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Offshore Center Danmark 

December 2008 

14 ON/OFF 

A news magazine 

on offshore business 

in Denmark 

NEWS 

Topic: A Need for SME’s 

The Offshore Industry is dependent on 

competent Sub-Suppliers 

Development rather than Management 

Tailor-made Power Generation Solutions 

A Company with Ambitions 

Look abroad 

A Pump is not just a Pump 

Showing the Process in 3D Animation

AN Group ENErGY A/S 

Industrial Engineers & Conctractors 

Multidisciplinary consulting and engineering 

AN GROUP create professional and reliable 

improvements for your projects and 

production related to: 

• Optimization 

• Automation 

• Instrumentation 

• Electrical 

• SCADA & ESD 

• Production IT 

• Project Management 

We offer you competencies and capabilities 

within maintenance, scheduling, 

modification and upgrading. Operational 

optimization and technology optimization 

in all project phases such as 

• Feasibility studies 

• Conceptual design 

• Basic engineering 

• Functional requirements specifications 

• Tendering and purchasing 

Main Office: AN Group A/S • Mejeribakken 8 • DK-3540 Lynge 

Pre commissioning, commissioning and 

start up related to the following areas of 

know-how and disciplines: 

• Chemical process 

• Mechanical 

• Automation 

• Instrumentation 

• Electrical systems 

• SCADA & ESD 

AN GROUP 

Offshore Office: AN Group ENERGY A/S • Niels Bohrs Vej 6 • DK-6700 Esbjerg 

Other branches: Hovedgaden 54 • DK-8220 Brabrand • Hareskovvej 19, DK-4400 Kalundborg www.angroup.dk

Welcome 

A fruitful Symbiosis – SME’s in a Win-Win Situation 

Constructions on legs of steel in the open 

sea for the most part symbolize the oil 

and gas industry. These giants are the 

very symbol of the industry that supplies 

the society with energy. 

But the offshore industry consists of 

many more things, than the process 

happening over and under the surface 

of the sea, hundreds of kilometres from 

the coast. Many processes take place in 

the construction and development division 

of sub-suppliers on the mainland. 

A significant part of the Danish offshore 

industry activities takes place on shore 

at companies that construct, consult, 

produce, maintain and monitor on orders 

from operators , who operate the offshore 

installations. 

In this way the offshore industry is 

based on a symbiosis. Common for 

every symbiosis is that both sides benefit 

– regardless of the difference in size – “A 

win-win situation”. 

To expand the offshore industry and 

strengthen this win-win situation, there 

can be a need for a professionalization of 

the small and medium-sized enterprises 

that supply products and services to the 

offshore industry. Clear strategic goals, 

professionalization of the organization 

and an increase of the investments in 

product development can be vital for 

these companies – and thereby for the 

whole industry – in order to overcome 

future challenges and competition on an 

international and competitive market. 

Director Peter Blach 

In this edition of ON/OFF News (14), 

small and medium-sized enterprises and 

their challenges are brought into focus. 

Companies tell about their reflections on 

the future, and Offshore Center Danmark 

reports about the centre’s effort 

for small and medium-sized enterprises. 

As a knowledge centre Offshore Center 

Danmark has an important role in the 

process, which the industry is facing, and 

wants to contribute to a strengthening 

of the Danish offshore industry, so that 

Denmark not only maintains its role as 

an oil nation but also expands on new 

markets. 

It is therefore with pleasure that Offshore 

Center Danmark can announce that it 

just has received status as the official 

Danish offshore innovation network and 

furthermore has received a large government 

grant from the Danish Ministry of 

Science, Technology and Innovation. 

With this grant the centre can continue 

its goal-orientated work for the Danish 

offshore industry, which the small and 

medium-sized enterprises are an important 

part of. 

Kind regards, Peter Blach 

Next topic: Internationalization 

Deadline - Advertisements and articles: January 15 

Content: 

Great Challenges for 

the Danish Offshore Industry 

for many Years to come ................................ 5 

Protection against Attacks is 

one of the newest Themes within the 

Oil and Gas Industry....................................... 6 

Important Danish Role on a 

Market worth 13-27 billion............................ 8 

Blacksmiths continue 

with Offshore Speciality............................... 10 

A Need for SME’s 

The.offshore.industry.is.dependent.on. 

competent.sub-suppliers.................................. 12 

Development rather than Management 

A.combination.of.research.and.practical.. 

engineering.has.made.a.small.Danish.. 

company.a.worldwide.player............................ 14 

Tailor-made Power Generation 

Solutions....................................................... 15 

Look abroad 

SystemTeknik.in.Aalborg.hands.out.. 

experiences.with.the.establishment.. 

of.new.markets............................................... 16 


Counts.on.professionalizing.board.. 

and.organization.............................................. 17 


Olesen.&.Jensen.expands.on.a.basis.of.. 

specialized.offshore.knowledge........................ 18 

Showing the Process in 3D Animation........ 19 

Offshore Center Danmark welcomes 

new Members............................................... 20 

A well-attended Annual Meeting................. 21 

Names in News.............................................. 22 

The Market for Offshore Wind 

Turbines in tremendous Growth.................. 26 

Notes & News............................................... 28

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4 ON/OFF NEWS - DECEMBER 08 

From 4 to 6 

– ON/OFF News expands 

The redesigned offshore magazine went down well 

with the offshore industry 

With the ambition to create a magazine 

for the entire offshore industry, Offshore 

Center Danmark’s magazine ON/OFF 

News was redesigned in 2008 and given 

further resources. The magazine has done 

so well within the industry that it has been 

decided to expand the publications from 

four issues to six issues a year in 2009. 

“As one of the greatest industries, it is 

only natural to have a magazine for the 

offshore industry. Our ambition is to create 

a magazine, which covers the entire industry, 

reports news and portrays the industry 

for new customers”, Morten Holmager 

explains. Morten Holmager is editor of 


June 2008 

13 ON/OFF 

NEWS 



in Denmark 

Topic: HSEQ - Health, Safety, 

Environment and Quality 

HUET-Course now demanded by Law 

Offshore Center Danmark examines 

Offshore Security 

A2SEA implements Optional ISM-certification 

of their Fleet 

Maersk increases the Safety on 

Offshore Platforms 

Zero Tolerance in the Offshore Industry 

Significant Effort to reduce Flaring 

ON/OFF News and is Project Coordinator 

at Offshore Center Danmark. 

“The magazine has been received so well 

within the industry that we have decided 

to expand the number of publications, 

so in 2009 we will publish 6 issues, 

compared to 4 in 2008. Within a few 

years, we are considering publishing 

the magazine 10 times a year”, Morten 

Holmager continues. 

The next edition of ON/OFF News is to 

be released at the beginning of February 

2009 with a theme on internationalisation 

of the Danish offshore industry. 

ON/OFF News in 2009 

Here you can find an overview of publications of ON/OFF News in 2009. The editorial 

staff still accepts articles and material, which can be sent to the staff by mail: 

news@offshorecenter.dk. 

EDITION RELEASE DEADLINE 

ON/OFF News 15 February 2009 January 15 2009 

ON/OFF News 16 April 2009 March 16 2009 

ON/OFF News 17 June 2009 May 15 2009 

ON/OFF News 18 August 2009 July 15 2009 

ON/OFF News 19 October 2009 September 15 2009 

ON/OFF News 20 December 2009 November 16 2009 


December 2008 

14 ON/OFF 



in Denmark 

NEWS 


The offshore industry is dependent on 

competent sub-suppliers 

Development rather than management 

Tailor-made power generation solutions 


Look abroad 


Showing the Process in 3D Animation

Great Challenges for 

the Danish Offshore Industry 

for many Years to come 

Unrealistic to believe that the world can manage without oil and gas 

The constantly increasing energy consumption 

in the world makes it unrealistic 

to believe that the world can manage 

without fossil fuels like oil and gas. 

Alternative energy sources will in many 

years to come be insufficient, and the 

expansion of for instance wind energy 

is characterised by supply shortage. The 

Danish oil and gas industry is therefore 

facing enormous challenges in the coming 

years, with an increased outlook to more 

tasks at the global market. 

“If the energy consumption increases with 

the same speed as in the past, then the global 

consumption will be so big in ten years 

that it will correspond to us producing 44 

million barrels (6,995,441 m 3) more a day 

than we are extracting today, according to 

the International Energy Agency (IEA). 

That corresponds to the entire Norwegian 

production in the North Sea – times fifteen”, 

Kai B. Olsen, Ramboll Olie & Gas, 

explained at Offshore Center Danmark’s 

annual meeting in September. 

“Danish offshore can with our expertise 

within exploitation of marginal fields take 

part in making the oil extraction more 

efficient. We also have great expertise 

within stimulation of wells, for instance by 

pumping gas, water or other liquids down 

in the underground and in that way force 

the oil up. Additionally we have expertise 

within horizontal drillings, which are very 

effective, as the drillings can be adjusted to 

exploit even small layers of oil.” 

The expertises of Danish companies within exploitation of marginal fields give a welcome con- 

tribution in making oil extraction more effective, and Kai B. Olsen from Ramboll Oil & Gas is 

expecting the bustle in the Danish offshore industry to continue for many years to come. Here Kai 

B. Olsen speaks at Offshore Center Danmark’s annual meeting in September. 

Focus on flexibility 

Another core competence of the Danish 

offshore industry is a large group of 

smaller companies with specialist offshore 

competences – (SME’s). These small and 

medium-sized enterprises have over the 

course of the past thirty years been able to 

gear their effort to specialized tasks, and 

the companies have been able to change 

their processes fast, when there was a need 

for it. 

“Flexibility will to an even greater extent 

be the keyword in the future global 

competition. The important thing is not 

to give up, as the tasks are there, and our 

challenge will be to contribute to make 

all parts of the production cycle more efficient 

in order to exploit the existing oil 

reserves. On a local scale the challenge is 

also to attract the qualified young people in 

the business. It is an important task in the 

coming years to convince the young people 

of the fact that there is plenty of work 

for decades, when they have finished their 

education as for instance an engineer or a 

technician”, Kai B. Olsen explains. 

ON/OFF NEWS - DECEMBER 08 5

Protection against Attacks 

is one of the newest Themes 

within the Oil and Gas Industry 

New.development.project. 

within.Offshore.Center.. 

Danmark 

Be prepared for the worst and think the 

best. That is roughly the motto for a new 

development project launched by a group 

of companies and knowledge institutions, 

coordinated by the knowledge and technology 

centre Offshore Center Danmark. 

The project has been named Offshore Security, 

and a project group consisting of 

representatives from a North Sea drilling 

operator, amongst other companies and 

several suppliers of security systems will 

in the years to come take part in clearing 

the way for cooperation on protection of 

offshore platforms, pipelines and other 

oil and gas installations that are vulnerable 

to terrorist attacks. 

Project Offshore Security has focus on security of 

offshore installations, and the project will be finalized 

with a conference in 2009, where an analysis with 

suggestions and directions for the companies will be 

presented and discussed. 

The project group in Offshore Security: Blue Water 

Shipping, Niels Winther & Co., a North Sea drilling 

operator, FORCE Technology, Esbjerg Safety Consult, 

MacArtney, Siemens and the Institute for Research & 

Innovation, The University of Southern Denmark. 


In Scandinavia the focus has so far been 

mostly on prevention of occupational 

injuries and attainment of optimal safety 

for the personnel, but after a suicide 

attack on an English oil tanker in Basra 

harbour in Iraq in 2005, countries like 

Saudi Arabia have devoted five billion 

dollars to protection against similar situations, 

and there will also be a need for a 

Scandinavian or a European model. 

“With the Offshore Security project we 

have discovered that there at present is 

a lack of a compelling overview of authorities 

and standards within security of 

offshore installations, and seen through 

the light of the episode in Iraq, security 

is a theme that we must respond to. Offshore 

installations are incredibly costly, 

and an attack on those or a main pipeline 

from a platform to the coast can have immense 

consequences”, Allan Christensen, 

project coordinator from Offshore Center 

Danmark, explains. 

Soft aspects 

The project Offshore Security will take 

two years to complete. First and foremost 

the project will provide a compelling 

overview of national and international 

laws and rules in the security area. 

Subsequently the project will identify the 

“soft” and human aspects of prevention 

of terrorism, such as what the companies 

themselves must do in this connection. 

According to project coordinator Allan 

Christensen, the goal is, among other 

things, to help companies that supply or 

desire to supply to the offshore oil and 

gas business, with useful advice and directions 

for prevention of terrorist attacks 

on the company itself and its customers.

Quality is a sport 

Q-STAR Manpower is a solid Danish company providing manpower 

mainly for the oil industry in both Norway and Denmark. 

All activities are joined in the Q-STAR company, and the basic values are based 

on the values of sport such as fair play, team spirit, and accuracy 

- consequently our motto is: Quality is a sport. 

Q-STAR Manpower is based on loyal employees always doing their 

utmost for the company and our customers. 

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Important Danish Role on a 

Market worth € 13-27 billion 

Removal of offshore installations in the North Sea 

could be profitable for Danish subcontractors 

As Danish operators are very active, and 

as there is an increasing activity in the 

offshore industry home and abroad, the 

market for removal of outworn platforms 

and offshore installations – decommissioning 

– is expected to become attractive in 

the years to come. 

“In the Norwegian part of the North Sea 

the first tasks concerning removal of obsolete 

installations from the great Ekofisk 

oil field are already taking place, and a UK 

analysis estimates the market for decommissioning 

in the UK part of the North 

Sea to € 13-27 billion up to 2020”, director 

Peter Blach, Offshore Center Danmark explains. 

The center has succesfully launched 

a development project that focuses on the 

opportunities for decommissioning. 

Rig repair is already a well-known Danish 

expertise, and decommissioning seems to 

become one of the new areas of business for 

Danish companies. Solely in the UK part of the 

North Sea, € 13-27 billion are expected to be 

invested in the years to come. 


“The important thing for Danish companies 

in the near future is to find a role in 

this market. With UK projects in mind 

there will undoubtedly be a great demand 

for subcontractors, and here Danish companies 

have the necessary expertise”, Peter 

Blach continues. 

A need for consultancy 

Peter Blach mentions tasks for companies 

that will handle the actual dismantling and 

transport to the shore, recycling companies 

and a number of consultancy firms in areas 

as logistics and environmental consultancy 

as obvious suppliers to the foreign general 

conductors, emphasising the importance 

of consultancy. As an example the Danish 

consultancy companies Ramboll Oil & 

Gas and COWI have already secured large 

decommissioning contracts in the Norwegian 

and in the UK sector. 

“One may imagine that the most obvious 

tasks in the area of decommissioning 

are recycling of steel and other materials, 

but our analysis suggests that consulting 

services within planning of the procedures 

as well as the logistical part are of greater 

value. And here Offshore Center Danmark 

in cooperation with the individual companies 

assists in creating a dialogue with 

countries and operators abroad, in order to 

ensure tasks for the Danish companies”, 

Peter Blach explains. 

Further information about rig repair on 

Offshore Center Danmarks webpage 

www.offshorecenter.dk/decom.asp

0538.2005 

Solar Offshore 

- a sea of knowledge 

Solar Offshore is a special department in 

Solar Danmark A/S, one of the largest 

electrical wholesalers in Northern Europe. 

With strong agencies, a wide range of 

products, and not least a large central 

warehouse to support us, we are able to 

deliver the solutions that our customers 

require within a very short time. 

At the same time our well-trained staff is 

also able to provide technical support re- 

garding ATEX regulations and the use of 

electrical equipment in hazardous areas. 

Solar Offshore does not simply deliver 

equipment, we bring the customer efficient 

and value added services. This is 

the Solar Philosophy. The keyword is 

availability – whether it concerns equipment, 

knowledge, staff or services. 

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Blacksmiths continue 

with Offshore Speciality 

EUC Vest is among the prime educational institutions, which has brought the opportunity for 

offshore education into focus. 

The educational institution EUC Vest in 

Esbjerg will also in the future school the 

Danish blacksmiths, so they are properly 

suited for the jobs on the platforms and 

drilling rigs in the North Sea. A 3-year 

experiment with courses with continuing 

education courses has turned out well. 

The offshore activities in the North Sea 

are so comprehensive that they generate 

around 6,000 onshore jobs in West Jutland. 

It was also the demand from offshore companies, 

which three years ago encouraged 

EUC Vest to establish a four week extra 

course for boilermakers. EUC Vest is the 

first and as of yet the only technical college 

that provides courses in the speciality. 

“The blacksmith education is originally 

customised as a construction smith, and 

many of the newly qualified blacksmiths 

therefore had to take additional courses to 

work offshore. We chose to offer them four 

weeks extra, where they could specialize 

in either repair and maintenance, welding 

or automatic control. Furthermore we 

educate them to master the English technical 

terms, which are used in the offshore 

business”, team leader at EUC Vest, Per 

Mathiasen, explains. 

Approved by evaluation group 

Although the course is extended with the 

apprenticeship lasting four weeks, there 

is still no cost for employers or apprentices 

– The course is financed through the 

subvention rules that also apply to other 

educations. The advantage of giving the 

apprentices the necessary competences 

as a part of the four year long education 

is that they in this way quite quickly can 


board the helicopters in Esbjerg Airport, as 

soon as they have the apprentice certificate. 

As an apprentice, only a minority can 

participate in tasks on platforms or rigs. 

“There were some difficulties with the extra 

course to start with, but we have seen a 

Kristian Christiansen is one of the students in 

EUC Vest, who has taken the extra offshore 

blacksmith course. 

positive development with each new class. 

Now the experiment has been evaluated by 

a group of representatives from Industriens 

Uddannelser, unions and the Ministry of 

Education. It was hereafter decided that 

the education as offshore blacksmith will 

continue and will be re-evaluated in two

years again. Then it will be made permanent”, 

Per Mathiasen informs. 

Certain to get jobs offshore 

It has in the test period taken a little while 

to capture the offshore companies’ attention 

for the special blacksmith education, 

but EUC Vest has to their great satisfaction 

seen that every six boilermaker now take 

the extra course. 

Price 

325 dkk. 

43 Euro 

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“This number will grow. Simultaneously, 

I think that this will set a fashion, so there 

in the long term will be provided extra 

courses for apprentices on all of our metal 

educations”, Per Mathiasen states. 

One of the apprentices, who early in his 

educational course has chosen to become 

an offshore smith, is Kristian Christiansen. 

The 21-year-old blacksmith apprentice 

is employed at Granly A/S, which for a 

number of years has worked offshore: 

”I chose the blacksmith course, as I like 

working with metal. I would like to work 

offshore, and therefore it is fine that we 

have the opportunity to include all the 

basic things in our education. And they 

always need people in this business”, Kristian 

Christiansen explains. 

The Danish Illustrated List of Ships 2009 

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Editor: Søren Lund Hviid 

Number of pages: 764 

Published: 1 December 2008 

Publisher: Seapress ApS, Aarhus 

The Danish Illustrated List of Ships 2009 contains 

photos and data on all ships of Danish ownership, flying 

Danish or foreign flags. 

Includes ships of foreign ownership listed in the Danish 

International Register of Shipping (DIS). 

Also includes a comprehensive, updated list of 650 

addresses of authorities, shipping companies, agencies, 

ports, shipyards etc. 

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A Need for SME’s 



The Danish offshore industry has faced 

and is facing a tremendous expansion, both 

nationally and internationally. Nationally, 

while it is true that the recovery of oil in 

absolute numbers in the Danish part of the 

North Sea is stagnating, still new and more 

effective techniques for better exploitation 

of existing reserves are increasing the relative 

amounts of oil that can be exploited. 

This makes room for small and mediumsized 

enterprises, which with their expertise 

can advise and support the oil operators 

and the general contractors on making 

specialized processes more efficient and 

hence increasing production capacity. 

At the same time the industry is in a good 

position within the rapidly increasing 

market for offshore wind turbines, with 

the wind turbine manufacturers Vestas and 

Siemens Wind Power taking the lead. 

The above are some of the reasons for the 

expected increase in the total number of 

employees in the Danish offshore industry 

from 13,000 in 2008 to 20,000 by 2020. 

“The future prospects definitely look 

bright, and also for small and middle-sized 

enterprises, there are incredibly good 

perspectives on establishing activities in 

the offshore industry. There is a demand in 

many subject areas, from niche companies 

in the steel and construction industry to 

process surveillance and management and 


to consulting and certification. For companies 

with the right approach, it is possible 

to create an enterprising company”, Peter 

Blach, director of Offshore Center Danmark, 

emphasizes. 

Involve the whole organization 

An analysis made by professor Svend Ole 

Madsen from the University of Southern 

Denmark supports the expectation of a 

massive growth in the years to come. 

Svend Ole Madsen therefore confirms that 

there are good earning opportunities in 

the offshore industry. It, however, as usual 

requires careful considerations. 

“The offshore industry makes increasingly 

greater demands to sub suppliers, and 

there is a need for a professionalization in 

whole the organization, if you as a SME 

want to engage yourself as a supplier in the 

offshore industry. Employees on all levels 

must be involved, as the decision includes 

more than just the leadership. The companies 

must as a minimum have a professional 

board. Additionally, there must be 

openness in all corners of the organization, 

so that all are focused on a common goal”, 

Svend Ole Madsen explains. 

Useful cases 

Many companies have begun this process 

in order to professionalize the organization, 

while others still are considering it. In 

the following section a number of companies 

are telling about their experiences 

with operating in the offshore industry 

and their considerations in order to secure 

a part of the growth that the industry is 

awaiting. 

Professor Svend Ole Madsen, 

University of Southern Denmark, 

has formulated a checklist for 

companies. The checklist is useful 

in connection with the professionalization 

of an organization. 

• Have a clear strategy 

• Produce a realistic budget 

• Include the whole organization 

in the process 

• Allocate resources to employee 

skill development 

• Devise new safety policies 

• Devise clear policies for quality 

and documentation control 

• Participate in networking events

Lowering the Barriers 

Also in 2009 there will be focus on SME’s in the offshore industry 

A handbook for new companies in 

the offshore industry, a conference for 

sub-suppliers and One-to-One meetings 

between potential customers and partners. 

Small and medium-sized enterprises 

(SME´s) will be assisted and just like in 

the previous year, there will in 2009 be an 

increased focus also on SME’s and their 

opportunities to expand.”The offshore 

industry poses immense opportunities, 

if you as a company understand and are 

capable of following the guidelines, which 

the customers set. There will for many 

decades be a need for finding and extracting 

oil and gas, maintaining and developing 

installations and creating entirely new 

products and initiatives in the industry. 

The operators and the larger companies 

need qualified suppliers. Therefore we in 

Offshore Center Danmark make a dedicated 

effort to help the companies in the 

market”, Peter Blach, director at Offshore 

Center Danmark, explains. 

Support and consultancy 

During the recent years, Offshore Center 

Danmark has coordinated a development 

project with a theme concentrating on 

SME’s, and it is those experiences that 

form the basis of support and consultancy 

for the companies. 

A conference for and about SME’s in 

May 2008 drew a large audience, amongst 

SME´s and amongst the larger companies 

looking for suppliers. This indicates that 

many companies want advise and help to 

move on. During the conference Offshore 

Center Danmark launched their new 

tutorial ”Offshore Hvordan- Håndbog for 

SMV’er” (Offshore – How – Handbook 

for SME’s), which features advice on how 

a company could tackle the offshore industry. 

”The companies face some strategic 

and organizational challenges in connection 

with the professionalization, which 

many companies must go through. It is 

a process of change, which the companies 

themselves are behind, but Offshore 

Center Danmark can in several other respects 

help shatter prejudices and barriers 

and support the companies, which want to 

grow or invest in the offshore industry. We 

OFFSHORE - HVORDAN? 


HVORDAN? 

Håndbog 


Håndbog for 

små og mellemstore 

virksomheder, 

der vil fokusere på 

offshorebrancen 

also provide basic advise, refer to consultancy 

specialists, contact to advisers and 

collection and communication of experiences”, 

Peter Blach continues. 

”As of 2009 Offshore Center Danmark has 

achieved status as the national Innovation 

Network for the offshore industry, with 

co-funding from the Ministry of Science, 

Technology and Innovation. So apart from 

serving as a knowledge centre, we will develop, 

maintain and distribute the results, 

which the industry creates. We believe that 

this network will be a good tool for the 

SME’s, and I hope that many companies 

will make use of the opportunity.” 

Read more about the SME-conference 

in may 2008 and download the presentations 

at http://offshorecenter.dk/arr_intern. 

asp?id=298

Development rather 

than Management 

A.combination.of.research.and.practical.engineering.has. 

made.a.small.Danish.company.a.worldwide.player. 

Forget about the buzzwords from the 

management books, and focus in stead 

on R&D and the development of cutting-edge 

technology. That’s the message 

from LIC Engineering in Esbjerg. 

“We trust our judgement, and use the 

in-depth knowledge of this company, 

its products, and the offshore business. 

Personally, I am very sceptical towards 

any management theories, and when you 

ask me about how we ‘professionalise’ 

our business, you are just using another 

management buzzword”. 

That is clear talk from a man with 11 

years of experience in the subsea engineering 

company. Morten Christensen 

is head of LIC Engineering division in 

Esbjerg, where he has just expanded the 

workforce with 20 percent by taking on 

two new engineers. He declares without 

a doubt that the LIC-way of doing things 

actually works. 

North and South 

“At the moment, we have two projects 

of special interest. The one is expanding 

oil fields for Shell in the south-western 

part of the North Sea by using mono-pile 

jackets. It is our own concept developed 

from our experiences with sea-mills off 

the British Islands”, he explains. 


Another project that LIC Engineering 

expects will be in focus 2009 is a project 

far off the coast of Western Africa. It is 

too far for pipelines, but LIC Engineering 

developed automatic subsea locking 

devices to ensure that the flexible risers 

to the FPSO stay in place. 

“This is cutting-edge technology. We 

created the fitting-ends from scratch. 

They were developed, designed, and 

tested meaning this is turnkey contract. 

Two local companies in Esbjerg – IC 

Nielsen and Esbjerg Spåntagning – are 

subcontractors on producing the devices, 

and NKT Flexibles is the customer”, says 

Morten Christensen. 

Challenging projects ahead 

The small Danish company has by now 

worked in most continents – “we are 

worldwide except for the South Pole” 

– and Morten Christensen hopes that 

soon new projects will also take on closer 

to the company base; in Femern Belt. 

LIC Engineering was deeply involved in 

preparations for the bridges across the 

Great Belt and Oresund, and the company 

is now taking part in the first phase 

of the environmental research that paves 

the way for the future bridge. 

“We have challenging projects ahead of 

us in 2009, and we have just expanded 

our workforce. We like to think we are 

the leading Danish company on pipelines 

and valve stations working with customers 

like DONG, Maersk, Shell and Exxon. 

But we are still a small company with 

just 22 persons including the CEO, so 

don’t expect professional board members 

or things like that. We know what we 

are doing from years of experience, and 

we intend to keep doing that the years to 

come”, Morten Christensen states.

Tailor-made Power Generation 

Solutions 

Part of the Dutch-owned Pon Group, 

Pon Power and its offshore operations, 

Pon Power Oil & Gas, supplies Caterpillar 

diesel engines in the Netherlands, 

Denmark, Norway and Sweden for many 

applications. 

While sister company Pon Equipment 

represents Caterpillar in earth-moving 

equipment, Pon Power focuses on the 

marketing, sales and distribution of Caterpillar 

and MaK engines for propulsion and 

power generation. 

“Globally the group has about 10,000 

employees, so we are not a small company,” 

says Verner Andersen, Pon Power’s 

Business Development Manager for Scandinavia, 

who has had tremendous success 

in the offshore business, since he stared up 

as the sole offshore business manager in 

Denmark half a decade ago. 

“There are about 1,000 employees in the 

Caterpillar-related operations, while the 

offshore business employs about 100 people, 

and 60 of them are service engineers 

with offshore certification.” 

Tailored to the task 

The Caterpillar engines are used as power 

generators on oil and gas platforms, rigs, 

semi-submersibles and other installations. 

“Nearly all of the solutions we supply 

are tailored to the task, but they are based 

on standard engines,” Verner Andersen 

states, “and we are supplying to new types 

of installation. In 2008 we have supplied 

special generators for a new design in 

self-propelled high-loaders developed by 

Remora in Norway.” 

Today, buoys are used to move pipes and 

hoses to the tankers that load oil from a 

field storage tank. 

“What we have delivered is a system with 

three large CAT engines that propels this 

new unit to the tanker, and holds it in place 

while the oil is transferred – a period of 

up to 24 hours – using dynamic positioning 

based on data from satellites,” Verner 

Andersen explains. “Remora will build a 

whole fleet of these, and we are the main 

supplier of these engines. They have a 

generator at one end, to supply electricity 

from driving pumps and moving pipes and 

hoses, and an Azimuth Thruster at the other 

end, so they move through the water.” 

Demand based on prognoses 

The demand for offshore generators derives 

from high offshore activity. 

“Much of the demand is speculative, based 

on prognosis for the demand for and price 

of oil – but how great this speculative 

demand will be under this financial crisis 

remains to be seen”. Verner Andersen continues: 

“It will certainly be felt in 2009. 

Next year we will also see a decision from 

ConocoPhillips concerning the supply of 

generators to its Ekofisk field expansion.” 

“We are hoping to get an order for power 

units based on Caterpillar engines and generators 

for the expansion, which involves 

about 20 new platforms. The contract 

should be awarded early in 2009.” 

Pon Power Oil & Gas was formed in 2001, 

when the activities of Pon Power in the 

Netherlands, Denmark and Norway were 

combined with parts of the Pon Group. 

The company regards Scandinavia as one 

market, which is serviced by offices in Esbjerg 

and Oslo, where there is a great deal 

of autonomy. But as the company is a part 

of the largest privately owned group in the 

Netherlands, and has Dutch top management, 

strategic considerations derive from 

Holland. 

“Safety, know-how and delivery assurance 

are the controlling factors for our business,” 

Verner Andersen, who refers to the 

group’s 30 years of experience and specialisation 

in a niche area as its strength, says 

in a final remark. 


Look abroad 

SystemTeknik.in.Aalborg.hands.out.experiences.. 

with.the.establishment.of.new.markets 

For SystemTeknik A/S, 2008 has been a 

year, where the company has increasingly 

been looking abroad within the offshore 

industry. The Aalborg company, which 

develops, produces and sells electrical distribution 

boards and control cabinets with 

matching software, has among other things 

established a company in Norway. 

“This we have done in order to be closer to 

our Norwegian customers. We emphasize 

the importance of building commercial 

relations, not just in Norway, but generally 

both nationally and internationally,” managing 

director for SystemTeknik, Karsten 

Ingemann Pedersen, explains. In the longer 

run he desires to get more relations in Asia. 

It works 

Internally in the company with 100 employees, 

continuing education has been 

emphasized on all levels, and a task group 

continually has LEAN-activities working. 

“The idea is to be up to date, fine-tune the 

company and show our image publically. 

We may not be the first company to use 

the strategies, which we use, given that we 

emphasize marketing and participate in 

trade fairs such as ONS 2008 in Stavanger, 

but it works!”, Karsten Ingemann Pedersen 

explains. 

In 2009 the company will to an even 

higher extent work on building networks. 

“With the offshore-competences that we 

have, we can see some new solutions on 


needs in the industry. This we will develop 

even more in 2009”, Karsten Ingemann 

Pedersen states. 

Of great value 

In 2007 SystemTeknik was bought by the 

investment company Jysk-Fynsk Kapital 

and with four leading employees as 

co-owners. In connection with the change 

of ownership a new board was elected, 

consisting of experienced industry professionals 

and leaders. 

“The board members have just the competences 

matching our company. The experience, 

insight and knowledge that they 

contribute with relative to our business is 

of great value to us, not to mention the network 

which they have brought with them,” 

Karsten Ingemann Pedersen explains. He 

also advises small and middle-sized entreprises 

to assemble a professional board, 

just as SystemTeknik. 

Look abroad! 

“If I am to give another good piece of advice, 

then I will recommend companies to 

make sure to look abroad in order to cultivate 

new markets. It may be that you have 

a tendency to keep on familiar ground, but 

if the market tightens, then it is by looking 

abroad that you can extend your network”.

A Company with 

Ambitions 

Quality is a sport 

Counts.on.professionalizing.board.and.organization 

For the past 15 years, personnel from Q- 

STAR Manpower in Esbjerg has painted, 

surface treated, repaired and replaced a 

large number of components on offshore 

installations in the Norwegian and Danish 

part of the North Sea. 

In this way Q-STAR provides personnel to Apart from strengthening the organization One of the greatest challenges in 2008 has 

all types of tasks, from construction of off- with a professional board, it is all about en- been to supply personnel to the planned 

shore installations to planned shutdowns gaging the company in new markets. The shutdown of Mungstand in the Norwegian 

for maintenance – not engineers, however. majority of the company activities takes part of the North Sea. Here Q-STAR con- 

The company is an economic success, but place in Norway, and the goal is through tributed with 45 employees for 5 weeks in 

it has also realized, that it is necessary for expansion to increase the activities in Den- a comprehensive maintenance task. 

a company to harden the organization, if it mark, so that the Danish part makes up for 

wants to take part in the expansion, which 50% of the company’s overall activities. “It is a great challenge to provide so many 

is characterizing the offshore industry. Additionally, the company wants to enter employees with the correct qualifications 

the market for offshore wind for the first and the right attitude. It is of no use, if they 

“We have so far been able to fend for time. “There is not a great difference are not useful, when they arrive at the site, 

ourselves, but if we want to take another between building a scaffold on a drilling so we do a lot of work in our recruitment 

step and expand, then it is necessary Q-STAR to Manpower installation is and a solid on a Danish wind turbine; company it is providing selection manpower and then give the resources the 

take a look at our organization. We plan mainly to more for of the a resource oil industry matter, in both that we Norway are not and Denmark. correct qualifications, so they can make a 

professionalize the board with people from commissioned to offshore wind. But we contribution from day one. 

All activities are joined in the Q-STAR company, and the basic values are based 

outside, and we think that it will help in believe that we during 2009 can get the 

on the values of sport such as fair play, team spirit, and accuracy 

order to future-proof the company,” Henrik first orders,” Henrik Hansen explains. Q-STAR today consists of three independ- 

- consequently our motto is: Quality is a sport. 

Hansen, director of Q-STAR Manpower, 

ent units, Q-STAR Manpower, Q-STAR 

explains. 

Q-STAR Manpower 

Neutral supplier 

is based on loyal employees always 

VVS 

doing 

and Q-STAR 

their 

Facility, but only 

“Our utmost strength for the is that company we are neutral and our in customers. eve- Q-STAR Manpower operates in the oil 

An increased number of 

ry sense. We exclusively supply manpower and gas industry, while the other divisions 

Danish tasks 

and therefore do not compete for projects, operate with traditional HVAC and admin- 

2009 will therefore be a challenging year against our customers. Furthermore a great istration of the company’s estate portfolio. 

for the company. New strategies must be part of our success is based on the fact 

formulated, the board is to be professional- that we are very serious. We make sure to 

ized, and all procedures will be examined upgrade and re-train our personnel with 

– just as it is recommended for all small courses, so that they constantly are quali- 

and middle-sized companies, which want fied – and with changing rules and new 

to survive on the international offshore 

industry market. 

certificates that is an endless process. 

www.q-star.com 

Q-STAR Manpower A/S DENMARK 

Stormgade 99 � DK-6700 Esbjerg � q-star@q-star.dk �Tlf.: + 45 75 45 63 22 � Fax: + 45 75 45 64 22 

Q-STAR Manpower A/S NORWAY 

Nøstetorget 5 � NO-5011 Bergen � q-star@q-star.dk �Tlf.: + 47 55 31 20 22 � Fax: + 47 55 31 20 23 


A Pump is not 

just a Pump 

Olesen.&.Jensen.expands.on.a.basis.of.. 

specialized.offshore.knowledge 

Test, maintenance and repair have become 

some of the largest areas of business for 

suppliers and sub-suppliers to the offshore 

industry. Traditional craftsman businesses 

have over the years become suppliers of 

complex and demanding solutions to the 

oil and gas industry, and among those is 

the electrical installation company Olesen 

& Jensen with head office in Esbjerg. 

From the establishment as a traditional 

electrical contracting firm in 1919 until 

today, the company has been subject to a 

significant change. 110 control technicians, 

electricians, installers, IT technicians and 

electro mechanics cooperate on various 

industry and process tasks that often 

require special and complex solutions. A 

specific electro-mechanic division handles 

the tasks that are demanded by operators 

on the North Sea and in other oil producing 

areas. 

Outstanding year 

The recent years the company’s growth 

has been tremendous, and more personnel 

have been employed. Nevertheless there is 

great focus on unifying the efforts and consolidating 

the company to the future. 

“With the right qualifications and the right 

approach to the industry’s demands of 

dependability, reliability and loyalty, it is 

possible to run a reasonable business. But 

the company is also required to keep their 

products up to date with the constantly 

increasing demands from the offshore 


industry, and we are therefore very aware 

of that we continually need to update the 

company”, Kenn Pedersen, Olesen & 

Jensen, explains. 

Focus on expectations 

The main effort has been to ensure the 

necessary workshop, test and crane facilities 

to handle even the greatest generators 

and motors. 

In 1988 the company was expanded to 

include a 1,400 m 2 electro-mechanical 

workshop that today is the company’s 

service core. Here generators and motors 

are overrun, wrapped, repaired and tested. 

Today Olesen & Jensen services a large 

number of customers in both the offshore 

industry, wind turbine industry, power 

industry and shipping industry. 

Olesen & Jensen handles the largest motors 

and generators in their huge workshop and 

also believes that they can handle the future 

in a competitive offshore industry. 

“As a supplier we continually have to 

adjust, and we emphasize the importance 

of having the right certificates – like for instance 

our ATEX certificate for reparation 

of electro motors – and therefore we focus 

much on which expectations the customers 

have to efficiency and reliability. A pump 

is not just a pump. When it is installed 

offshore, it has to work, and if we have not 

done a proper job, then it can have great 

costs for the customer, as he may have to 

replace the pump or repair it on site”, production 

manager Kenn Pedersen, Olesen 

& Jensen, explains. 

The inner lines 

With a customer list consisting of the largest 

operators in the oil/gas and offshore 

wind sector, Olesen & Jensen has already 

proven their reason for being. If the com-

pany is to be developed in the years to come, 

it is therefore the inner lines that have to be 

strengthened, and that happens through a 

forward looking strategy. 

“We are very aware of the demands that are 

made to increased professionalization. We 

work daily on strengthening the organization 

and following the development closely, but 

I think that we already today have a healthy 

and well consolidated company that is prepared 

for the challenges of the future,” Kenn 

Pedersen states. 

Showing the Process in 

3D Animation 

A.member.company.of.Offshore.Center.Danmark,.DAVINCI.. 

development.a/s,.can.visualize.processes.and.safety.procedures 

3D-animation or with other words 3Dcommunication 

is becoming popular in the 

industry, where there is a need for being 

able to communicate hard-to-reach situations 

or demonstrate things that simply are 

impossible to film. 

There is also a need for showing safety 

procedures, inner parts of pipes and machines 

or user and assembly instructions. 

All these processes and descriptions can 

now be done in photo real surroundings, so 

for instance glass actually looks like glass 

by means of 3D technique. 

Behind the technique is DAVINCI development 

a/s in Billund, which currently 

employs 27 employees and lately has completed 

an order for an offshore oil operator 

in Denmark. 

“3D animation makes it easier to communicate 

messages to customers, employees 

or to the public. It has to be done fast and 

efficiently, as it may be easier to show 

than to explain. Thereby time is saved. An 

animation says more than 1,000 pictures,” 

Sales Manager Søren Kavin, DAVINCI 

development a/s, explains. 

“One of our other examples is the company 

Dantherm, which wanted to describe 

their UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). 

The company chose to do it with a 

3D-animation, as it could show exactly the 

scenario, which they wanted. The animation 

was produced in different file sizes 

and resolutions, so that it could be used both 

in presentations to new potential customers 

on trade fairs or on their website which 

required a smaller version”, Søren Kavin 

recounts. 

3D is particularly suitable for demonstration 

of safety procedures. If an animation on 

new safety procedures is created, then the 

relevant employees can see the animation 

in otherwise unutilised time: For instance 

during production stops, helicopter transport 

or in periods without time pressure. 

Apart from being occupied with 3D-animation 

and visualization, DAVINCI development 

a/s has a division for mechanical construction 

and a division, where prototypes in 

plastic and metal (RPT/RM) are produced. 



welcomes new members 

With 12 new members in the fourth quarter of 2008 Offshore Center 

Danmark is soon passing the magic line of 200 members. 

Offshore Center Danmark welcomes all new members including: 

DAVINCI development a/s 

www.davinci-development.dk 

DAVINCI.development.works.within.4.key.areas..•. 

Mechanical.Construction.•.Rapid.Prototyping.(RPT). 

•.Scale.models.(www.skamo.dk).•.3D.animation. 

and.visualization.•.DAVINCI.is.placed.in.Billund.approx..30.min..from.Esbjerg..Skamo.dk.is.specialized. 

in.scale.models..It.has.delivered.models.since.1956,. 

ships,.plants,.rigs.etc.... 

A/S Rolf Schmidt Industri Plast 

www.rsip.dk 

Supplier.of.machine.parts.in.thermoplastic..We. 

produce.on.CNC.Milling.Machines.and.CNC.Drilling. 

Machines.using.CAD-CAM. 


Atlas Copco 

Kompressorteknik A/S 

www.atlascopco.com 

World-wide.supplier.of.compressors.and.generators. 

Grønlands Arbejdsgiverforening 

www.ga.gl 

Since.1966.The.Employers.Association.of.Greenland. 

has.represented.the.interests.of.the.business. 

community.and.is.today.the.oldest.and.largest. 

Employers.Association..Well.over.350.associated. 

companies.with.approx..5,000.employees.within.all. 

shore-based.business.sectors.secure.The.Employers.Association.of.Greenland.a.central.position.at. 

the.labour.market.and.in.relation.to.the.political. 

authorities. 

Upcoming Offshore Events: 

December 3 2008 

Deep Offshore Technology 

Conference 

Perth, Australia 


Iraq Energy Expo & Conference 

Iraq 


Task Force ZERO 

- Formiddagsseminar 

Esbjerg 

January 11 2009 

Petrotech 2009, New Delhi, India 

New Delhi, India 

January 21 2009 

Course: Introduction to Offshore 

Oil and Gas 

Esbjerg 

February 18 2009 

Dallas 09 MTB Oil and Gas 

Dallas, USA 


Oilclean conference 

Esbjerg 


Course: Basic Offshore Oil and Gas 

Stavanger 

. 

Nordisk Svejse Kontrol A/S 

www.nskas.dk 

Nordisk.Svejse.Kontrol..A/S.(Nordic.Welding.Control). 

is.today.one.of.Denmark’s.leading.suppliers.of.NDT,. 

destructive.testing,.inspection,.weld.technical.advising.as.well.as.certification.. 

KT Stålindustri A/S 

www.ktstaal.dk 

KT.Stålindustri.is.a.modern.turnkey.supplier.offering.machining.of.sheets,.forging.and.machinery. 

working..KT.Stålindustri.focuses.on.professional. 

sparring.and.high-.technology.flexible.production.. 

Our.experienced.employees.are.-.together.with. 

comprehensive.and.modern.machinery.-.ready.to. 

solve.an.impressive.range.of.projects. 

Cimi – Business Bags 

www.cimi.dk 

CIMI.Business.Bags.offers.high.quality.offshore.and. 

business.bags.for.all.purposes..Individually.designed. 

logo.bags.in.any.size.at.competitive.prices.for.active. 

people.are.our.trade.mark..Check.our.website,.the. 

designs.can.be.customized.to.your.specific.needs. 

Full overview of events 

including all our project 

meetings and network events, 

can be found online: 

http://offshorecenter.dk/events.asp 

To have an event included in ON/OFF 

News, please inform the editorial team on 

news@offshorecenter.dk. This service is free 

for members. Events will also be included in 

the online event calendar on www.offshorecenter.dk.

Dansk Industri Optimering A/S 

www.dio.dk 

As.the.name.indicates.Dansk.Industri.Optimering. 

A/S.is.a.firm.helping.other.companies.optimizing. 

their.business.taking.automation.and.electrical. 

power,.RFID.data.capture.solutions.as.well.as. 

service.as.its.starting.points. 

Hydraflex A/S 

www.hydraflex.dk 

Hydraflex.manufactures.to.order.and.has.extensive.experience.in.developing,.manufacturing.and. 

servicing.customer-specific.hydraulic.cylinders.. 

Grenå Havn A/S 

www.port-of-grenaa.com 

The.future.minded..industry.and.traffic.harbour. 

offers.Ro/Ro.berth,.several.mobile.cranes,. 

container.reachstaccher’s,.33.environmentally. 

approved.tanks,.17.warehouses.for.rental.and. 

good.access.conditions.for.both.trucks.and. 

freight.trains. 

SCAN SALES a/s 

www.scansales.dk 

We.are.a.trading/agency.company.representing. 

overseas.manufacturers/service.companies.in. 

Denmark.. 

World Courier Denmark ApS 

www.worldcourier.com 

For.almost.40.years,.World.Courier.has.been. 

recognised.as.the.gold.standard.for.worldwide. 

time-sensitive.transportation..The.only.specialist. 

courier.company.dedicated.to.treating.every.shipment.on.an.individual.priority.basis,.World.Courier. 

relies.on.its.own.international.network.of.140. 

wholly-owned.offices.in.50.countries. 

As a member of Offshore Center Danmark 

you achieve many advantages. 

You can participate in development 

projects, in professional and social 

networking and in courses and conferences. 

Full overview of advantages as a Offshore 

Center Danmark member on our 

web site 

www.offshorecenter.dk/Membership.asp. 

A well-attended 

Annual Meeting 

Around.120.members.participated.in.Offshore.Center.. 

Danmark’s.annual.meeting.in.September. 

Around 120 members attended the annual 

meeting in Offshore Center Danmark, 

September 12th in Esbjerg, and it was 

a good opportunity to take stock of the 

activities within Offshore Center Danmark 

of the past year, and to have a glimpse of 

the future. 

Interesting presentations about activities in 

the past year and predictions of the future 

challenges for the offshore industry were 

done by guest speakers including the internationally 

respected energy expert John 

Westwood from the research and analysis 

institute Douglas Westwood and Vice 

president in Maersk Oil and Gas Franz 

Willum Sørensen. 

The annual meeting was initiated by a 

press conference for invited media representatives, 

and as a conclusion of the day, 

lunch was served for the annual meeting 

participants. Presentations and pictures 

The internationally respected expert John Westwood 

from the research and analysis institute Douglas West- 

wood was among the speakers at the Offshore Center 

Danmark annual meeting, and he presented some very 

interesting forecasts for the offshore industry. 

from the annual meeting can be found at 

Offshore Center Danmark’s homepage: 

www.offshorecenter.dk under Events. (Specific 

address http://offshorecenter.dk/arr_ 

intern.asp?id=324 ) 

With around 120 participants, this was a well attended annual meeting, and there were good op- 

portunities to meet across the industry. 


ames in News 

Names in News 

Claus Harbo seeks 

new Challenges 

The offshore company Peter Harbo A/S 

is taken over by Certex Danmark A/S. 

After 18 years in the family company 

Peter Harbo A/S, the company’s managing 

director, Claus Harbo, has chosen to 

look for new challenges. Simultaneously 

the company has been taken over by 

Certex Danmark A/S. 

“It is of course with sadness that the 

family company and the focal point of 

the Harbo family’s working life through 

37 years has been sold, but it is important 

to underline that we in the family feel 

that the decision and the buyer Certex 

Danmark A/S are the right ones. With 


In the future the daily management in 

Peter Harbo A/S is undertaken by 

Palle S. Ankersen (picture), who until now 

has been Claus Harbo’s right-hand man. 

the new ownership structure there are 

even greater opportunities for sustaining 

and thereby future-proofing Peter Harbo 

A/S”, Claus Harbo states. 

ChemiCal Tanks 

4 More than 40.000 units operating world wide 

4 Capacities from 2,250 - 25,000 liters in stainless 

steel, titanium, carbon steel and lined carbon steel 

4 DNV 2.7-1 or EN12079 certified 

4 IMO Types 1 & 2 

Esbjerg Offshore Base has received ISO 

9001 & ISO 14001 certification for its 

quality management and quality system 

SYSTEM Reg.nr. 5001 & 6001 

Quality & 

Environmental system 

according to 

DS/EN ISO 9001 

DS/EN ISO 14001 

by 

Det Norske Veritas, 

Danmark A/S 

Certification Dept. 

I, myself, have had enormous challenges 

from time to time. Some, I believe, I 

have solved very well, some I have just 

solved – well. But the fact is that the 

company today is a very healthy and 

well-organized company leading in the 

business, and which I am very proud 

to hand over to the new owners and the 

future management.” 

Peter Harbo A/S was established in 

1972 as supplier to the fishing industry, 

but over time the company has become 

deeply engaged in the offshore industry. 

In the future the daily management is undertaken 

by Palle S. Ankersen, who until 

now has been Claus Harbo’s right-hand 

man. Claus Harbo continues as a member 

of the board of directors. 

Esbjerg Offshore Base 

Esbjerg Offshore Base 

Vestre Dokkaj 

6700 Esbjerg 

Denmark 

Tel.: +45 75 13 10 22 

Fax.: +45 75 13 19 14 

e-mail: eob@eob.dk 

www.eob.dk

Carsten Rasmussen 

- director for ABB’s Process 

Automation Division in 

Denmark 

Carsten Rasmussen has been appointed 

director for ABB’s Process Automation 

Division in Denmark. ABB is an international 

technology company, serving 

multiple industry segments including 

oil & gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, 

pulp and paper, metals and 

minerals, marine and turbocharging. The 

division provides system and project solutions 

within oil & gas and processing. 

Managing director 

with Falck Nutec A/S 

Poul Victor Jensen was earlier this year 

appointed new managing director with 

Falck Nutec A/S, and former managing 

director Stig Vide Pedersen was appointed 

to a position within Falck Nutec 

Holding A/S. Falck Nutec provides 

safety, survival and security training for 

the petrochemical, aviation, offshore and 

maritime industries as well as the armed 

forces. Training in survival, fire-fighting 

and crisis management is delivered to 

international standards such as OPITO, 

OLF, NOGEPA, IMO (STCW). 

Vice-President and Sales 

Manager with Val Controls in 

Esbjerg 

Jørgen Veje Larsen 

has been appointed 

Vice-President and 

Sales Manager 

with Val Controls 

in Esbjerg. Prior to 

his new position, 

Jørgen Veje Larsen 

was with Brdr. 

Christensen A/S. Val Controls A/S is a 

production and developing company. The 

main business area is to develop and deliver 

control and monitoring equipment 

for valves and actuators for customers, 

with the main focus on manufacturers of 

valves and actuators. The products are 

based on the newest microprocessor technology. 

Val Controls A/S is owned by the 

family company Westtrading ApS and is 

a part of a group of 100% family owned 

companies including Valtor Offshore A/S 

and the real estate company Cardit. 

Managing director of 

Scan Sales A/S 

Kim Christensen 

has taken on the position 

as managing director 

of Scan Sales 

A/S. Kim Christensen 

has previously 

held positions in 

Jutlandia A/S, as well 

as Tess Offshore A/S. Scan-Sales is a 

trading and agency company - representing 

overseas manufacturers in Denmark 

and Norway and represents Danish 

manufacturers around the world. The 

company supplies products for the offshore 

oil & gas and offshore wind business 

as well as base facilities, expediting 

and logistics. 

Carsten Sørensen 

new director 

Carsten Sørensen has been appointed 

director for the Marine Oil and Gas 

industry at ABB in Denmark.This business 

area provides system and project 

solutions for marine, oil and gas and 

processing. 

ABB is an international technology company, 

serving multiple industry segments 

including oil & gas, power, chemicals 

and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, 

metals and minerals, marine and turbocharging. 

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names within the offshore sector. 

The editors are happy to receive notes 

about new employees, promotions and 

similar. Material can be sent to 

news@offshorecenter.dk. 

Thomas Thune Andersen 

becomes member of the 

board of directors 

CEO for Maersk Oil & Gas, Thomas 

Thune Andersen, will per January 1st become 

a member of the board of directors 

in the greatest energy company of the 

United Kingdom, Scottish & Southern 

Energy. 

“Thomas will complement the competences 

of the board of directors nicely, 

and I am pleased to cooperate with him,” 

chairman of the board of directors, Lord 

Smith of Kelvin, states to the daily paper, 

The Scotsman. 

Thomas Thune Andersen enters as a nonexecutive 

director, and hereafter Scottish 

& Southern Energy’s board of directors 

will consist of four executive directors 

and five independent non-executive 

directors in addition to the chairman. 

Ramboll is optimizing 

Ramboll Oil & 

Gas is opening a 

new department for 

production optimization, 

and wants 

to lend a helping 

hand to all companies 

who want to be 

more efficient. 

The department is opening October 1st, 

and Peter E. Hejn has been given the task 

to lead the department. Hejn is fresh out 

of the position as project manager for 

Ramboll Energy & Process. 


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Falck Nutec gains a US 

Gulf of Mexico Position 

Falck Nutec expands with the acquisition of Alford 

The Danish company Falck Nutec has 

acquired a majority interest in the Alford 

Group, a leading US provider of a range 

of training and safety services to the 

offshore oil and gas industry. Falck’s 

training division, Falck Nutec, is a world 

leader in rescue and safety courses, 

especially for the offshore sector and the 

maritime sector. 

The acquisition provides Falck with a 

solid basis in order to pursue further 

Falck business activities in the USA and 

the surrounding region. 

“We are pleased to join Barry Alford and 

his team to form the base for Falck to 

expand into the oil and gas safety market 

in the region. Over time we plan to use 

this as a platform for our other activities 

to the US market,” Falck CEO Allan 

Soegaard Larsen states. 

Patented safe welding enclosure system 

Alford is the leading Gulf of Mexico 

provider of safety training, safety personnel, 

safety services and related services, 

including a patented safe enclosure for 

hazardous welding. 

Founded in 1996, the business has grown 

considerably and offers a wide range 

of safety training courses, for example 

water survival, marine training, confined 

space training, fire fighting and first aid 

courses. 

Among Alford’s safety services is the 

patented safe welding enclosure system, 

Hazardous Atmospheric Zone Telemetry 

(HAZTEC). This is an automated 

monitoring and control system offering 

a safe enclosure where welding can be 

performed in hazardous locations. The 

process eliminates shut-in time for platforms 

offering oil majors the key benefit 

of no loss of production during repairs 

and maintenance. 

“Falck and Alford foresee significant 

cross-selling opportunities and the addition 

of HAZTEC to the Falck Training 

portfolio adds an important dimension to 

Falck’s position as a global safety services 

provider,” Allan Soegaard Larsen 

explains. 

In the future the business will be branded 

as Falck Alford. 


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Introduction to 

Offshore Oil and Gas 

The course is a unique introduction 

to the offshore oil and gas indu- 

stry enabling participants to bet- 

ter understand the entirety of the 

industry as well as become familiar 

with the special terminology that is 

often used in the offshore industry. 

Such skills are valuable when net- 

working with partners or negotiat- 

ing with customers. 

– Not only for technical people 

Subjects include: 

Geology and Exploration 

Drilling 

Offshore Installations 

Processing of Oil and Gas 

The Offshore Oil and Gas Business 

Distribution of Oil and Gas 

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality 

The course is a 2-days course and is held 

four times a year in Esbjerg. 

Course programs and further 

information: 

www.offshorecenter.dk 

or +45 3697 3670 

The course is also 

offered as company 

specific course. 

For further information 

please contact us 

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The Market for Offshore Wind 

Turbines in tremendous Growth 

Expectations.of.annual.. 

total.turnover.of.€.6.7.billion. 

before.2012 

Increased focus on sustainable energy 

creates growth in the already growing 

market for offshore wind turbines 

in Europe. Until 2012 a five to six-fold 

increase is expected in the market from 

the present 100-150 new offshore wind 

turbines a year to 600-700, and this trend 

is expected to continue until 2030. 

“We are dealing with a market of € 6.7 

billion a year, if the EU’s goals for sustainable 

energy are to be fulfilled”, CEO 

Kaj Lindvig, from A2SEA in Fredericia, 

states. A2SEA is among other things the 

world’s leading supplier of transportation 

of and installation of offshore wind 

turbines. 

Can easily take part 

In recent years the highly specialized 

company has spent large sums on 

specialized ships for installation of wind 

turbines, nevertheless A2SEA has a hard 

time keeping up with the demand. Their 

supply ships have been booked for tasks 

in both 2009 and 2010, and new numbers 

from the European Wind Energy Association 

(EWEA) do not suggest less activity 

in the business in the future – quite 

the contrary, actually. 

“We have experienced tremendous 

growth in the offshore business, but we 

are facing further growth in the years to 

come. Additionally, EWEA predicts that 

more and more wind turbines will be 

placed offshore, as it has been difficult to 

find appropriate onshore locations. And 


Danish offshore companies can easily 

take part in the competition of upcoming 

tasks in for instance Germany, England 

and Sweden. Apart from actual wind 

turbine manufacturers, a range of Danish 

companies have specialized in everything 

from production of wind turbine 

foundations to electrical components for 

analysis of the sea floor conditions and 

consultancy. Also, high oil prices and 

political endorsement help securing the 

possibility of long-term investments”, 

Kaj Lindvig explains. 

Important to keep up 

Concurrently with the increasing bustle 

of both Danish and foreign suppliers, 

bottlenecks in the supply of everything 

from steel and wind turbines to electronics 

and supply ships emerge. Siemens 

Wind Power has put the problems into 

perspective by reserving two million m 2 

to the construction of a new wind turbine 

factory in Esbjerg. A2SEA has several 

times expanded with more ships. 

The supply shortage can create delays 

in all parts of the supply chain, but for 

Danish companies it is all about taking 

part, while there is a positive trend in the 

business. 

“The market is naturally centered around 

Vestas and Siemens Wind Power, both 

having headquarters in Denmark. But 

the market for wind turbines is about 

many other things than the turbines. In 

Denmark we have achieved an offshore 

expertise that is not seen anywhere else 

in the world. This position may be more 

difficult to maintain as countries like 

Germany, England and Sweden focus 

so determined on offshore wind energy, 

but it is important to be ahead all the 

time, and in a time where there is supply 

shortage, there will be a demand for 

Danish companies – and that trend will 

last in many years to come”, director 

Peter Blach, Offshore Center Danmark, 

predicts.

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Notes & News 

New “Open Door” Application 

On September 30th, The Danish Energy 

Agency has received an application for 

exploration and production of oil and gas 

in the “Open Door” area. The application 

Danish concerns licence an area - in May Central 2008 Jutland. 

6° 9° 12° 15° 

6° 15' 

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Arkay A/S 

2/05 

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3/07 

DONG 

E&P A/S 

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PGNiG 

1/05 

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2/07 

GMT 

Expl. Co. 

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Geo-Center-Nord GmbH 

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The applicant is GMT Exploration Company 

LLC and Jordan Dansk Corporation. 

Both companies are already participating 

in a license in a nearby area. 

The area, which the application concerns, 

partially overlaps an area for which 

another oil company – Danica Jutland 

ApS – September 18th 2008 submitted 

an application (please refer to ON/OFF 

News 13). According to the conditions, 

the applications in the “Open Door” area 

are processed after the “first come, first 

served”-principle. 

007-2008 Other licences 

The procedure for the “Open Door” area 

makes it possible for the oil companies 

– within the yearly opening period from 

January 2nd to September 30th – to 

ongoing make applications for permissions 

for prospecting and extracting of 

oil and gas. The agreement incorporates 

all non - concession covered areas east of 

the 6° 15’ Ø, i.e. the entire land area and 

the offshore area excluding the western 

part of the Northern Sea, cf. the enclosed 

map. 

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Danica Resources ApS 

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Semco Maritime shops in 

Norway 

Norwegian AGR Group has sold the 

subsidiary AGR Project Partner to Semco 

Maritime in Stavanger, which is part of 

Semco Maritime A/S in Denmark. 

According to the magazine Metal Supply, 

58° 

the contract sum is adding up to € 9.6 

million. AGR Project Partner AS is a 

leading supplier of project leading and 

57° 

engineering services in areas such as 

crane replacement and supplying services 

to the Norwegian continental shelf. 

56° 

“We have been searching for a long time 

for an engineering company in Norway, 

5515 5516 

55° with an eye to expanding and strength- 

5416 

5415 

ening our growing activities. With the 

acquisition of AGR Project Partner AS, 

54° 

we will be able to be a part of more ECPI 

Open Door area projects and contracts in Norway”, Erik 

Gaj Nielsen, managing director of Semco 

Maritime A/S, explains. 

Invests € 3.5 Billion 

In 2009 an investment of € 3.5 billion 

is expected in exploration for new oil 

reserves in the Norwegian part of the 

North Sea. That is € 460 million more 

than any other year, Statistik Sentralbyrå 

(SSB) informs. 

The increasing oil prices and a high success 

rate in the Norwegian underground 

are some of the reasons why the operators 

are turning up for the work with 

finding more oil. 

Exploration Agreement with Chevron 

Maersk Oil Gulf of Mexico Three LLC, 

a subsidiary of Maersk Oil America, 

has signed a collaborative exploration 

agreement for a multi-well package with 

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) in the 

central deep water US Gulf of Mexico. 

Under this agreement, a number of 

exploration wells will be drilled in the 

area with the first four due to commence 

over the next six months. In addition to 

Chevron, it is expected that there will be 

other co-owners, varying from prospect 

to prospect. Maersk Oil’s working interest 

will be around 20%. 

The assignment of lease interests to 

Maersk Oil under this agreement is subject 

to approval by the US Department of 

Interior’s Minerals Management Service 

(MMS). 

FORCE Technology 

acquires KI Offshore 

FORCE Technology has acquired the 

Norwegian company KI Offshore 

and has thereby strengthened its position 

within the Non Destructive Testing 

(NDT) market. The purchase also 

enhances the company’s competence and 

capacity within the fall arrest technique 

field. 

FORCE Technology does not exclude 

the possibility of more acquisitions in the 

time to come. The company has high am-

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bitions of a 2-300% growth within three 

to five years time, and so far they are on 

schedule. Such ambitions will demand 

growth by acquisitions as well as organic 

growth. 

Rovsing Dynamics and 

Yokogawa team up 

Rovsing Dynamics’ OPENpredictor 

solution for machinery health prediction 

will now be offered as an integrated part 

of Yokogawa’s VigilantPlant solution for 

complete industrial automation as Rovsing 

Dynamics and Yokogawa Europe 

team up. 

The cooperation covers solutions for 

offshore oil and gas production, FPSOs, 

downstream LNG production facilities, 

refineries and onshore gas compression 

stations. 

“The oil and gas industry faces the challenges 

of a shorter reaction time to adapt 

to the changing market demand and 

lack of skilled and experienced people. 

This increases the need for automated 

operation and maintenance solutions, 

where tailored information easily can 

be retrieved and presented according to 

different users’ needs. Traditional standalone 

condition monitoring systems and 

operational management systems need 

to integrate and exchange information. 

OPENpredictor incorporated into 

VigilantPlant® provides a comprehensive 

solution to achieve best in class asset 

availability”, Rovsing Dynamics explains 

in a press release. 

Ramboll Oil & Gas headed 

for UAE 

Ramboll Oil & Gas is establishing an 

office in Abu Dhabi, UAE - A logical 

step forward, the Branch Manager states. 

Jesper Thomsen has been with Ramboll 

for 8 years, and has been appointed 

Branch Manager for their start-up Abu 

Dhabi office. 

News about You! 

Next.issue.of.ON/OFF.NEWS.. 

-.with.focus.on.internationalization.. 

will.be.released.in.February.09 

You are very much welcome to send us news about your company or 

organization. Deadline for editorial input is January 15. 

Morten Holmager - Phone 36 97 36 72 - news@offshorecenter.dk 

“We have been in Qatar for almost 

15 years, and with the positive match 

between our services and development 

plans in the Middle Eastern oil industry 

it seemed a logical next step to open 

another office in the region. Abu Dhabi 

was in fact the world’s third largest oil 

exporter in 2007, and there is considerable 

potential for expansion”, Jesper 

Thomsen says in a press release. 

New Oil Findings in Angola 

Oil reserves equaling 5,000 barrels 

(795 m 3 ) of oil per day were found in 

block 15/06 and block 31 outside Angola 

by the African west coast. Sonangul is 

a concessionaire of the fields, which are 

owned by a consortium consisting of 

among others BP, Esso, and StatoilHydro, 

and it is the 16th find in block 31, whereas 

further exploration work drillings have to 

be carried out for block 15/06. 

The find of further oil reserves is interesting, 

as Maersk Oil & Gas has an interest 


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of 50% in the production sharing agreement 

for block 16, block 8, and block 23 

close to the other drillings in the waters 

outside Angola, and since November 

2006, Maersk Oil & Gas has performed a 

number of exploration drillings. 

Vestas moves to Århus 

Vestas needs additional production and stor- 

ing facilities and moves parts of the company 

from Randers to Århus. 

In order to get room and consolidate 

several activities under one roof, the 

world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, 

Vestas, has decided to move its head- 

quarters from Randers to Århus in 2011. 

“Vestas believes that Århus can provide 

the facilities that are needed to attract and 

hold on to the required Danish and expatriate 

employees. The new headquarters 

are to be built next to Vestas Technology 

R&D’s new development centre in 

Skejby, where Vestas has bought a plot of 

73,800 m 2 ”, the company announces in a 

press release. 

The functions that will be moved to 

Århus – Direction, Group Finance & and 

Operations, Group Treasury, Group communications 

and Contract Review – today 

employ more than 250 employees. 


The move to Århus will simultaneously 

give Vestas Offshore, Vestas People & 

Culture and the global IT-function that 

today employ more than 600 employees 

in Randers, the possibility to continue 

their expansion in Randers. 

The relocation of parts of Vestas’ activities 

occurs in the wake of the competitor 

Siemens Wind Power’s decision on 

establishing new production and storage 

facilities in Esbjerg with the opportunity 

for direct shipping from Esbjerg harbour, 

rather than transporting the wind turbines 

from the company’s Danish headquarters 

in Brande. 

A2SEA acquires a Barge 

JB109 

A2SEA A/S, one of the leading contractors 

specialising in the transport, 

installation and service of offshore wind 

turbines, has announced that they has 

acquired the installation barge JB109 and 

related assets from the Dutch supplier 

of barges of the jack-up type, Jack-Up 

Barge B.V. for an undisclosed price. 

In connection with the taking-over, the 

barge will be renamed Sea Worker. 

A2SEA is experiencing an explosive 

development and did only one year ago 

acquire their first jack-up rig, Sea Jack 

(Formerly named Jumping Jack). After 

the acquisition of Sea Worker, A2SEA’s 

fleet is now counting two rigs and two 

special purpose vessels, meaning that 

A2SEA can now install the foundations 

as well as the topsides and larger turbines 

for offshore wind farms. The additional 

installation rig will give A2SEA the 

flexibility to bid for many more offshore 

contracts using their vessels separately or 

in combination, the company states. 

“The acquisition has further strengthened 

A2SEA’s position in the market as 

the leading contractor within installation 

of offshore wind farms”, CEO Jens 

Frederik Hansen says. 

“We are now in a position enabling us 

to bid for a larger number and more 

challenging projects. In addition, this acquisition 

has enabled us to offer a wider 

range of services, e.g. higher installation 

capacity for the waters west of Great 

Britain where we are experiencing an 

increasing activity.” 

The European market for wind power is 

growing rapidly. The number of megawatt 

produced offshore is expected to 

increase from an estimated capacity of 

750 MW in 2006 to more than 12,000 

MW in 2015.

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