Send this page to someone
Fill in the email address of your friend, and we will send an email
that contains a link to this page.
- A storm at Ekofisk
-
“Despite the grey dusk and all the sea spray flying past, he can clearly make out how the top of the waves brush against the bottom of the Ekofisk platforms. --- All they can do is watch the wave closing in with extreme speed. The sight of the breaker, a smoking inferno, and the sound, as it passes no more than 100 metres just a few seconds away from them – they will never forget this.”
The image above was taken by Hans Claesson. The extract is from “The North Sea Diver”.
- Lykkeland
-
The Norwegian TV channel NRK has made a series about the first years when the oil business came to Stavanger, depicted through the eyes of the mayor's secretary and a young North Sea diver.
Follow us on Facebook
Work Research Institute
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University,
Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, NO-0130 Oslo
The Nordic Council of Ministers is not responsible for the content