New contract with Dresser-Rand

(8 May 2012)
Grenland Group has signed a contract with Dresser-Rand for the assembly of 4 generator packages to be installed at the Clair Ridge Installation on the UK continental shelf.

A total of 45 people will be engaged in the project, including Grenland Group personnel from the Asdalstrand location. The contract will be completed within a year, and the total weight per package is 200 tonnes. Grenland Group has assisted Dresser-Rand since 1988 in the production of generator packages and compressor drivers. A frame agreement was signed in 2004. Since then, Grenland Group has been the partner of Dresser-Rand for the assembly of generator packages and compressor drivers at "Slippen" workshop in Drammen.

Breakthrough for Grenland Group rig design

(9 March 2012)
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. has awarded Grenland Group the contract for detail design of the GG5000 semisubmersible drilling rig, "COSLProspector".

In April 2011, COSL Drilling Europe (CDE) selected Grenland Group's GG5000 for its 4th drilling unit. GG has since then done the basic design on contract for COSL/CDE, and has now been awarded the contract for detail design by the shipyard Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd.

This is the first semisubmersible drilling rig being built based on GG5000 design and the first engineering contract GG signs directly with a Chinese shipyard.

GG has also been involved in CDE's three former semis of different design, COSLPioneer – currently in operation in the North Sea, COSLInnovator – just arrived to Norway to start work for Statoil, and COSLPromoter – currently under construction in China ready for delivery in 2012.

"The award is a tribute to the excellent performance by our Chinese and Norwegian offices on the previous COSL projects. We believe this project will prove GG5000 to be a state of the art design and bring GG's global execution model to the next level. COSL and Yantai CIMC Raffles are highly valued clients of ours, and we appreciate this opportunity to further strengthen our relationship with them", says Erik Taule, EVP Solutions.

"GG5000 has been developed during the extended basic design phase. The development is a result of the GG engineering team's vast experience in a well developed co-operation with CDE. Grenland Group is now one of very few companies that have succeeded in developing a semisubmersible drilling rig design for the global market that is also certified to work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf", says Tor Kvillum, Project Manager in Grenland Group.

The unit includes a DP3 system as well as a pre-laid mooring system. Variable deck load is 5000 tonnes.

COSLProspector is scheduled for delivery in 3rd quarter 2014.

For further information, please contact Erik Taule, EVP Solutions, Phone: +47 92 61 90 15.

New Vice President Onshore

(16 Feb. 2012)
Petter Høven has been employed as Vice President Onshore within the business area Maintenance & Modifications.

The business unit, Onshore, has the responsibility for business development, sales and execution of engineering and EPC projects, as well as service contracts and shutdowns within black and white disciplines, with landbased industry as main client.

Petter Høven started in his new position on 1 February 2012, and will be working out of the Sandefjord office. He will report to Lars Fredrik Bakke, EVP M&M.

Høven holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering/Technical Safety from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology of Trondheim. He has wide experience from projects, consultancy and management positions in companies such as Kværner Engineering, AMAT, COSE, Nopicon, Reichhold, PortSide, and KME. He has also earlier worked at Grenland Group for five years.

New Vice President Topside Solutions

(9 Feb. 2012)
Svein Vatland has been employed as Vice President Topside Solutions.

The business unit, Topside Solutions, has the responsibility for business development, sales and execution of engineering and EPC projects, with the oil companies as major clients. He will in this position report to Erik Taule, EVP Solutions.

He started in his new position on February 1st 2012, and will be working out of the Sandefjord office.

Svein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Automation, a Master of Science degree in Process Control from Telemark University College, as well as an Executive Master of Management degree from BI, the Norwegian Business School.

Svein has previously held various senior management positions within ABB and worked in the Power Division, Oil & Gas Division and at ABBs Corporate Research Centre in Norway. Since ABB, he worked as Vice President at Kongsberg Maritime Engineering in Sandefjord. Svein now comes from IBM where he was Executive Project Manager with focus on the oil & gas business with Statoil as main client.