First Valhall oil reaches Ekofisk Negotiations over waterflooding

20. June 20197. October 2019 by Kristin Øye Gjerde

Norway’s first female drilling supervisor

by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Ellen Boyer became Norway’s first female drilling supervisor on 7 March 1983 – the day before International Women’s Day – when she was appointed to this post on Ekofisk 2/4 B.

— Front page of PhillipsNytt April, 1983.

© Norsk Oljemuseum

She had worked for Phillips since August 1979, first as a reservoir engineer and then as a drilling engineer.[REMOVE]Fotnote: PhillipsNytt, April 1983.

First Valhall oil reaches Ekofisk Negotiations over waterflooding

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Published 20. June 2019 • Updated 7. October 2019

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