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Fred. Olsen Energy

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Traded as
  
OSE: FOE

Headquarters
  
Oslo, Norway

Industry
  
Offshore services

Founded
  
1997

Type
  
Public (Allmennaksjeselskap)

Key people
  
Anette Olsen (Chairman) Ivar Brandvold (CEO)

Services
  
Offshore drilling marine engineering

Revenue
  
NOK 6.019 billion (2010)

Stock price
  
FOEO (STO) NOK 22.30 +0.50 (+2.29%)16 Mar, 4:10 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer

Total assets
  
13.52 billion NOK (end 2010)

Total equity
  
6.939 billion NOK (end 2010)

Subsidiaries
  
Dolphin Drilling Brazil, Dolphin Drilling AS

Fred. Olsen Energy is a Norwegian offshore drilling rig company, offering services for the offshore industry within development and production of oil and gas. The company operates in two segments; Offshore Drilling and Engineering & Fabrication, the latter of which includes the Northern Irish shipyard Harland and Wolff.

Fred. Olsen Energy has its headquarters in Oslo, and offices in Stavanger, UK, Brazil, Mexico, Hungary, India, United States and Singapore. The Company was established in 1997 and is listed on the Oslo stock exchange with the ticker FOE. The main shareholders are the companies Bonheur and Ganger Rolf ASA, which is controlled by the Olsen family. The Chairman of the board is Anette Olsen.

Fleet owned and operated:

  • 1 ultradeepwater drillship – 10 000 ft water depth
  • 1 deepwater drilling rig - 7 000 ft water depth
  • 6 Mid water semi submersible drilling rig
  • 1 UK certified semi submersible accommodation rig
  • Enterprise value: 12.6 bn Norwegian kroner (USD 1.9 bn)

    History

    In 1997 the company was listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. The next year its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) division was sold to Stolt Comex Seaways (now Subsea 7). Since then the company has bought a number of drilling rigs. Most recently a new deepsea rig went into operations late 2014. Another extreme conditions deepsea rig is expected to be ready autumn 2015. Both off them have longterm contracts (5 and 4 years) with dayprices well over 500.000 USD.

    References

    Fred. Olsen Energy Wikipedia