ControlCutter awarded second place in DnB Nor's innovation award
posted 2011/09/13
ControlCutter was awarded second place out of 719 entries during at the national innovation award ceremony in Oslo after the 10 finalist companies presented. The winner was a breakthrough treatment for cancer, but ControlCutter was widely praised for the development of this crucial safety device for the offshore industry . In fact, ControlCutter only made the finals through a wild-card which not only shows how difficult it has been for the local and national juries to pick the three awarded companies, but is also a testament to the rapid progress ControlCutter has made in the 3 years of its development. But with this award, ControlCutter is not pausing to celebrate - it plans to have its first system installed on DOF Skandi Vega in early October.
ControlCutter is one of 10 finalists for the
DnB Nor - National innovation award
posted 2011/06/29
ControlCutter is one of the 10 finalists that will compete for the DnB Nor National innovation award in September. Petter Birkeland, CEO and founder of ControlCutter was contacted while on business trip in Brazil. “They called me 5 o’clock in the morning whereby I went back to sleep. When I woke up, I was uncertain if it was a dream and therefore had to check my email to confirm the very good news” he says. We are very happy to be part of this but understand that the competition will be hard. However we will do our best but also hope the public to help us win by giving us their vote. Use the link below to register your vote:
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Tjerand Tveit employed as Senior Project Engineer
posted 2011/04/11
He has more than 20 years of experience from the oil industry within technology development and production. I am very happy that Tjerand has excepted this position and I am certain that this will strengthen the team working on the ControlCutter says Petter Birkeland, owner and managing Director of ControlCutter
Development
For the last three years ControlCutter AS has worked closely together with Statoil, Innovation Norway and the following Shipping company, Bourbon Offshore, DOF, Farstad, Havila, Møkster and Olympic to develop ControlCutter.
Control Cutter is a device for automatic, controlled cutting and securing of the ends of any type of wire or chain during uncontrolled or emergency anchor handling. The ControlCutter is preferably mounted in front of the spooler unit systems as a permanent emergency release tool that can be activated during anchor handling operations. The system does not need any personnel on the deck while operating and will be pre-installed as part of the permanent equipment of the vessel. The ControlCutter system can be controlled by either a hydraulic or electrical control system and could be linked easily to the bridge or operations centre onboard the vessel where the system would be safely activated.
ControlCutter technology was DNV approved in May 2010 and our vision is to improve the environment and safety onboard ships and therefore aim to make the ControlCutter an industry standard. Our first installation will be on DOF’s Skandi Vega in june 2011.
