Cost Performance on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Drilling Productivity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Recently, we have seen falling oil prices combined with sticky costs at a high level in the petroleum industry. This cause cost cuts and project postponements, thus challenging reserve replacement of oil companies and security of supply for consumers. Costs are particularly high for drilling. High rig rates are obviously important. In new contracts for high-spec semi rigs on the Norwegian Conti...

Proposing safety performance indicators for helicopter offshore on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Over last 10-years period there has been just one helicopter accident (with no fatalities) in the Norwegian sector of helicopter offshore operations. In this case, safety monitoring cannot be based on the absence of accidents. The main objective of this paper is to suggest a combination of leading and lagging indicators to monitor safety performance for helicopter offshore operations. An approa...

Environmental effects of oil and gas exploration on the benthic fauna of the Norwegian Continental Shelf

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Loss of health certificates among offshore petroleum workers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf 2002-2010.

BACKGROUND A health certificate is required to work on the offshore petroleum installations of the Norwegian Shelf. Loss of health certificate (loss of licence, LOL) may cause economic problems for the individual worker. A private compensation system (OSO) was established for Norwegian offshore workers in 2002, comprising 8000-11,000 individual members of workers organisations: approximately on...

Area Drilling pipes v14.doc RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR DEPLOYMENT OF RFID ON THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF