{"id":3812,"date":"2026-02-09T04:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offb.no\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:27:26","slug":"seadrill-medlem-i-offb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/seadrill-medlem-i-offb\/","title":{"rendered":"Seadrill becomes member of OFFB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rig company Seadrill was established in 2005 and operates worldwide. As of today, one of its installations, West Elara, has a contract on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The jack-up rig is currently concluding a contract on the Ekofisk field for ConocoPhillips and will then proceed to an assignment involving the permanent plugging of production wells in the North Sea for TotalEnergies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the third quarter of 2026, West Elara will move to Equinor, where it will be used as an accommodation rig until the fourth quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OFFB on duty from May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OFFB will support Seadrill\u2019s emergency preparedness efforts and serve as the company\u2019s 2nd line response organisation for its Norwegian Continental Shelf operations starting 1 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the past 16 years, through the operating companies, we have worked closely with a number of rig companies and know the business well. However, this is the first time we welcome a company that is not an operator into the emergency response collaboration,\u201d says OFFB Managing Director Ole Jacob Haug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ole Jacob Haug. Foto: Jan Inge Haga\" class=\"wp-image-3815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1-1980x1320.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/offb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ole_jacob9-1-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Look forward to a long and productive collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking with Seadrill will enhance the competence across our entire organisation. At the same time, we bring experience, expertise, and resources that will strengthen their work within emergency response and crisis management. We look forward to a long and productive collaboration with Seadrill\u201d, Haug adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per Breivik, Director of Operations at Seadrill Europe Management AS, states that the company looks forward to establishing a solid emergency response partnership with OFFB and working together on continuous improvement of emergency preparedness efforts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u201cA natural and desired development in the emergency response collaboration,\u201d says Managing Director Ole Jacob Haug.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3844,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions\/3844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offb.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}