How to Pronounce Thorvald Mellingen
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Oct 08, 1935 Died on 29 Oct 2016 (aged 81)
Norwegian engineer
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About Thorvald Mellingen
- Thorvald L.
- Mellingen (8 October 1935 – 29 October 2016) was a Norwegian engineer. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1961, and then worked in the companies Norsk Bergverk and Sydvaranger.
- He was then hired in Norsk Hydro in 1965, and took further education at the Institut français du pétrole.
- In 1969 he went on to Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Forskningsråd.
- From 1976 to 1982 he worked in Saga Petroleum, overseeing construction at the Sèmè oil field in Benin.
- In 1983 he was hired as assistant director of NUTEC.
- He was then CEO from 1984 to 1998, except for a period between 1991 and 1992 when he was CEO of Statoil Nigeria.
- From 2001 he was an advisor for the Angolan Ministry of Petroleum.Thorvald Mellingen was a volunteer and embassador of DIDI International Therapeutic Children Theater for war affected children.
- In 2005 Mellingen empowered the creation of the women professional center in Bamako, Mali. Mellingen was a member of the board of the Norwegian Petroleum Society, and was involved in the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya.
- He was a Knight, 1 class, of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, and lived in Laksevåg.
