Helikopterrute mellom Sola og Brønnøysund

På bildet ser du en S-92A bak Renè De Jong til venstre. Han er tidligere kollega gjennom ca. 10 år i HS og leder Bristow Norway. Transporten mellom Sola og Brønnøysund er en del av betjeningen av Skarvfeltet, et gassfelt som ligger 210 km utenfor Sandnessjøen. Her skal bores 16 brønner og på toppen av disse undervannsbrønnene plasseres en såkalt FPSO, Floating Production, Storage and Offloading platform. Innlands helikopterruter er ikke noe nytt. HS startet opp en rute mellom Stavanger og Haugesund i 1966. Sakset fra Stavanger Aftenblad:

Bristow Group opens new route

Bristow Helicopters has started regular flights between Stavanger Sola and Brønnøysund airports, the company reports.

AV:aftenbladet.no

Publisert: 03 januar 2012 (11:10)Oppdatert: 03 januar 2012 (11:10)

Norway general manager Renee De Jong tells Aftenbladet the three-year BP Skarv gas field contract, using a Sikorsky S-92, will ferry employees at least five times per week.
With its personnel of two pilots plus two technicians, the helicopter is also available to undertake other assignments from its rented base as required.
Mr De Jong will not disclose how much the contract is worth, but says both options can each be extended one year at a time.
Moreover, three of Bristow Norway’s S-92s will begin flying Statoil employees between Bergen Flesland and its western Norway offshore oil and gas installations on 15 January. The ten-year contract is the largest in Norwegian Continental Shelf history.
Foto: Jonas Haar Friestad