Seadrill becomes member of OFFB
Seadrill has entered into a membership agreement with OFFB for its operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. This is the first time OFFB has admitted a rig company. “A natural and desired development in the emergency response collaboration,” says Managing Director Ole Jacob Haug.
Full focus on exercises
The 2026 exercise year is underway. OFFB has scheduled close to 30 training sessions and emergency response exercises for our members in the first three months of the year.
Vår Energi member of OFFB
On 1 January 2026, Vår Energi became a member of OFFB. “We are very pleased to be able to include the country’s third-largest operating company in our member organisation. This membership strengthens emergency response cooperation on the Norwegian continental shelf,” says Ole Jacob Haug, Managing Director of OFFB.
Over 100 personer øvd i praktisk trening fra nord til sør
For å være rustet ved hendelser må vi øve. Den siste tiden har mer enn 100 personer fra OFFBs medlemmer, hoteller og kommunale kriseteam øvd mottaksapparatet for evakuerte og pårørende i Stavanger, Bergen og Brønnøysund.
Ett år med Radio Medico som vaktlegeleverandør
Ekspertmiljøet ved Haukeland Universitetssjukehus i Bergen har fungert som vaktleger for sjøfarten i 100 år. Siden september 2024 har Radio Medico også gått vakt for OFFBs medlemmer i en sentralisert vaktlegeordning. – Samarbeidet øker kvaliteten på vaktlegeordningen for alle som jobber offshore, sier Ole Jacob Haug.
Knytter OFFB enda nærmere universitetsmiljøet
OFFB har i en årrekke hatt et tett samarbeid med samfunnssikkerhetsmiljøet ved Universitetet i Stavanger. Nå er vi så heldige å ha student Johannes Skjæveland Eide i praksisperiode her hos oss. – I OFFB får jeg en perfekt kombinasjon av «nerding» og operativ beredskap, mener han.
15 Years on duty for the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Ideen til Anita Utseth, Siri Nesbø, Randi Morvik og Eva Fagernes resulterte i et helt unikt beredskapssamarbeid på norsk sokkel. – Kredibilitet og engasjement, både blant myndigheter, universitetene og energibransjen generelt, viser at OFFB er en betydelig aktør. Vi er rett og slett stolt av hva dette ble til, sier de.
Digital Investigator – and new Chief of Staff at OFFB
Slightly over four months after joining OFFB, Yrjan Bamberg has successfully completed his certification exercise and is now part of the 2nd line duty rotation. “I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge and am pleased to officially begin,” says the newly appointed Chief of Staff.
Beredskapskonferansen 2025: Fortsatt ledige billetter
14. til 15. mai samler Beredskapskonferansen og Informasjonssikkerhetskonferansen beslutningstakere og sikkerhetseksperter fra hele landet på Sola for 19. gang. – Viktigere enn noen gang, sier leder for programkomiteen, Ole Jacob Haug.
ICS Training from June
OFFB is now preparing training sessions to maintain competence in the Incident Command System (ICS), which has become a common management system for handling oil spill response operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Three Things People in Crisis are in special need of
Several of OFFB's employees must be prepared to assist people in crisis. Marianne Vinjevoll from our partner organization, Klinikk for krisepsykologi (Clinic for Crisis Psychology), visited us to share her experiences and advice.
Students visiting OFFB
Nearly 40 students from UiS came to OFFB to learn more about what it means to work with emergency response in practice.
Petroleum and maritime industry – joint emergency response
Operator companies on the Norwegian continental shelf compete for most things, but not emergency response. In this field, everyone must be the best. Now eight oil and gas companies are inviting the new maritime industries into the collaboration in the joint emergency organization OFFB.
Testing artificial intelligence for conversation training
OFFB is among the first in the emergency response/energy industry to use the tool developed by the local startup company Sklls. - A useful supplement for conversational training, says Kim Sviland, responsible for OFFB’s Next of Kin call center.
Coming to OFFB for learning and networking
Each year, close to 300 employees in the energy industry attend courses at OFFB. What all our courses have in common is that they are free for our members, and they are developed through collaboration with our members.
Making plans for the coming emergency response year
A large part of OFFB’s daily work is to conduct training and exercises to test the emergency preparedness of our nine member companies. These are planned in close collaboration with the companies.
Preparing to expand our emergency response collaboration
“We are putting behind us a busy and prolific year, and we are now preparing for emergency response to become a top priority for even more actors within the energy industry,” says managing director Ole Jacob Haug.
OFFB employees trained in life-saving techniques
As emergency preparedness is our full-time job at OFFB, we are aware that accidents occur regularly in the real world. We also know that no one is exempted from standing on the front line to help. In order to become as well-equipped as possible for such an event, you can practice in advance.
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.
PGNiG Upstream Norway AS joins OFFB
PGNiG Norway AS has signed a membership agreement with the Operator’s Association for Emergency Response (OFFB).
OFFB gratulerer
OFFB er stolt sponsor av KFUM Stavanger J07. I påsken vant førstelaget J14-klassen i Peter Wessel Cupen 2022, uoffisielt norgesmesterskap i aldersbestemt håndball. Andrelaget ble nummer to i sin pulje.
Broad collaboration assembly in Florø
On March 30, OFFB and Neptune Energy assembled a wide range of collaborating actors for an emergency preparedness gathering in Florø in Vestland county. Among the topics on the agenda were the follow-up of evacuees and next of kin from a health professional perspective, and contingency planning under a heightened threat level.
Crisis management in major incidents
How should people affected by crises be followed up in the best possible way? And when should a crisis be declared over? Those were key questions at a workshop on strategic crisis management, organised by OFFB’s Competence Centre at the end of February.
OFFB exercise in Florø
The Centres for Evacuees and Next of Kin (OSEP in Norwegian) play a key role in attending to people affected by emergency incidents. The ongoing pandemic makes it difficult to carry out real-life exercises, but on November 30 to December 1, it was finally possible to meet in Florø in Vestland county.
Beredskapskonferansen 2021
1. til 2. desember gjennomføres Beredskapskonferansen for tolvte gang – dette året i Stavanger. Det er fortsatt ledige billetter.
Crisis management with master’s students
At the University of Stavanger, master’s degree students of societal safety are getting a thorough, theoretical introduction to the subject of crisis management. On Monday the 1st of November, the students visited OFFB to learn how theory can be put into practice.
OFFB features in NATO magazine
The Operators' Association for Emergency Response (OFFB) is a specialised, civilian emergency response organisation, and an integrated part of Norway’s total defence. In the latest issue of NATO’s ‘The Three Swords’ magazine, OFFB is introduced to an international readership.
Research: Peer-reviewed article published in Magma
A new research article by Riana Steen and Alf Inge Molde is outlining learning points from an outbreak of COVID-19 at the West Phoenix drilling rig in August 2020. It discusses how uncertainty, time pressure and escalating consequences magnify the need for resilience in emergency preparedness.
Seadrill becomes member of OFFB
Seadrill has entered into a membership agreement with OFFB for its operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. This is the first time OFFB has admitted a rig company. “A natural and desired development in the emergency response collaboration,” says Managing Director Ole Jacob Haug.
Full focus on exercises
The 2026 exercise year is underway. OFFB has scheduled close to 30 training sessions and emergency response exercises for our members in the first three months of the year.
Vår Energi member of OFFB
On 1 January 2026, Vår Energi became a member of OFFB. “We are very pleased to be able to include the country’s third-largest operating company in our member organisation. This membership strengthens emergency response cooperation on the Norwegian continental shelf,” says Ole Jacob Haug, Managing Director of OFFB.
Seadrill becomes member of OFFB
Seadrill has entered into a membership agreement with OFFB for its operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. This is the first time OFFB has admitted a rig company. “A natural and desired development in the emergency response collaboration,” says Managing Director Ole Jacob Haug.
Full focus on exercises
The 2026 exercise year is underway. OFFB has scheduled close to 30 training sessions and emergency response exercises for our members in the first three months of the year.
Vår Energi member of OFFB
On 1 January 2026, Vår Energi became a member of OFFB. “We are very pleased to be able to include the country’s third-largest operating company in our member organisation. This membership strengthens emergency response cooperation on the Norwegian continental shelf,” says Ole Jacob Haug, Managing Director of OFFB.
