A project to document the history of subsea technology in Norway has been launched by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum (NPM) at the urging of veterans in the country’s oil and gas industry. A group of people with long experience of the Norwegian petroleum sector held a first meeting in January 2013 on collecting and preserving … Continue reading Documenting national progress under water →

The Norwegian Petroleum Museum has been awarded the DASA Award for 2014. The Award was presented during a dinner at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow Saturday 26th of April. DASA is an abbreviation for “Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung” – and the price is awarded for museums that presents exhibitions on work life and social history. The jury … Continue reading DASA award 2014 for the Norwegian Petroleum Museum →

This book published in 2014 is an English version of the book “Nordsjødykkerne”, published in Norwegian in 2009. “On the edge, under water” documents offshore diving and the pioneer divers on the Norwegian continental shelf. Historians Kristin Øye Gjerde and Helge Ryggvik have sought to provide a nuanced and broad-based historical presentation, which carries the … Continue reading Book – On the edge, under water – offshore diving in Norway →

This book published in 2011 can now be read via the website of the Museum. The book is a result of a project initiated by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum to develop an industrial heritage plan for the offshore petroleum industry in Norway. The project was sponsored by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the Norwegian … Continue reading Book – Oil and gas Fields in Norway →

The book Crossing Boundaries – Frigg Industrial Heritage was launched at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum at the 17th of June 2010. The history of Frigg is a story of crossing boundaries – in more than one sense. This field was the second to be discovered and developed on the Norwegian continental shelf, and extended across the … Continue reading Book – Frigg Industrial Heritage →

A new exhibition “The North Sea divers” opened 22 June at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger to coincide with the publication of a history book of this industry. Divers have played an important role in the Norwegian oil adventure. But establishing a new and unfamiliar industry presented substantial challenges. Technical barriers had to be … Continue reading “The North Sea divers” – exhibition opened 22 June 2009 →