Instead of coordinating resources, ESAS had become another administrative level; there were also concerns from Norway that administrative and operative staff were leaking to the ESAS head office in Copenhagen and the OSAS head office in Stockholm, without any similar build-up of competence in Norway. Because of the way the costs were divided between the pool partners, DNL was also receiving smaller margins that the others.
ESAS no longer coordinated resources; instead, it became an additional administrative level. Norway had concerns that staff from both ESAS and OSAS headquarters in Copenhagen and Stockholm, respectively, were leaking to ESAS without a comparable increase of expertise in Norway. Because of how costs were shared among the pool partners, DNL was receiving smaller margins compared to others.