK og vant 17 – 14. Andrelaget hadde også en strålende innsats og ble nummer to i sin pulje – etter å ha blitt slått ut i sekstendedelsfinalen etter en jevn kamp.

OFFB har vært stolt sponsor av laget siden oppstarten og OFFBs HMSK/HR-leder var hovedtrener for laget de fem første årene. Jentene trener fire dager i uken, i tillegg til kamper.

“It is essential to meet in peacetime, as we call it, to connect with those responsible for planning and executing various tasks in crisis situations, and to secure a common, complete understanding. This makes it easier to find each other when it really counts,” says Pål Erland, Neptune Energy’s point of contact and emergency response manager at OFFB.

This is not the first time OFFB and Neptune Energy assemble collaborating actors for an emergency preparedness gathering in Florø. But the pandemic has made it more difficult to meet in person.

Erland is very pleased that 30 people from Neptune Energy, A/S Norske Shell, Avinor, Kinn municipality, Securitas, Quality Hotel, the police, Equinor, Bristow and Sintef were able to dedicate this day to get to know each other better, to discuss professional issues and enhance their skills.

This year’s assembly was particularly focused on collaboration at the operators’ centre for evacuees and next of kin (OSEP) in Florø. Kinn’s municipal chief physician Kjell-Arne Nordgård and Truls Eide, professionally responsible doctor at Neptune Energy, presented their own roles and gave advice on how to interact.

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the threat level in Norway, representatives from Norway’s oil and gas industry were also introduced to ways of handling these challenges.

“Neptune Energy, Avinor, the police, Equinor and research director Maria Bartnes at Sintef all gave valuable input on various topics, and suggested tools we can utilise in our coming emergency planning activities. The key points are to prepare oneself, and to exercise and practice together with relevant actors,” Erland says.