hósdagur 21. august 2008síða 6

6 ONS 2008 Sosialurin 21. august 2008 Within an industry, which recognises no geological boundaries and where all companies encompass several countries, it may not possible to say a company is Faroese - we will do this anyway. We permit ourselves to call the company, Keel Solution, for a Faroese company. With its head office based in Copenhagen, a develop- ment branch in the Ukraine and staff travelling all over the world, the Faroese Mr Christian Didriksen Grahn, Mr Heini Mikkelsen, and Ruben Mikkelsen have developed Keel Solution into a unique supplier of highly specialised solutions to the offshore industry. Mr Heini Mikkelsen has a history in the oil industry, and Mr Christian D. Grahn has formerly had his own IT consultancy company, supplying SAP solutions. They recognised the requirement for a system, which is capable of collecting all the knowledge accumulated in oil companies. A large global oil company recognised the value of such a system and they wanted it developed immediately. The Danish company Mærsk is today one of their largest client, but it is Faroese who own the company, which now has a fully developed system with a large sales potential. The company is developing and with an office in Klaksvik, one in Singapore and a training base in Ukraine on the agenda. This month Keel Solution is participating in the large oil exhibition in Stavanger. All knowledge in one system Oil company activity is complex and extensive. Therefore, it is very important – not least for efficiency – that all knowledge in the various ventures be utilised in the most effective manner. - Drilling platforms can use over 60.000 various components in their construction. The people who build the platform are not the same who operate it and on the other side of the world is another similar platform with a completely different set of people, explains the Keel Solution Marketing Director, Mr Dánial Hoydal. Keel Solution has developed a system, which makes it possible to monitor a component from its initial installation to its grave. Each component receives its own identity tag, which makes it possible to monitor it from its With software, which makes it possible to control and coordinate all knowledge on components and people, a Faroese company in Copenhagen has carved out its own special niche in the offshore industry Groundbreaking traceability system for the oil industry OffshOre sOftware Dorit Hansen dorit@sosialurin.fo With its head office based in Copenhagen, a development branch in the Ukraine and staff travelling all over the world, the Faroese Mr Christian Didriksen Grahn, Mr Heini Mikkelsen, and Ruben Mikkelsen have developed Keel Solutions into a unique supplier of highly specialised solutions to the offshore industry