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  • PSA looks into four drilling companies (Norway)

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway  has carried out an audit of four drilling consultancy companies: Acona Well Management Services, AGR Petroleum Services AS, Rig Management Norway and Ross Offshore.  The PSA says that it is the operating company that has overall responsibility for ensuring the regulatory compliance of its activities, but the regulations also state that […]

  • PSA Carries Out Audit of Lundin Norway AS’ Management of Brynhild Field

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 27 March 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Lundin Norway AS’ management of the Brynhild field development project, connected to subsea facilities and pipelines. The Brynhild field is being developed with a subsea facility with four wells that will be connected to the Pierce field on the UK […]

  • Shell Hires Regalia for Draugen Topside Campaign Offshore Norway

    3 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has been awarded a 150-day contract by A/S Norske Shell using the Regalia for accommodation support at the Draugen Topside Campaign Project offshore Norway. On site operations are planned to commence late April 2013. In addition, Prosafe has granted A/S Norske Shell a 30-day option. Total value of the contract for the firm period […]

  • Green light for Faroe to use Oselvar & Trym facilities and pipelines

    8 December 2016

    Faroe Petroleum has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the facilities and connected pipelines for the Oselvar and Trym fields, offshore Norway.  Earlier this week, Faroe completed the previously announced acquisition of interests in five Norwegian North Sea producing oil and gas fields from Dong Energy. The fields include […]

  • PSA finds irregularities in emergency readiness on Alvheim FPSO

    7 October 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has found several irregularities during an audit of Det norske’s Alvheim floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Alvheim oil and gas field is located west of Haugesund and close to the boundary with the UK shelf. The field has been […]

  • Safety watchdog: Gullfaks B escape routes not well maintained

    2 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of the management of emergency preparedness at Gullfaks B platform at the Statoil-operated Gullfaks oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit conducted from September 9 to 11, 2015, was to gain an overview of the […]

  • Room for improvement found on Statoil’s Veslefrikk B

    17 October 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an improvement point during an audit of Statoil’s Veslefrikk B platform, offshore Norway. The PSA said on Tuesday that it carried out an audit of waves on deck at the Veslefrikk B platform in the North Sea on August 31, 2017. The objective of […]

  • Green light to Gassco for Utsira High pipeline

    11 November 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Gassco consent to use the Utsira High Gas Pipe (UHGP). Namely, Gassco took over operatorship of the pipeline in November 2016. In addition, Gassco is also the technical operations provider for the pipeline. The pipeline will transport rich gas to Britain’s Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (Sage) system and St […]

  • Sleipner A workers stressed by long hours and increased workload, audit finds

    13 June 2019

    Safety body finds irregularities with working environment aboard the platform, including long working hours, increased workloads, and noise protection.

  • PSA Checks Visund’s Flexible Risers

    20 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has inspected the integrity and barrier management of flexible risers and associated safety equipment at Statoil-operated Visund field. The objective of the activity was to follow up on issues linked to flexible risers detected, notably, during investigation of flexible risers at Visund and Njord in 2011, and to verify that […]

  • PSA Audits Statoil’s Gullfaks Subsea Compression

    13 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an inspection of Statoil’s management of the subsea compression project at Gullfaks. Statoil began operation of a subsea facility for compression of wet gas from Gullfaks Sør in 2015. The gas is transported through a 15 kilometer-long pipeline to Gullfaks C for processing. As the pressure in the reservoir […]

  • PSA Inspects Johan Sverdrup Adoption of Insulation Requirements

    23 November 2017

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has inspected Statoil’s planned adoption of insulation requirements for avoiding corrosion under insulation (CUI) in Johan Sverdrup Phase II. The objective of the audit was to investigate compliance with the regulatory requirements for insulation and potential future problems with corrosion under insulation, PSA explained. During the audit, PSA made observations […]

  • PSA Norway audits Skarv FPSO loading system. All good.

    30 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 29 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge’s management of loading operations from Skarv FPSO to shuttle tankers. The objective of the audit was to verify the operator’s organisation and division of responsibilities for the loading system, loading operations and shuttle tankers, and applicable governing documents, as […]

  • Offshore safety body spots irregularities on Ekofisk

    1 November 2018

    The PSA has found irregularities during an audit of ConocoPhillips’ Ekofisk in the North Sea.

  • Spirit’s Oda project passes offshore safety audit with flying colors

    5 March 2018

    New E&P player Spirit Energy has passed the offshore safety audit of its project management for the development of the Oda field in the North Sea with flying colors. 

  • Improvement points found at BP’s Tambar platform

    26 May 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), found several improvement points during the audit of BP Norge’s Tambar platform, offshore Norway. PSA conducted an audit from April 26-28, following BP’s application for operating life extension for Tambar until January 1, 2022. The audit was aimed at assessing BP’s compliance with the regulatory requirements concerning […]

  • Statoil’s Brage Management Needs Improvement, PSA Norway Says

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the period 24-27 April 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of electrical systems, instrumented safety systems and fire and explosion protection on the Brage offshore platform. The audit activity was carried out in the form of a meeting with the operations organisation in Bergen, with subsequent verifications and interviews with […]

  • Northern Lights CCS project in full swing with all CO2 storage tanks installed

    2 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance

    All twelve CO2 storage tanks for the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a joint venture (JV) of energy majors Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, have been installed at the project’s CO2-receiving facilities in Øygarden, Norway. Northern Lights JV revealed the construction milestone via social media on 2 June, some two months after the first temporary CO2 storage […]

  • Statoil to use Deepsea Atlantic rig for drilling at Gullfaks Sør

    20 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig to drill two production wells at Gullfaks Sør, offshore Norway. Statoil is the operator for Gullfaks Sør, located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea, south of the Gullfaks […]

  • Maersk Integrator jack-up receives AoC from PSA

    8 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Maersk Drilling has received the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the Maersk Integrator jack-up drilling rig, deeming the rig good for deployment in Norwegian seas. Maersk Integrator is one of the world’s largest jack-up drilling rigs, delivered by the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore in 2014, and named at a […]

  • New task for Noble to tackle nonconformities on jack-up rig

    19 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian regulator has carried out an audit of management of materials handling and the working environment on one of Noble’s jack-up rigs.

  • Two oil & gas firms ready to drill North Sea wells this month

    4 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Two oil and gas players have been granted drilling permits by Norwegian authorities for wildcat wells in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • PSA audits Aasta Hansteen loading systems engineering work

    24 April 2014

    On 9 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s detailed engineering of offshore loading systems for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform. The objective of the audit was to verify that the loading system for Aasta Hansteen was adequately qualified and dimensioned pursuant to applicable regulations. The PSA said […]

  • Probe finds flaw in maintenance management on Stena’s semi-sub rig

    17 October 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an irregularity during an audit of a newly installed blowout preventer (BOP) on the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig. The agency said on Monday that the audit identified one non-conformity in connection with maintenance management and three improvement points concerning BOP reliability requirements, the anti-collision system and […]

  • Offshore safety watchdog probes Snorre B

    11 January 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has revealed several flaws at Statoil-operated Snorre B platform, off Norway, following audits within several disciplines.  Snorre is an oil field in the Tampen area of the North Sea, around 150 kilometers west of Florø. The field has been developed using two floating integrated production platforms, Snorre […]