Team 66Ekofisk tank has to shut down
Posted on by Kristin Øye Gjerde

Efficiency process launched

person by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum
Lower oil prices in the beginning of the 1990-ies made it necessary to cut costs through rationalising and optimising the Phillips organisation.
— "Red numbers in the first quarter" From EkofiskNews no. 7, 1992
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Simpler working methods were introduced, which called for some employees to be retrained and others to leave through early retirement or redundancy packages.

Certain functions were transferred from offshore to land, saving the cost of providing beds, catering and helicopter transport.

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Team 66Ekofisk tank has to shut down
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Published 24. June 2019   •   Updated 27. September 2019

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