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issue 4 / 2010 the Fmc customer support eastern region internal magazine

Each employee across the region plays a part in the company’s tremendous success. page 6

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2 start subsea school well/done mist

Jamie MacDonough, Product Support Engineer, Well Comple-

tion Systems, explains what a “Christ-mas tree” is all about.

what is an Xt? / Contrary to popu-lar belief a Christmas tree (XT), in oil industry terms, is not a piece of wood from the forest decorated with lights and baubles that many will be putting in their living rooms this month. Before the industry had the tech-nology to venture into subsea production, land wells produced oil using surface trees. These trees were large blocks of steel contain-ing multiple valves orientated in a Christmas tree like structure and this is where the oil industry gets the name.

what is it like today? / As tech-nology has advanced – specifically into the subsea market – the design of the XT has changed and it now has all elec-tronic, hydraulic and support systems integrated into one large structure.

what does it do? / An XT is es-sentially an on/off switch to an oil well when parked on a wellhead. Think of an oil well as a balloon. When a bal-

loon is pierced at the top, the air slowly escapes until the balloon is flat. Essen-tially over time an oil well follows this pattern, with a lot of other activities performed during its life. Once a hole is

drilled into the well, the oil wants to es-cape upwards through the hole and into the ocean. An XT is placed on top of the wellhead to control the flow of oil and to control the well. The XT can shut off the flow from the well, increase or decrease the flow and pump chemicals into the reservoir to aid with production.

are there different kinds? / At FMC, we have a variety of XTs in our portfolio, ranging from 5k – 15 k psi ratings. There are two types of tree systems, horizontal and vertical XTs. Within these two systems, there are many different product ranges and these vary further, depending on a cus-

tomer’s requirements for their specific field.

The major components and valve quantities are similar for both types of trees, but they are arranged in a different manner. The major difference between the two types of trees is that for horizontal trees the tubing

hanger is located in the body of the XT and in a vertical XT the

tubing hanger is located in the well-head. The tubing hanger can be re-

trieved from a horizontal XT without pulling the XT to surface. Typically, a horizontal tree would be used on fields with complex reservoirs that re-quire high maintenance and frequent workovers requiring tubing retrieval. Vertical trees would normally be used on simpler, short life reservoirs with low frequency of tubing retrieval workovers. /

This issue of Work/Over covers many stories that are great to see as the year comes to a close. good news, after all, is not a bad holiday present, especially the kind that we deliver on page 6. Year-end results for 2010 are fantastic and are in fact even better than budgeted.

it is perhaps then no surprise that Fmc customer support has an increased volume of work. this underscores the need for more space and preparations are well underway for our move into the new facilities outside of bergen. see the details on page 5.

in these pages, you can also read about the changes we are making that will empower Fmc cs to provide even better products and services to our customers – a sit and storage area in aberdeen, well-trained new leaders in the bergen warehouse and a significant expansion of our engineering capacity.

going back to the holiday theme for a minute, we even have an article about christmas trees! get a quick introduction to them in the subsea school article, learn-ing among other things how the subsea Xt got its name.

Andreas Helgesen marketing and communication manager,

cs sales & business development

andreas.helgesen@fks.fmcti.com

When a wellhead arrived back at Ågotnes after a refurbishment job, final inspections revealed that something was missing.

the load segments in the wellhead had not been installed and, to make matters worse, it was impossible for a human being to reach the installation point inside of the pipe. rather than cut off the extension joint to install the segments and re-weld the extension joint again after installation – a very costly operation – Product support lead Kevin clark gave his team, led by workshop supervisor roger spilde, this challenge. what they came up with was nothing short of a testimony to the great talent and creativity within Fmc.

Frank eriksen and steinar henningsen designed a special jig that allowed the installation to take place two meters inside of a 300 mm pipe. spilde explains, “this is building 3’s equivalent to advanced laparoscopic surgery – or keyhole surgery.” well done!

What is a Christmas tree?

New UK industry standard

A key element in the subsea training classes offered by FMC is a very basic introduction to one of FMC’s main productions, the XT – often written instead as “Christmas tree” or “Xmas tree” but still pronounced the same.

The aim of the requirement is to reduce hazards and acci-

dents in the offshore industry, with the key component being safety training. MIST has been designed to provide this training for all offshore personnel, and it is recognised as an initiative of Step Change in Safety, the UK based partnership with the remit to make the UK the safest oil and gas exploration and production province.

The training programme has been de-veloped in conjunction with OPITO – the Oil & Gas Academy. It is designed to introduce fundamental safety elements of the industry and to give an apprecia-tion of potential hazards and controls encountered by personnel, thus ensur-ing that anyone travelling offshore has the correct skills and training.

Senior Service Coordinator at FMC Aberdeen, Kim Burns, explains, “In response to this, we had to ensure we

were well prepared.” By July 2010, all Aberdeen technical service personnel (TSP) had completed the training and were in possession of the certificate. Burns continues, “As this is an indus-try requirement, I want to ensure that all other bases likely to face offshore work in the UK sector are aware of it and not caught out! This requirement is now as vital as an offshore survival course and the United Kingdom Off-shore Operators Association (UKOOA) medical certificate.”

For personnel already registered in the UK Vantage System – the coun-try’s offshore passport and personnel tracking system – and who have been offshore within two years, the training can be completed via an online portal. Otherwise there are training centres that will provide the training and pre-sent the certificates, which are valid for four years. /

Modules covered• Introduction to the hazardous offshore environment • Working safely • Understanding the risk assessment process •Tasks that require a permit to work • Personal responsibility in maintaining asset integrity • Using manual handling techniques every day • Controlling the use of hazardous sub-stances offshore• Knowledge and processes of working at heights• Being aware of mechanical lifting activities

By January 2011, all experienced offshore workers travelling to rigs operating within the UK sector have an additional certificate, named MIST for Minimum Industry Safety Training.

3ssP engineers

Successful operation

On short notice, the FMC CS team had to replace a barrier for the Statfjord Satellite Project (SSP) in the North Sea. The operation was tremendously successful – 500 operational hours with no errors and no downtime.

The Norwegian government requires three barriers to be

in place at all times at a well. At the beginning of 2010, the government notified Statoil that a missing barrier at well D1 at SSP must be replaced before the end of the summer. Planning for plugging and abandoning the well began immediately.

Challenges / But the project had challenges other than a short time-frame. It had been 15 years since the system the operation required (UWD2) had been used. As a result of its age, there was a deviation on the equipment, meaning it did not comply with today’s Statoil standards. In addition to some minor modification of the equipment, the lower riser package (LRP) and the workover control system (WOCS) was rebuilt and the stress joint’s adapter ring was replaced.

The operation itself also experienced challenges. Thanks to bad weather – a “storm hang off” – operations were in-terrupted. The engineering department in Kongsberg had to restart the analy-

sis over a weekend so that Statoil could decide what they should do further on with the operation.

In spite of all of this, there was still no downtime for Statoil. “It was astound-ing,” says Helge Drønen, Project Man-ager CS for the planning and operation. “We got great feedback from Statoil,” he continues. “They were very pleased that we had found solutions for every problem that popped up.”

Drønen attributes the operation’s success to the upfront planning, the workshop, offshore crew, and the engi-neering team in Kongsberg. “Commu-nication between the offshore crew and onshore team was excellent,” he adds. “There were so many people who did a tremendous job during the operation – shift leaders, supervisors and more. We could not have done it without them.”

Statoil plans to reopen the well in 2012 and FMC Technologies is produc-ing and fabricating equipment so that they can start up again. As the North Sea’s largest subsea project at time of completion, SSP is a landmark. /

The expansion has in fact already begun. since april 2010, the engi-

neering department has grown from 8 to 21 persons, in addition to the existing 40 operational engineers.

the motivation behind the hiring campaign is both the ongoing need to strengthen the company’s ability to quickly respond to customers’ first line engineer-ing needs and the plans for expansion into new aftermarket segments. increased engi-neering capacity will improve the response time of aftermarket engineering services that Fmc cs offers and make it possible to place engineering resources closer to both offshore and onshore operations. “it will definitely have a big impact on how we run our operations in customer support,” says Yngve ekerhovd, manager operations and aftermarket engineering

ekerhovd is currently working with hr to establish a recruitment plan for locating these new employees. he says, “it is no secret that it will be challenging to find this many qualified persons within such a relatively short timeframe. we will need to try several different tactics.” both newly graduated engineers as well as those with experience will be needed.

in addition to searching for varying levels of experience, there will also be a focus

on hiring for different types of positions. the engineering department is mirror-ing the Fmc product groups, with, for example, product support lead and support engineers in was, wcs, ic/tm and controls. ekerhovd says, “there is a need to strengthen these positions as well as having engineers focused on overhaul and recertification, material knowledge, lifting expertise and so on.”

another challenge is knowledge about subsea technology. “subsea knowledge is limited within the typical engineering environment – in particular in regards to Fmc equipment,” explains ekerhovd. “it is preferable that the engineers we hire have a good mix of both formal engineering expertise and knowledge of our products and operations.”

after being hired, the new engineers will not immediately be up and running. First, there will be a need for training them in both Fmc system and processes and Fmc engineering tools. ekerhovd stresses this point, “it is extremely important to me – and all involved in this expansion – that we follow all Fmc systems and processes and closely cooperate with the engineering environment in Kongsberg and the various product groups.” /

Major growth inengineering staffA significant expansion of the engineering capacity at FMC Customer Support Eastern Region is in the works. The goal is to hire approximately 30 persons by end of year 2011, making the department a total of 50 persons. While some of the new employees will be located in Kongsberg, most will join the Bergen office.

Above, the Kongsberg team. top row from left: thomas erling Kjellevold, tom egil iversen, gerardo aguilar, rune schjerpen, Åge bjørkli. lower row from left: Kurt saint-Victor, Jostein blikra, hallgrim strand, asbjørn stålesen, toril evenstad, carlos Jorge Francisco. Below, the Bergen team. From left: ove Jansen, helge drønen, stian hostad, Jon martin hamre, christian Kårtveit, reidun erland, anette nordvik lyngaas, tone Kløften, charlotte morland

4 sit area aberdeen

“We can now store FMC and customer-owned equipment on-site as opposed to 20

miles (30km) away,” explains Peter Walton, Cus-tomer Support Manager for the Aberdeen base. In addition, in the past customers performed their SITs at a third party’s yard, which meant technicians and engineers were travelling in and around Aberdeen. “With a purpose-built SIT area at the base, we save the customer time and money – basically providing a one-stop shop!” adds Walton.

The facility has a capacity of 318 tonnes over a 4 metre x 4 metre footprint within the SIT area and 22.4 tonnes per square metre in the storage area. Both offer a secure location for all equipment owned by customers and subcontractors. Completed in the first quarter of 2010, it is purpose-built and was con-structed through consultation with Workshop Man-

ager Keith Martin-Towersand input from the base management team.

Its SIT area consists of two hard standing sections capable of simultaneously testing two full XT stack-ups. Each area has the necessary utilities available to perform integration and testing to meet all client requirements, including electricity, water, air supply, scissor lift, forklift, cherry picker and spill kit.

A 40-foot (12m) portable building provides the cus-tomer, contractor and FMC personnel with a private office and meeting room during SIT activities. The of-fice is furnished with desks, printers, telephone and wireless internet access.

roles and responsibilities / Prior to a SIT, a coordinator will be allocated to the project. This person’s responsibilities include: preparation of the SIT area prior to the on-site arrival of customer and equipment; ensuring HSE requirements are followed; management of all personnel from FMC, the contrac-tor and the customer; preparation of daily reports and Toolbox Talks (safety meetings); and demobilisa-tion of the equipment and site.

FMC’s on-site QHSE officer assists the SIT coordinator throughout the SIT. Before any work begins, the officer provides an induction to QHSE for site visitors (customers and contractors). A FMC engineer is on hand to give in depth technical assistance as the need arises. Also on-site are workshop support personnel such as technicians,

who are ready to immediately assist with any equipment issues that arise, thus ensuring that delays are kept to a minimum.

Workshop Supervisor James McCulloch says, “We have now completed two successful SITs since our new facility opened. Feedback about both the facili-ties and the positive attitude of FMC personnel has been very good – from our client Total and the con-tractor alike.” /

Two successful SITs

ellon sita 5.125” x 2.062” dual bore vertical tree assembly

Work scope included: • Environmental seal testing • Integration of EDP• XT • Test/shipping base • SCM • Flushing of control lines • Functionality of valves • Flow rates and volumes of valves and connectors islay/Jura light well intervention (lwi) sita 5.125” x 2.062” dual bore horizontal tree assembly

Work scope included: • Integration of test base• Horizontal XT • Tubing hanger• Light well intervention adapter connector • Testing of completed assembly • Simulating removal of tronic equipment by divers

Open for businessThis September, the FMC Customer Support base in Aberdeen transformed unused land next to its existing facilities into a new System Integration Test (SIT) and storage area.

What is a SIT?the abbreviation sit stands for system integration test. a sit is carried out to simulate running equipment off-shore in an onshore environment. this simulation allows client, contractors and Fmc service technicians to ensure that equipment runs safely and that any problems can be resolved prior to its installation offshore. consider that when an issue is encountered during sit, costs to resolve it will be minimal. if the same problem were to occur offshore, the costs – as well as other undesired impacts – would increase substantially.

5bergen Facilities

The facilities are now at their final stages of completion and there are huge undertakings

going on in order to get ready on time. Outside, unru-ly trees and foliage are being cleared to beautify the area and to create 35 parking spaces. During spring 2011, 100 additional spaces will be paved.

Many rooMs and parking / Inside the two-story building, the canteen is nearly completed with electricians, plumbers and carpenters working to get 33 new office spaces ready, as well as two new confer-ence rooms and a large lecture room on the first floor. There will be an additional 21 office spaces within the workshop area. For the most part, the new facil-ity will cater for the maintenance and re-certification of existing FMC components; thus, different types of equipment will undergo maintenance and testing. This activity will be set in the four workshop halls, known as halls A, B, C and D.

the halls / Hall A will be for fine mechanics, control modules, various subsea equipment, a ware-house, washing facilities and an archive, covering more than 1,950 square metres. In Hall B, whose size is 980 square metres, all the subsea equipment that need to be re-certified every fifth year will be placed. Hall C, which is approximately the same size as Hall B, will be fitted with the Flow Control modules, while Hall D, at 740 square metres, has been allocated to the XTs.

Move-in to the administrative building is planned for December 2010 and the workshop move is sched-uled for January 2011. However, this may change depending on acceptance of all HES requirements. The SCM workshop located in Hall A is scheduled to move in to the new building during March 2011.

naMe Contest / After suggestions from 47 em-ployees as part of a contest, the name has finally

been chosen for the new administrative building at Ågotnes – the FMC Subsea Center. Both Hans Tors-vik and Kent Solberg recommended this name so each will receive a dinner for two persons as their winning prize.

Senior Advisor at Customer Support, Per Harald Nordgaard (right in photo above), explains, “This space is sorely needed as our volume of work is increasing substantially, so we really look forward to moving in.” Nordgaard is responsible for the complex undertaking of reshaping the site that is now underway.

Managing Director at the consultancy firm MBA AS, Gunnar Bognø (left in photo above), has been instrumental to the project. His firm works both to quality assure the utilsation of the new facilities and assistance with planning and project management re-garding operations in the new space. “This has been a rewarding process because the teamwork has been fabulous. We really look forward to move-in.” /

Ready for move-inPreparations are underway to make the new facilities outside of Bergen ready for move-in, which is planned to begin this December and will continue in 2011.

6 Year end

Each employee across the region plays a part in the company’s tremendous success. In fact, the year 2010 brought even better results than expected for FMC Customer Support (CS). Trygve Arnesen, Director of Aftermarket, Eastern Region, says, “On behalf of the company, I want to thank every one of you for a fantastic job well done. No matter where you are within FMC CS or what your position is, you are one of the reasons for this achievement.”

FMC CS ESpiece by piece

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St. John’sbase set up for support of a single customer – suncor. expecting increase in business in years to come.

Safety / having had a year in which no one was seriously injured is also worth celebrating. however, there were several injuries and near misses in 2010, underlining the need to maintain a steady focus on hse. while it did not involve Fmc cs, there was a serious incident involving a subcontractor at the horten test site – a critical injury concerning a person who fell down from scaffolding.

arnesen says, “we work with heavy tools, lifting opera-tions and other activities that require equipment to be moved around. it is very easy to get hurt or hurt someone else in the eagerness to be efficient and provide clients with rapid good service.” he continues, “even if we have the best procedures, it really boils down to individual behaviour. think about yourself – how you drive your car, what you do at home and so on. make safety second nature. ”

Quality / arnesen is pleased with the company’s focus on hse, and, with the same focus on quality, he thinks the quality transformation will be a success. all employees should by now be familiar with Fmc technologies’ quality transformation process for which one of the goals is to gain a marketplace advantage by being the industry leader in delivering quality products and services. the company-wide process will include more employees in 2011 and continue with a large-scale employee rollout designed to inspire every single employee to personally commit to quality.

“we need to address quality everyday in our work. both the industry and Fmc cs are due for substantial growth. we need to get better to enable that growth,” explains arnesen.

Growth / Fmc has decided to strengthen the aftermarket focus further and to offer additional services. our ambition is to contribute in releasing the full economic potential of our customers’ offshore fields and becoming their partner with respect to maintenance and modifications, well access, field operations and ior services.

“building a strong aftermarket engineering department is one of the main business goals for 2011, consisting of depart-ments both in Kongsberg and at Ågotnes. this is an important enabler in order to grow our business and to develop new services, ” says arnesen. and, the market outlook is very good for 2011 and the years to come.

The future is brightLooking ahead to 2011, growth and quality transformation will be in focus – but without shoving safety out of the spotlight.

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Bergenheadquarters of Fmc customer support eastern region. main responsibility is offshore operation and workshop activities for the norwegian sector of the north sea.

Stavangermainly a surface office. Primarily supports conoco Philips and the ekofisk field.

KrakowPrimarily acts as a recruitment office to employ highly qualified and educated tsP to work throughout the region.

Aberdeenservice base for supporting operations for both the uK and remote locations within the region. manages its own pool of technical service personnel (tsP). supports a number of different customers.

Kristiansundservice base mainly established for supporting the development of the ormen lange field. has had an impressive last couple of years.

8 warehouse leaders

FMC CS has grown considerably over the last several years. As the company’s warehouse and

base logistics are critical to the success of both onshore and offshore operations, strengthening this area’s ac-tivities is a key step.

On 1 October of this year, Willy Fjellheim, Hilde Madsen and Per Andersen (pictured above), were each promoted to Warehouse Supervisor with per-sonnel responsibility. Andersen heads up stock placement and picking and spare parts, Madsen has responsibility for the receipt of goods and Fjellheim manages base operations for the warehouse. These three lead each of their functional areas, at the same time acting proactively to find ways to improve cur-rent operations and decrease costs.

Erik Birkeland, joined the company on 1 December as Warehouse & Base Logistics Manager, completing the warehouse leadership team. The three warehouse supervisors report to Birkeland.

better warehouse organisation / “This new structure gives us a better warehouse organisation and logically divides areas of responsibility,” explains Kurt-Arne Langeland, who is Operational Support Manager and responsible for the new team.

The change allows FMC CS to also realise several other important goals: accountability related to func-tional areas, a clearer focus at both the strategic and operational level, an increase in possible career paths within the organisation and a logical single point of customer contact for FMC CS services.

Langeland adds, “I feel confident that we at FMC CS are well prepared to meet customer requirements go-ing forward.”

leadership training / To support their transition into leadership roles, Human Resources provided Andersen, Madsen and Fjellheim with a short intense course that took place periodically from 15 October

to 3 November. Upon completion, the participants took an exam and received a certificate confirming attendance.

Senior HR Consultant Birgitte Munch, who ran the project together with HR Advisor Kristine Zeylon Kvale says, “This is an important quality initiative from HR, in addition to being an example of the kind of products HR shall and will be delivering.”

opinions about the Course / Course feedback has been very positive, from all sides. The participants themselves reflected on the experience, saying, “The course has shown us the way and is one of the reasons we can today go to work with the confidence that we can manage the job.” Geir Arne Skau, HR Manager CS ER, adds, “I am very pleased with the implementa-tion of the training, which delivered great quality in spite of short deadlines and an intense program. I am absolutely sure that the participants have been given a solid foundation to perform their duties.”

The development of the course was a true group endeavour. In addition to Munch and Kvale’s ef-forts, contributions also came from two other HR col-leagues –Anne Marie Sangolt and Renate Mæhle, as well as Training & Resource Coordinator Jan Oddvar Braadland. Munch says, “All in all it was a great team effort delivered on an ambitious time scale!”

Human Resources in Bergen is currently running several other quality initiatives, such as training man-agers in interviewing skills and in conducting perfor-mance appraisals ./

New leaders in theBergen warehouse

FMC Customer Support (CS) has established a new level of supervisor positions. To support this, the Human Resource department in Bergen created a course specifically customised for the three newly appointed warehouse supervisors.

the course consisted of five modules designed specifically for this group of supervisors:1) embracing the leadership role: what does it involve to

be a supervisor, expectations and guidelines2) hr policies and guidelines: sick leave and other leaves,

pension, employment law regulations3) competence development and conducting performance

appraisals4) insights discovery Personal Profile (a personal

development tool) and self awareness as a leader and employee

5) getting your message across: communication, difficult conversations

9rig/log

Deployed in the North Sea in the Halten Nordland area off the Norwegian coast, Aker Spitsbergen is the world’s largest mobile drilling rig. Its 10,700 tonnes are designed to withstand and operate in some of the harshest weather conditions on the planet. FMC is naturally involved with providing customer support and here Supervisor Erik Larssen gives us a glimpse of some of these activities. He is very qualified as our guide, having been with the company since 1995 working on a number of different rigs.

1. i have been working with aker spitsbergen since the first day Fmc customer support became involved, which was in april 2008. it has been really been quite interesting to start up a new rig.

4. this is a picture of us placing the running tool (rt) on top of the hXt. this takes place in a stack-up tower in order to avoid movements. the rt is then locked to the hXt and ready for testing on deck. this is one of the first things we do.

6. here is a horizontal Xt (hXt) stack ready in the moonpool. You can see the hXt being prepped at the Xt trolley for subsea installation. the hXt weighs about 60 tonnes and its installation can take anywhere from 20-24 hours. a crucial stage is when the hXt is lifted by trolley and placed on the seabed with a drill pipe.

5. the hXt is skidded in to the hXt garage for testing on deck. You can see that everyone is wearing blue earphones. these are for communicating via radio. with each other and the crane operator.

3. this photo shows the lifting of the surface flow tree (sFt) from pipe to deck over to the tubular feeding machine (tFm). this equipment is very heavy and, as you can see, quite long – we are always very careful! later, it will be taken down to the drilling deck.

2. here the lifting sling is being removed and the expro landing string assembly (elsa) is ready to be transported to the drilling deck. while an important part of the process, it is not the most difficult task we do. what is complicated is the work we do in the well – unfortunately it is too dark there for photography!

Aker Spitsbergen at a glance

semi-submersible rig with 8 columnswater depth: 3,000 m drilling depth: 10,000 m

On the world’s largest rig

As last year’s Family Day had the event’s highest attendance ever,

the decision was quickly made to use the Brann stadium again this year. FMC CS Marketing and Communications Manager Andreas Helgesen explains, “FMC’s cooperation with Brann allows us to arrange several events with play-ers throughout a year. It’s great that we can share this perk with our employees and their families.”

The day was packed with football, face painting and hot dogs.

Meeting the players / Held on 17 October, the day’s activities began with an introduction and welcome from for-mer Brann player Steinar Aase, who is one of the most successful Brann play-ers of all time. The kids were separated into teams based on age and went out to the football pitches surrounding the main stadium, with a professional foot-baller from Norwegian women’s top di-vision club Sandvika acting as a leader for each of the teams.

The matches lasted about 1.5 hours after which all were invited back into the stadium for hot dogs and drinks. They also received Brann kit tops with the FMC logo. The highlight of the day was up next: a “meet and greet” with three Brann players. Attendees had the chance to talk to them, have their pictures taken with them and to get autographs.

neXt year / Those not interested in football were not left out and instead participated in activities such as face painting and a bouncy castle. Helgesen

says, “Next year we plan to improve our non-football activities. We are open to any good ideas!”

Unfortunately, the only day possible to host Family Day this year clashed with the autumn school holiday break in Bergen, so attendance was down

from last year. As a result, the company is already exploring the possibility of holding the 2011 event before the sum-mer to avoid this problem. /

10 mile/stones FamilY daY

New faces at FMC CS ER AberdeenFraser Andersonworkshop Fitter

David Brownapprentice

Darren Carrollservice technician

Darren DawsonQa/Qc inspector

Malcolm Deaconworkshop Fitter

Samantha Kingaccounts assistant

Jim McCullochworkshop supervisor

Steve Rannietechnical coordinator

Ronnie Shandservice technician

New faces atFMC CS ER BergenJan-Erik Dalecaretaker

Alexander FurøProduct support engineer

Jørgen Grønsdalworkshop technician

Asle Nilsenworkshop technician

Work anniversaries 5 years

Rolf Magnus Alstad (bergen)

Anne Sofie Blaaflat (bergen)

Arild Nordvik (bergen)

Gunnar Oen (bergen)

Nils Åge Ottesen (bergen)

Frank R. Pedersen (bergen)

Anita Helen Rong (bergen)

Elisabeth Rygg (bergen)

Håkon Siggervåg (bergen)

Lars Kennet Sørenes (bergen)

Tone Tomassen (bergen)

Øystein Tyborgnes (bergen)

10 year

Tom Erik Augestad (bergen)

Olav Ingebrigtsen (bergen)

15 year

Kai Bråthen (bergen)

Bjørn-Ove Storesund (bergen)

20 year

Gunnar Loe (bergen)

RetiredAage Hagen (bergen)

Stein Samuelsen (bergen)

MarriedThomas Stensaker (bergen)

mile/stones Family dayin BergenEach year FMC CS Bergen hosts “Family Day”. For the second year in a row, the event was held at the stadium of the very popular Norwegian top division football club Brann.

11time out

What got you started? / When I was young-er – from the ages of 16 to 25 – I was active

with motocross racing. But then I started looking around for new challenges, and some friends per-suaded me to try superkart. In the beginning it was just for fun, but after a while it developed into a se-rious commitment for honour and glory in Europe.

The first time / The first time I competed was in Norway on a medium-sized go-kart track in Haug-esund, and I followed that with a few seasons on similar tracks. My ranking in Norway was no. 3 before I began competing in other European coun-tries in 2002 – Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Denmark and the Czech Republic.

Do you race on a team? / I am one of four mem-bers who make up Team EMG Motorsport. We have three mechanics (two from Norway, one from Northern Ireland) and one driver – that’s me! Much of the credit for our success goes to Robert, our

mechanic from Belfast. He is a former policeman who now runs an engineering shop that trims mo-tors for customers from around the world. I am the team leader and that means a lot of hard work as our team is small. I take on many different roles – travel planner, mechanic, engineer, driver, cook and data analysis expert after every race.

What is your motivation? / Many things, actually. In addition to the challenge of striving to be the best, I enjoy learning new things and developing solutions that reduce lap times. The driving itself is a bit of an adrenaline kick and demands an extreme degree of concentration.

Any interesting fact that those outside of the sport would not know? / There is no standard produced car that exists today that has the ability to maintain the speed on a track that a superkart can. As a general rule, most are not pleased that these little superkarts go faster than their cars that cost millions of kroner! /

Speed RacerHis colleagues know him best as Supervisor on the rig DSB (at the Heidrun and Åsgard fields) for FMC CS Bergen, but Erik Martin Gjertsen is also a champion superkart driver. A superkart – not to be mistaken for a go-kart – is a 250 cc engine kart with a gearbox that races on full size car circuits and often sets faster lap times than much more expensive and advanced racing machines.

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Erik Martin by the numbersAge: 38Years at FMC: 12 My fastest superkart speed: 245 km/hClass I race in: division 1How often I race: between 6-10 races per seasonRanking at this year’s European championship: 12th place overallBest single race result: 2nd place

a typical superkart race has 60 participants. most circuits are 4-5 km, with a race going over 12 laps and maintaining an average speed of 150-180 km/hr for the entire event.

12 who i am when in...

home to around 23,000 people, Kristian-sund is made up of five islands located on norway’s west coast. its climate is relatively mild.

ECONOMY historically driven by fish processing and shipyards, its economy is today dominated by the oil and gas indus-try. unemployment is quite low.

HISTORY although it was established as a township in 1742, this area was home to the very first norwegian settlement way back in the year 8000 bc.

NIGHTLIFE while quiet during the week, the city buzzes on the weekend. Karaoke at christian’s bar (at hotel Kris-tiansund) is quite popular – many Fmc employees have been sighted there!

BACALAO a norwegian fish dish made of salted, dried cod that is combined with ingredients such as potato, onion, olive oil, tomato puree and paprika.

RESTAURANTS For a good meal, look no further than the popular fish restaurant smia, which has received many awards, including twice being named “norway’s best Kitchen”.

CULTURE & FESTIVALS here you find norway’s oldest opera house and an annual opera festival every February.the nordic light international Festival of Photography takes place in may.

SCENIC ROAD atlanterhavsveien (the atlantic road) is one of norway’s most popular tourist destinations, with sharp turns and spectacular nature.

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what i do / I joined FMC in 1996 and my current role within

the Aberdeen Base is QHSE Manager. I am responsible for all areas of QHSE and in addition I have the Base Facili-ties and Document Control functions reporting to me.

the best and worst thing about my job / The best is knowing that everyone working for the Aberdeen Base takes QHSE seriously. I get great satisfaction in being able to build upon the exist-ing culture of continual improvement. The worst is finding time to keep up to date with change. By that I mean FMC processes and systems, product specifi-cations and HSE legislative changes, as QHSE covers all areas and disciplines of the business.

My greatest personal and profes-sional achievement / personal / My greatest achievement was when I married my wife, Annette and had two lovely kids – my 15-year-old daughter, Alanah and my 11-year-old son, Stuart of whom I am very proud. Last year, my children and I walked the West Highland Way – a picturesque trek across rugged country into the heart of Scotland. Despite the odd blister, both my children rose to the challenge and completed the walk in five days, mak-ing me very proud.

professional / I’m a member of the Aberdeen Base crisis manage-ment team and one of our most pre-dominant achievements was when we received the FMC Raymond Tower safety award for the successful man-agement of a crisis situation in the Ivory Coast, which involved an upris-ing in the country.

My biggest job inspiration / Doing a good job, providing a quality service and helping to keep people safe – all of this is built on the concept of continual improvement. I don’t believe that it’s enough to do the same job every day – you need to keep improving.

My earliest memory / I grew up on a farm and my dad used to break horses so that they would then be able to pull carts. Part of the process was to have the horse pull a wooden sledge prior to progressing to an expensive cart. This created great entertainment for all the local kids during the winter as we would all be pulled along in the sledge. Once a horse and sledge took off with around 4-5 children onboard. It gal-loped at full speed across the field. At the end there stood an open gate, which the horse could fit through but the sledge most definitely wouldn’t. All the kids had to dive off before the sledge collided with the gate. Luckily no one, including the horse, got hurt.

the worst job i’ve ever had/done / Just after I got married, during the weekends, I took on a second job on a chicken farm. It was a clammy, hot and horrible experience. The strong smell of ammonia and being surrounded by thousands of chickens was far from pleasant. My job was to collect the dead chickens, which we would place in heavy-duty black bags and burn in a furnace. I worked there about a year and surely only lasted that long as a re-sult of my farming background. Many did not even last a week.

My most cherished possession / That would have to be my riding sad-dle. I have owned a Stubben jumping

saddle made in the 1950s for over 20 years now and have made a vow – I will only part with the saddle when I’m too old to ride a horse (not long to go now then!)

My favourite film / The 1969 Western ‘True Grit’ with John Wayne. When I was young, my friend and I would ride our ponies whilst re-enacting the fa-mous scene where John Wayne put the horse’s reins between his teeth and gal-loped towards the bad guys, shooting guns with both hands. However, my re-enactment was not as “cool” as my pony threw its head and I lost a front tooth.

My favourite musicians / The Scot-tish band Big Country – I followed them for years and since my wife’s cousin was married to lead singer, Stu-art Adamson, I was lucky enough to receive back stage passes.

how i like to relax / I like to be outside and active. I go out on my road cycle bike 2–3 times per week and the most appealing factor of it is having time completely on my own where I can just think. I also like to climb mountains and regularly take part in “Munro bag-ging” – this involves climbing various Scottish mountains above 3,000 feet high. So far, I have climbed around 70 of the 283 mountains, with the goal of climbing as many as possible when I am still able. My main activity now is helping my son as much as possible with his motorcross racing activities. I serve as a mechanic for him during his races. I also enjoy going sailing with my daughter or taking our boat down to Loch Lomond and going wild camp-ing on the islands. /

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