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A well-oiled video conferencing machine
Challenge
Deliver a reliable, cost-effective videoconferencing solution to improve communication between the Norway and UK offices and offshore rigs.
Solution
Kinly designed and implemented custom videoconferencing rooms, integrated with Kinly Cloud and Smart Monitoring for seamless communication and support.
Result
Wellesley reduced travel costs, improved operational efficiency and increased collaboration through daily video meetings, supporting more sustainable business practices.
The background
Wellesley Petroleum is an independent company, founded in 2015. It performs oil and gas exploration along the Norwegian Continental Shelf. A routine operation normally involves around 150 people, where the majority – approximately two thirds – operate the rig. The rest work from shore.
Wellesley Petroleum’s London office focuses on finance and business development, while its Stavanger location in Norway deals with the operative duties and technical solutions. André Steenmark-Rødder, is the company’s IT coordinator. Early on – before the firm was even a year old – he saw the need for video and spoke with an acquaintance at Kinly. Together, we collaborated closely to identify Wellesley Petroleum’s needs, constraints and ambitions for its new video conferencing solutions.

“Without these meeting rooms, we would have to travel constantly. Hopping on a plane, only to participate in an hour-long meeting is far from pleasurable, let alone productive; it is expensive, time-consuming, not to mention bad for the environment.”
The solution
To ensure effective business operations, the Norwegian and UK offices keep in close contact. Video conferences between the two offices have now become a daily occurrence and, on top of that, real-time communication has become vital for offshore operations.
With all the people involved on rigs, land and at various subcontractors, the operations depend on frequent meetings. For example, seismic data and logs from drilling holes must be displayed and discussed. We use the “share’ option a lot,” Steenmark-Rødder says.
In Stavanger, Kinly customised and produced three new video conferencing rooms and London is now following suit with two rooms of its own and a third one underway. Steenmark-Rødder says that as a result, the video conferencing rooms are almost always fully booked.