{"id":499,"date":"2023-03-13T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/?post_type=prosjekt&#038;p=499"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:47:38","slug":"welding-transport-frame-for-oil-rig","status":"publish","type":"prosjekt","link":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/prosjekt\/sveiser-transportramme-til-oljerigg\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding transport frame for oil rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Text and photo: Sveinung W. Jensen, Tellus Communication\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The customer was so pleased with the previous one we made that we received another order. This one is a bit smaller than the last one, says Svein Krossli, project manager at Halvorsen.<\/p>\n<p>Two men are assigned to the job, which will take around four weeks. Extensive testing must be carried out before the frame \u2013 which measures 2.43 by 1.60 metres \u2013 can be sent to the customer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 It must undergo load testing and all welding will undergo thorough X-ray inspection, says John Vester Nielsen, head of fabrication at Halvorsen.<\/p>\n<p>Odfjell Drilling is a rig company that leases semi-submersible rigs adapted for harsh environments. These rigs are typically suited for areas such as the North Sea and the Barents Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The company has some of the market's most advanced rigs capable of drilling in deep water under harsh conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-501\" src=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1791-1-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1753-1-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-500\" src=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1742-1-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the workshop, two welders are hard at work constructing a transport frame for a BOP mandrel for Odfjell Drilling.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":500,"template":"","class_list":["post-499","prosjekt","type-prosjekt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prosjekt\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prosjekt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prosjekt"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}