During the periods 2-3 November and 15-17 November 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl’s (TKPJ’s) system for barrier management in connection with the design of Knarr FPSO.
The objective of the audit was to follow up to ensure that TKPL has a management system in place which safeguards the regulatory requirements for barrier management in a lifecycle perspective.
Furthermore, the audit followed up how the different parts of the management system were implemented in the Knarr project.
The activity identified that the barrier management regulatory requirements are not adequately safeguarded by TKPJ. Procedures and guidelines in the company did not comprehensively safeguard all of the regulatory risk and barrier management requirements. However, work was ongoing to further develop some of the processes and systems the company would use.
Nonconformities were identified in connection with Barrier management in the TKPJ basic organisation, barrier management in the Knarr project, implementation of analyses and safety studies, verification and follow-up plans in the project.
Also, PSA said that the use of regulations and standards, use of titles and preparation of documents and preservation during the project period needed improvements.
The Knarr field (previously known as Jordbaer) is located in the northern part of the North Sea, about 120 kilometres west of Florø. The field will be developed with seabed facilities tied in to a floating production facility (FPSO).
The FPSO unit, which will have a maximum design production capacity of 63,000 barrels per day (bbls/d), is scheduled to deliver during the first quarter of 2014, at which time it will commence operations under its charter contract with BG for a firm period of either six or ten years plus extension options for a total period of up to 20 years.
[mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, December 30, 2011; Image: Teekay