Horvnes is the newest harbour and industrial area in Sandnessjøen, developed by the harbour authority and council to support the offshore oil industry. All operations have been performed without a single day away from work from injury since the establishment of the base in 2008/2009 (30,000 – 35,000 man hours per year).
We have 40,000 sqm in direct conjunction with the 3 public quays at Horvnes – where we also have an operators/stevedore agreement with the harbour authorities, to operate (loading/discharging) on the quaysides.
Our base in Sandnessjøen has excellent facilities for supporting drilling operations, and the multi-skilled team take pride in being flexible and focussing on quality and support.
The Sandnessjøen base consists of several storage buildings and one receipt and despatch storage area, including a packing area for containers. The building is constructed with a special roof for weather protection, and modern indoor storage areas in addition to a new building for storage of chemicals.
Sandnessjøen base has supported drilling operations at the Skarv-field since January 2010, and operations at Skarv FPSO since from August 2011. In addition to this we have supported drilling operations for Total Norge E & P (Alve Nord), BG (Gullris), RWE DEA (Sverdrup), NORECO (Verdande) and Repsol (Stordal).
In 2015, we were awarded the Equinor logistics contract for their base operations in Sandnessjøen. This includes support of all drilling operations, Norne FPSO and from April 2018 Aasta Hansteen Spar and all logistics services for their new subsea facilities. Furthermore, the base was also awarded the Subsea 7 logistics contract for their base operations in Sandnessjøen for the activities at Aasta Hansteen. In April 2016, our Sandnessjøen base was one of three companies awarded the security agreement for the revised Norske Olje & Gas guideline NOG-091 for base security.
Supply base services - find out more here
Warehousing and inventory - find out more here
Bulk and MGO - find out more here
Marine services - find out more here
Transport and freight forwarding - find out more here
Custom clearance - find out more here
Personnel placement
In-house solutions and hire of highly qualified and competent personnel within key-areas such as:
CCU - offshore container rental - find out more here
Helicopter services/aviation
ASCO Norge provide coordination of all services related to on/offshore helicopter traffic:
Waste management
ASCO Norge have many years of experience receiving waste from offshore. Our Safety Advisor works with our return department to evaluates waste flow and dangerous goods.
The waste process management is performed in close collaboration with our sub-contractor SAR AS, who have been handling industrial waste for over 30 years and are fully accredited with the necessary authority approvals.