
DNV and key industry players are today releasing a report on the design of offshore monopile wind turbine structures.
Oslo: NTNU rector Torbjørn Digernes and the CEO of DNV (Det Norske Veritas) Henrik O. Madsen met yesterday to kick off an exciting research and history book project related to DNV’s 150th anniversary in 2014. DNV is contributing NOK 7 million to the project, which will among other things finance several doctoral scholarships.

DNV Petroleum Services launched its testing service on Jan. 1, 1981. The company has tested 1.4 million fuel samples since then.
Oslo: Risk management studies carried out by DNV will be crucial to the safety and public acceptance of the CO2 logistics hub being developed through the Rotterdam Climate Initiative.
Hamburg, Germany: Leading Nordic maritime publication Skipsrevyen presented its “Ship of the Year” prize to the Island Wellserver subsea riserless well intervention (RLWI) vessel today at the Norwegian Pavilion at SMM.
Hunt for oil resources fuels building boom and DNV’s increasing share for all types of offshore support vessels.

Houston: To protect against major fires on oil and gas platforms, the detailed design of safety systems can now be carried out using a new optimisation method developed by DNV.

Oslo/ Bilthoven, 2 May 2006: DNV has bought the Dutch consulting and education company CIBIT, strengthening DNV with 66 IT, Information Management and Knowledge Management (KM) specialists. DNV is building up its IT risk management consulting activities through acquisition and organic growth.

Oslo/London, 7 June 2006: Echelon Consulting Ltd, one of the leading independent Information Security and Safety consultancies in the UK has been acquired by DNV.

Hamburg: Tireno Innovations AG – a provider of IT Management services has been acquired by DNV. This move strengthens DNV’s ability to help companies optimise their business processes in a cost-efficient manner.
Houston: DNV is assisting Algerian oil company Sonatrach in the development and implementation of an emergency and crisis management system for the company’s 127 sites in Algeria.
DNV Consulting has been awarded a contract with UK independent Venture Production to carry out a series of risk based management system assessments and audits.
DNV Consulting is to carry out a performance simulation analysis of the Angola LNG development and the addition of a further two trains of production capacity at Ras Laffan LNG’s site at Ras Laffan, Qatar.