Aker BP has awarded ASCO a five-year contract for continued base and logistics services in Tananger includes continued provision of warehouse management and personnel leasing for logistics and helicopter operations the contract value could reach NOK1 billion ($88 million) over the period ASCO has provided base and logistics services to the client since 2011 Last May, ASCO provided logistics services to support expansion of the freeport Teesworks in northeast England Prior to that, ASCO secured a five-year contract with bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to provide supply base and pipeyard management services for the operator across all its 16 offshore locations in Trinidad ASCO has been awarded a five-year contract until 2030 for base and logistics services for Aker BP in Tananger The agreement also includes continued services in warehouse management and personnel leasing for logistics and helicopter coordination The potential total value of the agreement is £70 million (NOK one billion) over the contract period “Aker BP’s continued choice of ASCO for their base and logistics services is extremely important to us," said Øyvind Salte "We look forward to further developing as a company and continuing our proud partnership with Aker BP This contract strengthens our existing activities in Norway and lays the foundation for further developing the excellent collaboration with Aker BP and digitalize all aspects of its services.” Salte adds “The partnership with ASCO is crucial to maintaining continuity in our offshore operations," said Vegard Olsen "Base and transport services act as the lifelines for materials between sea and land ensuring that we can maintain stable and efficient operations We look forward to continuing the collaboration and working together to further improve our logistics processes.” “Aker BP has been a very important customer of ASCO Norge AS for many years," added Runar Hatletvedt "The company has provided base and logistics services since 2011 A new contract with Aker BP secures jobs at ASCO’s bases in Tananger and Farsund and provides stability and predictability for the future This is a very positive and significant contract for us.” to provide base and logistics services for Repsol Norge in Tananger and Farsund as well as personnel support for logistics Repsol has been ASCO’s customer in Norway since 2011 and the company said the new commitment would ensure job security at its bases in Tananger and Farsund “This contract reinforces our strong partnership and allows us to further develop as a company while remaining a preferred and proud supplier to Repsol,” said Øyvind Salte Don't have an account? Repsol Norge has awarded ASCO a three-year contract to provide base and logistics services for North Sea oilfield support in Tananger and Farsund Repsol Norge operates the Yme field in the eastern Norwegian North Sea Two animal rights organizations suspect that the friendly and popular white whale known as Hvaldimir who swam into Norwegian waters five years ago was intentionally shot and killed over the weekend They have filed charges in a bid to launch a police investigation “Hvaldimir was a special whale that many had become so fond of,” wrote NOAH the Oslo-based animal rights group that has joined the organization OneWhale in calling for a criminal probe “Many people have worked hard to make sure Hvaldimir was well taken care of NOAH thinks it’s our responsibility to find out what happened so we and OneWhale have chosen to report this to the police.” A father and son who were out fishing on Saturday were among the first to spot the whale floating in the sea “I thought it was a boat that had overturned,” 16-year-old Storm Karolius Kristiansen told state broadcaster NRK “so my father and I steered our boat over to check it out.” Marine biologists including researcher Sebastian Strand of the organization Marine Mind were already there and together they decided to tow Hvaldimir towards land The friendly whale was quickly dubbed Hvaldimir since “hval” is the Norwegian word for whale and he’s believed to have escaped or been released from captivity in Russia He also appeared three years before Russian President Vladimir Putin became an object of international scorn after ordering the invasion of Ukraine While some suspected the whale had been trained for underwater spying or military exercises he captured the hearts of many both in Norway and abroad his father and the others managed to fasten a rope around the whale and tow him in Hvaldimir was eventually hoisted out of the water at the nearby Risavika harbour Strand confirmed to NRK that he and his colleagues had “unfortunately found Hvaldimir floating in the sea but it wasn’t immediately clear what the cause of death was.” They were also shocked because they’d observed the whale just the day before and he seemed to be fine “This is gruesome,” Strand said “so we have to find out what’s happened here.” told NRK he’d seen Hvaldimir alive and diving just an hour before he suddenly was floating on the water for an unusually long time Then birds started circling around the whale harbour authorities were alerted and they joined the effort to tow Hvaldimir in but no such order is known to have been issued in connection with the whale “He was healthy and had no sign of disease,” said Regina Crosby Haug leader of the volunteer organization OneWhale that has teamed with NOAH to file police charges She told local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad that she does not think the whale died of natural causes He was believed to be around 15 years old and there had even been plans to move him farther north where he’d be more likely to join other white beluga whales like himself At first Haug thought he may have been hit by a boat since he often attracted spectators when he’d pop out of the water from Finnmark in the north to as far south as the Lysefjord in Denmark Now the organizations view his injuries as more sinister Police confirmed they’ve been asked to investigate but told NRK they will wait until the results of the autopsy are available NewsinEnglish.no/Nina Berglund If you like what we are doing, please consider a donation. 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READ MORE NewsInEnglish.no is a free and independent Oslo-based website offering news from Norway It’s run on a voluntary basis by veteran journalists keen to share insight into Norwegian politics Over the years it has not been uncommon for grown men to be moved to tears inside Elland Road Whether through the dark days of financial turmoil and League One football or marvelling at the wonder of Marcelo Bielsa’s title-winning side, Leeds United fans have known a full range of emotions following their team just getting to the stadium that Leeds have called home since 1919 is enough to bring a tear to the eye a variety of international flags can be spotted around home games at Elland Road But one is more common than the rest: the red United’s Scandinavian-based fans run into the thousands and for each their first trip to West Yorkshire is a pilgrimage “I remember the first time I saw Elland Road I cried like a baby when we started singing,” says Jan Okland of Norwegian supporter group Tananger Whites I came over in October with four guys who had never been before but had been supporters their whole lives and we all cried It’s very emotional because most Leeds supporters here in Norway are strong supporters; it’s not something that we take on lightly We know you can’t have a weak heart if you want to be a Leeds supporter Hearing Marching on Together at Elland Road is just beautiful.” Leeds have had a strong presence across Norway Sweden and Denmark dating back to the 1970s when top-flight games from England were shown on free-to-air television across the three nations The legacy is a generation of fans — most densely populated in Norway but with a strong contingent in Sweden too — and their children and grandchildren who are mad for all things Leeds “I grew up in the 70s with English football trading cards and magazines like Shoot and Goal,” says Anders Palm of LUSCOS (Leeds United Supporters Club of Scandinavia) Norwegian and Danish broadcasters collaborated and got a deal with a television company to show live football on TV in Nordic countries That meant every kid got into an English football team and I did that before I knew anything about my local team the best players and we traded cards and so it was a coincidence which team you started to follow You might have an uncle come back from a trip to England with a Leeds scarf or an Arsenal scarf and so you started to support that team I landed on the white kit of Leeds United and the mystique around Peter Lorimer Many Norwegians were fascinated by him having the hardest shot in the world at the time “A lot of us are around 50 or 60 years old you stay loyal to them and you don’t change There are two things in life you cannot change: your kids and your football team There are around 8,000 Leeds fans in Norway, and since the 70s new generations across the three Scandinavian countries usually coincided with the team’s success on the pitch. A new wave came in the 90s, when Alf-Inge Haaland, Eirik Bakke and Gunnar Halle were part of David O’Leary’s team — the Irishman took his side to the Champions League semi-finals in 2001 Others followed the promotion in 2020 under Bielsa Leeds have had popular players from Sweden (Pontus Jansson) and Denmark (Casper Ankergren) over the years It has helped strengthen an already healthy bond between United and fans in the region “Norwegians like to go over to England and watch games — it’s a big part of the culture in Norway,” Bakke who made almost 200 appearances in a seven-year spell at Leeds from 1999 to 2006 “The football season in Norway is from April to November So me and my friends always used to travel over to England we were over for 10 days watching football over Christmas We took the ferry from Bergen to Newcastle went to Liverpool to watch some games and stopped in Leeds in a bed and breakfast It turned out to be five minutes from where I was living the year after so it was always a dream come true to play in the Premier League I played for 1,100 people in Sogndal in the summer and then three months later I played for 40,000 I think around 400 Norwegian people have season tickets at Leeds Every weekend there are so many people over there were flags there (at Elland Road) and I remember when I signed we had to wear Viking hats It’s not far from England to Norway so whenever there’s a home game there are lots over — it’s the Norwegians and the Irish I think (who come over most).” There are supporters in Scandinavia who hold season tickets at Elland Road while Terje Hansen is a high-profile fan who has been to over 700 Leeds games and intends to go to all 46 league matches this season Although flights between Norway and England only take a couple of hours Fans have to plan ahead for delays and stay a few days when a round trip in 24 hours is not possible “I came to the play-off final against Southampton and a guy from the south of Norway chartered a Boeing flight and brought over 200 people to watch the match,” says Okland “I wouldn’t be without it, even though it has been frustrating sometimes,” says Palm, who was at Elland Road for December’s 2-0 win over Derby County for one of his final trips of the year “If they have lost and you’re travelling back on a Monday and there are delays it’s a hassle but after a while you remember the good times you had and you book the next one but it’s a good opportunity for me to meet people who I wouldn’t usually meet Norway is a long country; it’s a long way from Oslo to the Nordic parts so it’s a chance to meet people when we are here it was the 90 minutes but now it’s more the experiences we have here I went to a concert while I was over — The Damned — with some of my English friends who I met at Leeds we party and we are loud and cheerful but we’re met with open arms It’s a big happy family supporting Leeds.” While the TV deal of the 70s sparked a love for United in a generation of fans in Scandinavia who moved to Karlstad in Sweden 10 years ago those roots have allowed him to find a community in the Karlstad Whites supporters group “It always amazes me (the commitment of the fans),” he says “We’re a club that has been out of the spotlight for many years not just recently but in the 1980s as well The supporters stay true and I think that’s why there’s a lot of respect in Leeds for Scandinavian fans you had to positively buy into being a Leeds fan Maybe it’s because of the bad reputation of the 1970s and 1980s but just living in Leeds wasn’t enough; you really had to buy into it And Swedish and Norwegian fans give that positive buy-in and they show it by turning up at the games and sticking with the club through thick and thin The love shared in the stands is felt by players on the pitch with Bakke maintaining a strong bond with Leeds since leaving to join Norwegian club Brann in 2006 The 47-year-old former midfielder still returns when he can to relive memories of the team that played in the Champions League moving abroad as well but I was lucky I had Alfie (Haaland) there and he had been in England for a few years,” Bakke says “That helped me settle in and to be playing in the biggest league in the world They were good years and then I had some bad injuries with my knee After that when I came back the club was in a different shape there were different chairmen and owners which was a bit of a mess Hopefully one day they will get the European nights back.” If Leeds can take one step closer by achieving promotion to the Premier League this season it would bolster interest in the club among the younger generation in Scandinavia United can still count on the support of a small army of fans in the region who have loved the club for the best part of 50 years you take it (going to Elland Road) for granted but for some people it’s an ambition for decades,” says MacKenzie “There are plenty of people closer to home who turned their back on the team when things got tough It doesn’t matter where you’re from to be a Leeds fan.” (Top photos: Getty Images and Robert Mackenzie) The story of a company is the story of its people - explore the human stories behind ConocoPhillips The Norway business unit recently completed 8.5 million work hours without significant incidents or recordable injuries to personnel over a one-year period which spans all offshore and onshore facilities in Norway and the United Kingdom safety and environmental (HSE) performance in the business unit’s history.  The Norway HSE Performance Team helped deliver this outstanding safety performance earning a 2024 SPIRIT of Performance Award for this achievement The Norway business unit recently passed a milestone of 8.5 million work hours without significant incidents or recordable personnel injuries over a one-year period in the Greater Ekofisk Area “Our employees and suppliers’ strong commitment has contributed to a safe work environment every day,” said Jan-Arne Johansen who managed operated assets in Europe at the time and now serves as president of ConocoPhillips Australia “This is an impressive team achievement and the result of many years of effort building an inclusive safety culture across the organization While we are proud of this exceptional result we stay humble and are fully aware that past performance is no guarantee for future success And our journey to zero incidents and injuries really never ends.”   the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea and Teesside in the U.K experienced a very active period with operations the Tommeliten A and Eldfisk North subsea development projects were ongoing including significant brownfield scope at Ekofisk and Eldfisk Three drilling rigs were also in operation throughout the year.   “A tremendous HSE effort across teams and locations have produced this result offshore at Tananger and in Teesside,” said Kjell Rune Skjeggestad HSE manager in the Norway business unit.  “Our strong safety performance goes hand in hand with our steady operating performance exemplifying that a safe operation is an efficient operation,” Skjeggestad said “Our employees and contractors also demonstrate a clear understanding of the company’s safety culture We are all pulling in the same direction and that is vital for this result.”  The consistent application of the company’s safety programs and initiatives — including Life Saving Rules Safety Procedures and Stop Work Authority — is essential for maintaining high standards of safety performance and ensuring reliable operations.    “These safety programs and initiatives have been implemented for many years,” Skjeggestad said “leading to an inclusive safety culture.”  employees and contractors collaborate to report and review incidents and near misses in a non-blaming manner fostering a culture of continuous learning everyone is empowered to halt operations if they identify any concerning safety issues.  “This fosters an inclusive environment a workplace where everyone can be psychologically safe to point out potential safety risk factors across functions and levels in the organization,” Skjeggestad said “Our skilled and competent employees and contractors know what they are doing.”   Field workers have also been engaged to simplify requirements and work standards This effort supports the Operating Integrity Philosophy of “making it easy to do it right,” enhancing the availability of easy-to-read procedures and better understanding of risk and barriers ConocoPhillips Norway shares learnings within the company and with peers to enable overall HSE improvements in the industry The business unit has earned the reputation of a reliable partner thanks to the company’s longstanding commitment to HSE performance.  “We do not compete when it comes to HSE,” Skjeggestad said “We share safe ways of working and learnings from incidents with the aim of preventing incidents or injuries no matter where we operate in the world This award was a meaningful recognition after a year with high activity and exceptional safety performance and our focus is on carrying out safe operations today Multifamily Property Management that Drives Value Get in touch with one of our professionals The Norwegian Coastal Administration has raised the maritime security to level 2 for selected port facilities Due to the current heightened threat level the Norwegian Coastal Administration has decided to raise the maritime security to level 2 for selected port facilities as of 30 September and until further notice The security level that is applied to port facilities also applies to calling ships This means that the ships will need to raise their own security levels to the levels of the ports of call It is the responsibility of the Norwegian Coastal Administration to determine applicable maritime security levels for Norwegian ports and port facilities The Norwegian Maritime Authority requests that all ships intending to call at the affected ports prepare and activate required measures The following ports now have security level 2: Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a1421380c55efb19b06c90b7e8eaada6" );document.getElementById("c08a1a06c7").setAttribute( "id" Material management and logistics provider ASCO has secured a five-year contract worth $87.6 million (GBP 70 million) to provide base and logistics services to Aker BP ASA in Norway until 2030 The contract encompasses services including warehouse management and personnel leasing for logistics and helicopter coordination in Tananger ASCO Norge AS commercial director Øyvind Salte said: “Aker BP’s continued choice of ASCO for their base and logistics services is extremely important to us We look forward to further developing as a company and continuing our proud partnership with Aker BP “This contract strengthens our existing activities in Norway and lays the foundation for further developing the excellent collaboration with Aker BP streamline and digitalize all aspects of its services,” Salte added “The partnership with ASCO is crucial to maintaining continuity in our offshore operations Base and transport services act as the lifelines for materials between sea and land We look forward to continuing the collaboration and working together to further improve our logistics processes” “Aker BP has been a very important customer of ASCO Norge AS for many years The company has provided base and logistics services since 2011 A new contract with Aker BP secures jobs at ASCO’s bases in Tananger This is a very positive and significant contract for us” ASCO said it is upgrading its fleet in the United Kingdom (UK) through a multimillion pound program ASCO also expanded its capabilities at Albert Quay in Aberdeen with the addition of a brand-new Liebherr crane following the strategic relocation of a similar crane from Hammerfest The move “complements the complete overhaul of the company’s forklift fleet in all its UK bases eco-friendly 16-tonne forklifts that offer enhanced safety and ergonomic features,” ASCO said in a separate news release "This investment demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the energy industry in the region While continuing to serve longstanding clients like BP and TotalEnergies we are investing in infrastructure that supports the future of the evolving supply chain and strengthens our role in the energy transition." The company added that the investment aligns with Port of Aberdeen's ongoing energy transition plans designed to support existing customers in oil and gas while establishing itself as a national hub for offshore wind "[The] Port of Aberdeen is a key logistics hub for the North Sea offshore sector As we move through a carefully managed transition from fossil fuels to renewables the port will continue to support the region’s energy needs—whether that’s existing oil and gas or the next generation of Scotland’s offshore wind developments” The contract covers services including logistics waste and helicopter coordination in Tananger ASCO has secured a five-year contract worth $87.6m (£70m) to provide base and logistics services to Aker BP in Norway until 2030 The renewal of this contract ensures job security at ASCO’s bases and offers stability and predictability for the future ASCO Norge AS commercial director Øyvind Salte said: “Aker BP’s continued choice of ASCO for their base and logistics services is extremely important to us “This contract strengthens our existing activities in Norway and lays the foundation for further developing the excellent collaboration with Aker BP streamline and digitalise all aspects of its services.” Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis The collaboration between these entities has been pivotal in delivering logistics solutions in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea Aker BP logistics manager Vegard Olsen said: “The partnership with ASCO is crucial to maintaining continuity in our offshore operations In December 2024, Aker Solutions won a two-year extension from Aker BP for maintenance work across multiple offshore Norway field centres including the Valhall and Hod Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network in connection with the above mentioned case I was contacted on car radio on Monday 21.12.70 at 1100 with a request to report to head of department Kleppe at the counter-intelligence police in Stavanger It was communicated to me that he had spoken to the security officer at Ulsnes naval base in Stavanger naval defence district This officer had received a report from a fisherman who is of the opinion that he has seen this woman at Tananger He could not give an accurate time of this observation detective sergeant Opsahl and the signatory Present at the meeting was commander Onarheim Onarheim remarked that the woman's visit to Stavanger coincided with the exercises of the 25th missile boat squadron at Tananger The signatory made a reference to the woman's itinerary The 25th MBS was in Bergen around 24.03.70 The unidentified woman was present in Bergen from 24.03 to 01.04.70 She was in Stavanger from 29.10 to 30.10.70 and another time in Stavanger from 09.11 to 18.11.70 commander Onarheim remarked that during these exercises there were always some personnel from FFI present (FFI is the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment who developed the Penguin anti-ship missile will conduct an interrogation of Berthon Rott today 22.12.70 During the following years OTS continued to improve the wastewater treatment process system by installing a fully complete wastewater treatment unit in the company’s wash bay area in Tananger to test and to optimize the system with different fluids All internal washing and cleaning wastewater have since then passed through this effective treatment process providing valuable results The experience gained from the wash bay was transferred to our engineering department and implemented into the continued development of new offshore treatment units In 2009 OTS started to produce the new generation wastewater treatment units for the Norwegian offshore marked The OTS treatment units have a well proven track record in the North Sea and elsewhere around the world The following years OTS has continued to optimize its sustainable wastewater treatment plants and in 2021 resulting in a benchmark product supreme to the oil & gas industry worldwide OTS prides itself with highly experienced personnel and equipment with a firm focus on the environment wastewater treatment is a process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and convert it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle with no impact to the environment or reused for various purposes (called water reclamation) The treatment process takes place in a wastewater treatment unit (WWTU) or broken down during the treatment process OTS continues to develop state of the art systems for a better environment The OTS Wastewater Treatment unit is capable of processing OBM slop water oil contaminated water and surface-generated water The mechanical separation system generates three distinct waste streams: solids Features: which has progressively built-up knowledge through experience in the rental and service area for the oil and gas industry We are a supplier of waste-treatment equipment cuttings & fluids handling and treatment OTS offers modern workshop facilities for service and construction work OTS is member of a larger privately owned group of companies including but not limited to: Steel fabrication OTS Onsite Treatment Services AS – Norsea base building 104, 4056 Tananger Norway  www.ots.as TANANGER, Norway – ConocoPhillips Norge has commemorated 50 years of production from the Ekofisk field in the southern Norwegian North Sea At the same time, the company has started production from the re-developed Tor field satellite 13 km (8 mi) northeast of the Ekofisk Complex Tor began producing in 1978 and was shut in 2015: the new development is based on eight wells divided between two subsea templates ConocoPhillips expected Ekofisk to cease operations in 1997 the introduction of water injection in the late 1980s improved recovery Ekofisk produces from a reservoir 3,000 m (9,842 ft) subsurface To date more than 3 Bbbl have been produced from the 300-m (984-ft) oil column Currently, the company is assessing new development projects in the Greater Ekofisk Area (GEA) along with recent discoveries elsewhere in the North Sea and in the Norwegian Sea the GEA has created estimated value of close to NOK 2,600 billion ($314 billion) with 4.2 Bbbl produced from the Ekofisk field and 0.8 Bboe from other fields in the area The recovery rate of more than 50% has comfortably exceeded the original target of 17% supported by around 900 employees at the Tananger headquarters in southern Norway Over the past two decades the company has implemented various emissions reductions measures in the GEA it commissioned a new power cable between the Eldfisk Complex and the Eldfisk 2/7 B platform to replace diesel-driven power with steam power The project should cut CO2 emissions by 1 MM metric tons/yr and NOx emissions by 167 metric tons/yr (184 tons) Hybrid power solutions installed in three platform supply vessels are reducing diesel consumption by up to 15% Late last year a new project got under way to restrict flaring at the Ekofisk J platform From 2022 this should cut CO2 emissions at Ekofisk by 26MM metric tons/yr (28,660 tons) Norway’s authorities have imposed a maximum oil-in-water content in produced water from the country’s offshore fields to 30 mg/l The oil in water concentration in the GEA fell to 6.9 mg/l in recent years The platform produced a total of 872 MMboe Ekofisk 2/4A’s steel jacket was built in France construction of the field’s first platforms was spread across multiple locations and countries the platform had a crew of around 35 people but it has since been remotely monitored – initially from the control room on the Ekofisk 2/4 K platform and more recently from ConocoPhillips’ onshore operations center in Tananger An eight-strong maintenance team has visited 2/4A daily preparations for P&A’ing 23 wells have started The jackupRowan Gorilla 6 will start this program early next year and the work is expected to be completed in 2016 Elsewhere on the Ekofisk field, the new Z17 well has been drilled and is ready to start producing from the same reservoir zone as 2/4 A when the newly installed platformEkofisk 2/4 Z platform enters service toward end-2013 This facility will have 35 production wells Email: Email Us Here Website: Visit Our Website