- FRONTPAGE
- LETTER TO CARL I. HAGEN FROM MARIUS REIKERÅS, NSDA LAWYER
- OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED POLITICIANS AND OTHERS IT MIGHT CONCERN FROM MARIUS REIKERÅS, NSDA LAWYER
- REQUEST FOR HELP IN FINDING THE NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED DIVERS
- OPEN LETTER FROM A PIONEER DIVERS WIDOW, JOYCE BRUSHNEEN, TO THE NORWEGIAN PEOPLE
- BYFORD DOLPHIN VIDEO FROM LINDA CRAMMOND
- PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY
- LABOUR AND SOCIAL INCLUSION DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO THE CIVIL OMBUDSMAN
- COMPENSATION HOPES FOR FAMILIES OF DEAD DIVERS - The Sunday Post - March 22 2009
- LABOUR AND INCLUSION MINISTRY REJECTS REQUEST FOR A NEW SEARCH FOR FOREIGN PIONEER DIVERS 21-03-09
- RESPONSE FROM THE LABOUR AND INCLUSION DEPARTMENT 16-03-09
- EQUAL CASES MUST BE TREATED EQUALLY 13-03-09
- LETTER FROM THE CONTROL AND CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE TO MINISTER DAG TERJE ANDERSEN 12-03-09
- I AM ASHAMED - KARI TODNEM - ABCNYHETER - 09.03.09
- IT IS A QUESTION OF JUSTICE - CARL I. HAGEN
- A WEAK CABINET MINISTER - ABCNYHETTER 11-12-09
- A NEW CLAIM FOR BILLIONS APPEARS
- THE NORWEGIAN SHAME
- CARL I. HAGEN - TAKING ACTION
- LETTER FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER, ARNE FLIFLET
- OSLO COURT RULING
- RUTH CRAMMOND - WEST FIFE WIDOW TO FIGHT ON AFTER LOSING DAMAGES BATTLE
- NORTH SEA DIVERS DEMAND COMPENSATION AFTER MAKING NORWAY RICH
- FAMILIES OF BRITISH DIVERS KILLED IN NORTH SEA OIL BOOM SUE NORWAY
- The Official Response from the NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND INCLUSION – Plus My Commentary
- The Norwegian Authorities Turn Even More Pathetic - The NSDA Response
- “The State Held Back Documents” Aftenbladet.no - 29.01.2008
- 24 Disabled North Sea Oil Divers Sue Norwegian Government, Claiming Human Rights Violations - AP
- Case updates from Upstream
- 2007.02.26 - Associated Press EX-OFFSHORE OIL DIVERS SUE OVER HEALTH
- MESSAGE FROM GARY CRONIN
- LAST ADVICE FROM TOM KIRKHAM
- BYFORD DOLPHIN DISASTER 05.11.1983
- Royal Commission of Enquiry headed by Petter A. Lossius, Judge, Borgarting Court of Appeals
- Dermott O’Sullivan - One sad example
- Dermott O’Sullivan’s US Court Case
- Aage Alvestad - US Court Case
- A brief insight into saturation diving.
- Reference Documentation
Pioneer Divers in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea
A NEW CLAIM FOR BILLIONS APPEARS
Additional Billion Kroner Bill Appears
ABCNYHETER
Ola Karlsen Mandag, 12.01.09 kl. 07:14
http://www.abcnyheter.no/node/81067
The State must now multiply by ten the possible number of north sea divers entitled to compensation. This can amount to an added 5 billion Nkr in claims to the responsible cabinet minister Dag Terje Andersen
Dag Terje Andersen
Additional Billion Kroner Bill Comes Up
The Government now has to ten-fold the number of
Just before Christmas, Parliamentary Commissioner Mr. Arne Fliflet asked the Government to reassess their views on a specific point in the so-called divers-case. So far, the Government has estimated that nearly 300 divers may be entitled to compensations after being injured in deep sea diving during the pioneer-period of
Sivilombudsmann Arne Fliflet
However, Mr. Fliflet is now asking the department of Labour- and Inclusive affairs (AID) to tenfold this number, and that further information regarding possibility of being compensated is provided by the Norwegian Government to almost as many as 3000 divers.
This far, 280 divers have been compensated NOK 500 millions, which indicates a possible payout of NOK 5 billions.
The Parliamentary Commissioners letter is now being considered by the Government, and they will not indicate when a decision will be made.
On a general basis, Mr. Fliflet assumes the Government follows these recommendations.
An important matter of welfare, states Parliamentary Commissioner Mr. Arne Fliflet.
The management usually is very responsible to my opinions.
If the administration have a better basis for their conclusions, they must be presented to me.
For those divers who have been affected by injuries, this is a very important social welfare issue, it means a lot to them. And one has reasonable basis to believe that more individuals may make claims, the administration has definitely reasons to try to reach all of them, says Mr. Arne Fliflet to ABC News.
- However, I’m now awaiting the Governments further discussions in this specific matter.
According to the Parliamentary Commissioner, he has not evaluated the economic aspects of the case.
-No, I have not looked into that. And I assume the possibility for huge payouts does not set guidelines on how the Government will seek to find those who might be eligible for compensation.
It’s the North Sea-Divers Alliance (NSDA) that has approached the Parliamentary Commissioner for his judgment. They have long opposed to the Governments estimated 300 pioneer-divers being alleged to a compensation.
The public "Lossius-Commission" which investigated the circumstances of the pioneer-divers in the
The Parliamentary commissioner now agrees on this, however, within the divers committee the spirit is anything but joyful.
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- This comes too late. Only the previous week a pioneer-diver passed away, they die in front of our very eyes, says Rolf Guttorm Engebretsen (NSDA), who himself was injured, and has received his compensation from the Government.
In spite of this, he still senses a great bitterness regarding how the pioneer-divers have been treated by the Government.
Without us they would’ve been unable of pumping oil in the first place. They have made billions out of this mess, and we have been fooled for 17 years by those people, he says.
If any one out there is serious and can help to find the families, or who just wants more information please contact me directly:
Tom Wingen
Brunla Gård. N-3294 Stavern, Norway
Tel: (+47) 959 444 85 | E-mail: mail@pioneerdivers.org