Name of Statoil employee released (updated 17:25 CET)

May 2, 2016 | Last modified June 28, 2016 14:43 CEST

At 06:11 today, the Norwegian police confirmed that Ole Magnar Kvamme was killed in the accident at Turøy Friday 29 April.

He was a passenger on the helicopter en route from Gullfaks B to Bergen which crashed outside Turøy in Fjell municipality.

Ole Magnar Kvamme (born 1955) was educated as an electrical engineer. He had been a Statoil employee since 1988, and most recently worked with plant integrity on Snorre, Gullfaks A and Gullfaks B. He had more than 10 years of operational experience from offshore operations. Ole Magnar Kvamme is survived by three adult children and two grandchildren.

“Our thoughts are first and foremost with Ole Magnar Kvamme’s family and close friends, who have lost their loved one in this terrible tragedy,” says chief executive Eldar Sætre.

Ole Magnar Kvamme
Ole Magnar Kvamme

“There are employees in Statoil that have lost a dear friend and colleague, but all of us share the family’s grief and we express our deepest sympathies during this difficult time.”

In addition to Ole Magnar Kvamme 12 other persons working on behalf of Statoil are also confirmed dead: 

Arild Fossedal (Aker Solutions)

Odd Geir Turøy (Aker Solutions)

Lyder Martin Telle (Aker Solutions)

Michele Vimercati (CHC)

Olav Bastiansen (CHC)

Iain Stuart (Halliburton)

Behnam Ahmadi (Halliburton)

Otto Mikal Vasstveit (Halliburton)

Tommas Helland (Halliburton)

Kjetil Wathne (Karsten Moholt AS)

Espen Samuelsen (Welltec Norway)

Silje Ye Rim Veivåg Kroghsæter (Schlumberger) 

The tragedy will be marked across Statoil Monday 2 May at 13:00 CET with a minute's silence, and flags will be flown at half-mast all day.