Tananger
Encyclopedia
Tananger is a village in the municipality of Sola
, in the county of Rogaland
, Norway
. Its population (2005) is 5,817, a near double from 1980 when 3,020 people lived there.
. In 1650, as the lobster was valued for its worth as an export article, the village was gradually settled. Since then trading with lobster, fish as well as exclusive articles such as tobacco, coffee, and tea, that came with the bigger ships that sought port in storms, lead to the establishment of a customs station under Stavanger main office in 1777 and lasted until 1958. The dangerous rocks in the seas just outside of Tananger made the waters so perilous that a pilotage service existed as early as 1679, but was organised in 1720 under national control. Tananger upholds its pilotage service to this day, but the customers are mostly supertankers and merchant vessels.
During the Napoleonic wars
cannon-mounted rowing boats were stationed in Tananger. During the first world war Norwegian navy vessels were stationed here for neutrality-watch.
In 1965 the oil adventure started with Aker-Norsco establishing in Tananger as one of the first supply bases to the offshore activities.
(Source: Tanangers minne)
and ConocoPhillips
. Apart from the oil companies some of the major oil service companies Schlumberger
, Halliburton
and Baker Hughes
are located in Risavika.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyse_Energi
The new Risavika harbour is under construction. There are international ferries to Denmark. Also located in Risavika harbour is an NGL plant run by electricity company Lyse Energi
.
Sola
Sola is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren. The old municipality of Håland was divided into Sola and Madla in 1930....
, in the county of Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Its population (2005) is 5,817, a near double from 1980 when 3,020 people lived there.
History
Tananger (mentioned in sources dated back to 1608), was used as a safe haven in times of bad weather. It was considered the best and deepest harbour north of EgersundEgersund
The town of Egersund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . It was merged with the surrounding municipality of Eigersund January 1, 1965....
. In 1650, as the lobster was valued for its worth as an export article, the village was gradually settled. Since then trading with lobster, fish as well as exclusive articles such as tobacco, coffee, and tea, that came with the bigger ships that sought port in storms, lead to the establishment of a customs station under Stavanger main office in 1777 and lasted until 1958. The dangerous rocks in the seas just outside of Tananger made the waters so perilous that a pilotage service existed as early as 1679, but was organised in 1720 under national control. Tananger upholds its pilotage service to this day, but the customers are mostly supertankers and merchant vessels.
During the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
cannon-mounted rowing boats were stationed in Tananger. During the first world war Norwegian navy vessels were stationed here for neutrality-watch.
In 1965 the oil adventure started with Aker-Norsco establishing in Tananger as one of the first supply bases to the offshore activities.
(Source: Tanangers minne)
Businesses
Several oil-companies are located here -including ShellRoyal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
and ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States...
. Apart from the oil companies some of the major oil service companies Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
, Halliburton
Halliburton
Halliburton is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people....
and Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes Baker Hughes provides the world's oil & gas industry with products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting. Baker Hughes operates in over 90 countries worldwide mainly based in countries with a mature petroleum industry as is...
are located in Risavika.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyse_Energi
The new Risavika harbour is under construction. There are international ferries to Denmark. Also located in Risavika harbour is an NGL plant run by electricity company Lyse Energi
Lyse Energi
Lyse is a power company based in Jæren and Ryfylke, Norway. The company operates ten hydroelectric and one thermal power plants, the power grid in 16 municipalities as well as fiberoptic broadband and other telecommunication services, natural gas distribution, district heating, burglar alarms,...
.