Novatech AS and BMT Cordah Limited


BMT Cordah Limited and Novatech AS are pleased to announce from January 2006 they shall jointly promote their business development activities in Aberdeen (Scotland) and Stavanger (Norway) to support their mutual oil and gas client base within the European Continental Shelf.

Novatech is a multi-disciplinary consultancy company with recognized expertise in emission and discharge control, with particular focus on the offshore oil and gas activities. The company provides a broad range of services relating to emission and discharge quantification, forecasting and reporting; emission and discharge mitigation; development of guidelines, audits and verification and environmental evaluation of chemicals. It provides environmental software tools to the industry, such as CHEMS®, a database for ecotoxicological data of offshore chemicals according to the OSPAR HOCNF-format; Nems Accounter™, an emission and discharge accounting and control tool; and Nems Forecaster®, a simulation tool for forecasting emissions to air from the oil and gas activity based on production, injection and activity forecasts. Novatech's clients comprise oil companies, suppliers and contractors, industry associations and governmental agencies.

BMT Cordah, a division of BMT Energy, is an international multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy and information systems company. The company specialises in social, environmental and health & safety management consultancy to the energy sector. It also provides environmental management and modelling capabilities through its established software systems OSIS (oil spill modelling), PROTEUS (chemical dispersion modelling), and ISAAC (underwater noise modelling). BMT Cordah’s professional staff provide support throughout the life cycle of projects from conceptual design to decommissioning; working both at offshore and onshore locations in the UK and overseas. Cordah routinely seconds experienced staff to work within their client’s health, safety and environmental teams. Cordah's clients comprise oil and gas operators, suppliers and contractors, industry associations and governmental agencies.

Novatech will seek to promote their consultancy expertise and software systems in the UK and BMT Cordah will establish a presence with Novatech in Stavanger offering environmental and health & safety management consultancy and information systems to the Norwegian oil and gas market.

For further information please contact:

Dr Owen Harrop
Managing Director ([email protected]),
BMT Cordah Ltd.
Grove House,
7 Ocean Way,
Ocean Village,
Southampton,
Hampshire,
SO14 3TJ,
Tel: +44 23 80232222; Fax: +44 23 80232891; Web: www.bmtcordah.com

Geir Husdal
General Manager ([email protected]),
Novatech as,
Postboks 163,
4065 Stavanger,
Vassbotnen 19,
Forus,
Tel: +51 950000; Fax: +51 950010; Web: www.novatech.no