Bjørge

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Bjørge ASA
Type Public (OSE: BJORGE)
Founded 1977
Headquarters Tananger, Norway
Area served Global
Key people Stig Feyling (CEO)
Svein Sivertsen (Chairman)
Industry Engineering
Revenue NOK 838 million (2006)
Operating income NOK 41 million (2006)
Website http://www.bjorge.no

Bjørge (OSE: BJORGE) is an onshore and offshore oil and gas and Marine software engineering and maintenance company. The company is based in Tananger outside Stavanger, Norway.

[edit] History

The company was founded in 1977 as a joint venture between Bjørge Enterprise and ETPM (now part of Stolt Offshore) to perform offshore maintenance services. In 1995 it was bought by Strand Enterprises, but listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 1997. In 1998 the company bought Norcoat Services from Haliburton and Steinco in 2000. The same year Bjørge merged with Solberg & Andersen. 2001 saw the purchase of Scana Moland from Scana in 2004 Eptec was bought. The same year Bjørge chose to leave the MMO business that was heavily dominated by Aker Kværner and Vetco Aibel.