OG21 Technology Champion 2019

Bjørn Rudshaug from Equinor and Karl Johnny Hersvik from AkerBP are the first winners of the new OG21 Technology Champion prize, awarded individuals that have been instrumental for the implementation of new, value adding technology.

- We are overwhelmed by the interest for the new award, says Roy Ruså, Digitalization Manager in Petoro and the leader of the jury. We have received many nominations, and several of the nominees could have been worthy winners of the award. This shows that we have many Technology Champions in the Norwegian petroleum industry. But we have had to choose, and we have chosen to award the inaugural "OG21 Technology Champion" prize to two persons in 2019.

Bjørn Rudshaug receives the award for his role in the successful and broad implementation of Automatic Drilling Control, whereas Karl Johnny Hersvik is awarded the price for his success in creating a digitalization culture in AkerBP.

The award was given out by the Norwegian Oil and Energy minister Kjell-Børge Freiberg during the OG21-forum, November 12^th, 2019.

OG21 has over many years communicated that the industry should accelerate the adoption of new, value creating technology. When technology is being adopted faster than normal, this often can be attributed to individuals in the management or at other levels in the organizations that have spear-headed the technology.

To stimulate faster technology adoption and to honor individuals that have been instrumental in fast adoption of new technology, OG21 launches the "OG21 Technology Champion" award.

The "OG21 Technology Champion" award for 2019 goes to:

Bjørn Rudshaug, project manager in Equinor, is awarded the prize for his efforts and success with the development and broad implementation of Automatic Drilling Control. The technology enables digitalization of the drilling process and integration with reservoir and geology models. ADC leads to faster drilling, better decisions, improved productivity, less human errors, reduced manning and better safety. The technology was first introduced on the Transocean Enabler rig in 2017, where it has yielded an efficiency improvement of more than 8%. Since then, it has been implemented on 5 more rigs, and more rigs are in line for implementation.
Karl Johnny Hersvik, CEO of AkerBP, is awarded the prize for having created a digitalization culture in the company he leads and for achieving significant efficiency improvements on the Ivar Aasen field as a result of digitalization. Hersvik was behind the establishment of Cognite, a new company that offers a data platform for various industries, and he is a driving force for digitalization of the Norwegian petroleum industry.

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OG21 Technology Champion 2019

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