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Generating New Business and Strengthening Commercial Ties at
Offshore Northern Seas Exhibition (ONS) 2008
Conference Review
The Offshore Northern Seas Exhibition followed the ceremony, Norwegian premier award for small and medium-sized enterprises.
(ONS) 2008 has attracted more visitors than Jens Stoltenberg presented his view of the
ever before in its 34-year history, with more main ONS 2008 theme of energy for one A new feature of this year’s awards is that
than 38,000 people estimated to have world. He was followed by former BP boss companies not represented in the ONS
attended compared with 35,700 in 2006. Lord Browne. exhibition have been able to apply. However,
both winners have stands at the show.
Kjell Ursin-Smith, Chief Executive of the ONS “We’re very pleased to have achieved such
Foundation, is satisfied with the 2008 direct transmission,” said Jon Are Rørtveit, The second Special Innovation Award was
performance: “I feel we have confirmed our ONS Marketing and Information Vvice presented to John C Mihm, former Engineering
position as the leading energy meeting place President. “The opening session is popular. Manager for Phillips Petroleum in Norway, who
in Europe.” Broadcasting live via the web means that played a key role in the important Ekofisk
more people can experience it. This waterflood project.
“We keep getting the same message from represents a specific measure to make ONS
exhibitors, conference delegates and visitors – more widely accessible. At the same time, Innovation content was the key criterion
they have experienced this year’s ONS as the we’re creating a record to make ONS applied in judging the applications by
best ever.” more durable.” the international jury, which was chaired
by Rolf Wiborg from the Norwegian
“I am grateful to the exhibitors for the Innovation Awards Petroleum Directorate.
impressive way they’ve built their stands, which The significance of innovation for today’s
has really made them interesting for the industry was stressed by Lars Talka, Chair of “We were pleased that 33 applications came
visitors,” he adds. the ONS Foundation, when he presented the from abroad – better than previous years,”
ONS 2008 innovation awards. said Mr Wiborg during the innovation
Opening of the Offshore Northern awards lunch when the presentations were
Seas Exhibition 2008 Welltec won the Innovation Award for its made, “but there is still huge room for
The official opening of ONS 2008 on 26 Well Miller
®
reverse circulating bit, while improvement. We were saddened by the fact
August was transmitted live over the Internet Cubility was awarded the small and medium that almost none of the nominations
at
www.ons.no with Terje Riis-Johansen, enterprises (SME) Innovation Award for its addressed new energy forms. However, the
Norway’s recently appointed Minister of MudCube™ enhanced fluid cleaning system. many good candidates gave us a hard time
Petroleum and Energy, performing the selecting finalists and winners. A couple of
opening ceremony. They were among 10 finalists from 91 approved those who failed to make it to the final have
applications for the prizes, which were a lot of potential to be winners.”
During the conference session that immediately instituted in 1982 and widened in 2004 with an
The five finalists for the Innovation Award were
Figure 1: CD-adapco Is the Leading Global Provider of Full-spectrum Engineering Simulation
ABB, Cameron, FMC Technologies, Sevan
Solutions for Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Stress Marine and Welltec.
In addition to Cubility, Pure Technologies,
ReelWell, Remora and Wirescan were selected
as finalists for the SME Innovation Award.
Offshore Northern Seas
2008 Innovation
Award to Welltec
Danish company Welltec was awarded
the ONS 2008 Innovation Award at a special
miniseminar and lunch in Stavanger for its Well
Miller reverse circulating bit.
“The health, safety and environmental
advantages of this system are obvious, and so
are the cost savings if this cheap way of
solving the well problem works,” said Lars
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