Offshore guys - how to call UK from offshore Norway?

[Easty-5]

Thought I'd ask here as I know quite a few folk vist the land of the Noggies. Any idea how to call the UK from offshore in Norway? Nobody on board seems to have a clue. All I have found out is that it is 0 for an outside line. I have tried dialing 0 then 00144 but no joy. Last time on a Norwegian rig I had to dial a number and ask the operator for an international line.


I'm on Statoil's Njord Bravo FPSO.

Edited by Easty-5 on Wednesday 17th August 21:15

[offshorematt2]

Should it not be 0,0044 xxxx xxxxxx ?

i.e. 0 for external line, 0044 for UK from scandinavia, then normal phone number without the first zero?

Pretty sure that is what I used to use from Denmark anyway...

[bigblock]

Or sometimes you need to use star(*) instead of 00.

[onlynik]

Yep, should just be 0 then 0044 then the full dial code omiting the first zero so 1224 123456.

so full number would be 000441224123456

[Easty-5]

Got to the bottom of it eventually. You had to dial 055142000 and then ask the operator for an international line, then press 1 then 0044 and the number. What a PITA.

[Mx5guy]

Good to know. I am living in Norway and probably doing my first time offshore next week (won't be a regular though). I'll be on stuff around the Aasgard stuff, probably Deepsea Bergen.