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Costner comes to town
.jpg) Kevin Costner has come to Stavanger in Norway seeking business partners who can help him sell his company's environmental protection equipment in the home of the oil industry.
Decked in blue jeans, cowboy boots, a loose-collared shirt and a brown leather jacket, the Hollywood star was in Norway's major oil capital to plead the case for his company Blue Planet Solutions company, which is looking to supply its centrifugal oil cleanup equipment.
And he spelled out that a deal to supply 32 of the machines to BP to help tackle the Macondo oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico has been a commercial breakthrough for the company into which Costner has sunk US $20 million over the last 14 years after acquiring the company from the US government.
Describing himself as “...The third smartest guy at the table” during a press conference at ONS, sat between his two business partners in Blue Planet, Costner explained his mission in coming to Stavanger. “I am here to challenge how oil spills are handled,” and he said the industry “needs to do better” on its environmental record.
Acknowledging Norway's lead in environmental protection by the energy industry, Costner said he believed that his company's oil spill equipment should mandatory, like life-jackets and lifeboats on ships, and like fire extinguishers in buildings.
“My vision is that this oil separator is going to be on ships, harbours and on docks,” Costner said.
He agreed with suggestions that oil companies should buy them. "They should buy 5,000," he joked. "And then next week they should buy another 20, and then 3,000."
Asked about the business partners he is looking for, Costner and Blue Planet chief executive officer Patrick Smith said they want to find like-minded companies to work with who can promote their environmental protection technology.
Today he is due to make a presentation to the ONS oil show in Stavanger explaining what his company can offer to the energy industry.
See the full interview with Kevin Costner on OffshoreTV.Advertisement
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