Advanced Production and Loading
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Advanced Production Loading (APL) is a specialist Norwegian engineering company supplying loading and transfer systems for offshore platforms and ships. The company's headquarter offices are in Arendal
, Norway
. APL has close to 200 staff in 2009. APL has subsidiary offices in Paris, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Shanghai and Aberdeen.
The first STL system was installed in the Fulmar field
in the North Sea in 1993.
National Oilwell Varco
signed a definitive agreement in September 2010, subject to final approval by its board of directors and other conditions to closing, to acquire the Advanced Production and Loading PLC (APL), subsidiary of BW Offshore for $500 million in cash.
Arendal
is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...
, 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...
. APL has close to 200 staff in 2009. APL has subsidiary offices in Paris, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Shanghai and Aberdeen.
The first STL system was installed in the Fulmar field
Fulmar oilfield
The Fulmar Oilfield is situated 312 km east of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom in block number 30/16 and 30/11b. It is operated by Talisman Energy who took over from the previous operator, Shell at the end of 2006. At this time Talisman also purchased the equity of the other partners ExxonMobil...
in the North Sea in 1993.
National Oilwell Varco
National Oilwell Varco
National Oilwell Varco is a multinational corporation based in Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas, which manufactures land-based and offshore oil drilling rigs as well as all the major mechanical components for such rigs...
signed a definitive agreement in September 2010, subject to final approval by its board of directors and other conditions to closing, to acquire the Advanced Production and Loading PLC (APL), subsidiary of BW Offshore for $500 million in cash.