NorHub , Pre-qualified equipment information delivered once and for all

NorHub is an oil & gas industry initiative from OLF. The initiative is supported by, EPIM, Achilles, Sharecat Solutions, PCA and Det Norske Veritas. The initiative was covered by Norway's leading financial newspaper, Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) on March 6th.

NorHub is a single sourced technical information repository for all oil & gas operators and suppliers. The repository will hold and share information on standard equipment which can represent up to 80% of documentation volumes on an asset.

As for Achilles’ “Joint Qualification System” (JQS) for suppliers, NorHub will serve as a pre-qualification system for equipment information. Operators on the NCS reference NorHub in their contracts and specifications as the requirement for where they will have their documentation delivered. This will allow the vendors to deliver equipment documentation “once and for all” for the NCS operators.

Based on proven technology (Sharecat) used by several NCS operators, a quick, low risk and cost efficient implementation is possible. Sharecat contains most of the equipment types in use on NCS today

Achilles is a known body to the industry. NorHub will be integrated with their JQS for NCS. Management ad administration of the suppliers in NorHub will be taken care of by Achilles.

To secure alignment with the global oil & gas NorHub implement and base the information on ISO15926. PCA will be responsible for this process. Det Norske Veritas will according to requirements given by the NCS operators perform quality management services

Please find pdf-version of the article in DN here (Norwegian only).