Bjørge

Infobox Company
name = Bjørge ASA
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type = Public (ose|BJORGE)
foundation = 1977
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location = Tananger, Norway
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key_people = Stig Feyling (CEO)
Svein Sivertsen (Chairman)
area_served = Global
industry = Engineering
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revenue = NOK 838 million (2006)
operating_income = NOK 41 million (2006)
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homepage = [http://www.bjorge.no http://www.bjorge.no]
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intl = yes

Bjørge (ose|BJORGE) is an onshore and offshore oil and gas and Marine software engineering and maintenance company. The company is based in Tananger outside Stavanger, Norway.

History

The company was founded in 1977 as a joint venture between Bjørge Enterprise and ETPM (now part of Stolt Offshore) to perform offshore maintenance services. In 1995 it was bought by Strand Enterprises, but listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 1997. In 1998 the company bought Norcoat Services from Haliburton and Steinco in 2000. The same year Bjørge merged with Solberg & Andersen. 2001 saw the purchase of Scana Moland from Scana in 2004 Eptec was bought. The same year Bjørge chose to leave the MMO business that was heavily dominated by Aker Kværner and Vetco Aibel.