755 results found for 'The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway audit '

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  • Safety probe finds irregularities at Statoil, Gassco-run facilities

    17 January 2017

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found irregularities during an audit of the Sture terminal and the Kollsnes processing plants in Øygarden, operated by Statoil and Gassco, respectively. From 5 to 7 December 2016, the PSA carried out audits of the operators’ follow-up of scaffolding, crane and lifting operations and management of OHAS at […]

  • Trio to share emergency response resources offshore Norway

    11 January 2017

    Statoil, ExxonMobil, and Gassco have received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to establish and participate in area contingency planning in the Sleipner Utsira area, off Norway.  According to the safety agency, area contingency planning involves cooperation on emergency preparedness between several facilities and fields with the aim of sharing maritime and airborne emergency […]

  • Seadrill tasked with addressing nonconformities on jack-up rig

    6 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of maintenance management on one of Seadrill’s jack-up rigs.

  • Norway: Oil and gas rookie on par with big players

    8 August 2018

    The PSA has given oil and gas newcomer Pandion Energy a clean bill of health as a production license holder.

  • All systems go for Aker BP to deploy Maersk rig on North Sea field

    12 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Maersk Drilling’s rigs for drilling ops on a field in the North Sea.

  • Emergency Preparedness On Gullfaks A Platform Satisfactorily Safeguarded- PSA Norway

    1 November 2010

    During the period 18-20 August 2010, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Gullfaks A, directed towards Statoil’s emergency preparedness management on board. The audit covered various activities, such as document review, interviews, inspections, meetings/presentations, verifications and observations in meetings, exercises and drills. Prior to travelling to the facility, the PSA […]

  • PSA Inspects NAD’s Management of West Alpha Systems

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the period 29 October – 2 November 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of North Atlantic Drilling’s (NAD’s) management of major accident risk and barrier handling system on West Alpha. The objective of the activity was to evaluate the company’s understanding, knowledge and expertise related to major accident risk […]

  • PSA Inspects Neptune’s Fenja Pipes Fabrication

    22 November 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Neptune Energy Norge focused on the fabrication of production pipes for the Fenja field, located in the Norwegian Sea, 35 kilometers southwest of the Njord field. The objective of the audit was to monitor qualification and production/testing of flowlines for Fenja are carried out […]

  • PSA Inspects Statoil’s Johan Castberg Subsea Solutions

    13 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Patroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of subsea solutions at Statoil’s Johan Castberg project. The objective of the audit was to verify that, in the early stages of Johan Castberg, Statoil is planning and engineering in accordance with internal and regulatory requirements, and that changes in engineering documentation from the first […]

  • Working Environment on Scarabeo 8 Needs Improvement, PSA Norway Says

    4 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the period 28-29 February 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of working environment follow-up on the mobile drilling facility Scarabeo 8. The audit activity was part of the processing associated with Saipem SpA’s (Saipem’s) application for an acknowledgement of compliance (AoC) for Scarabeo 8. Saipem has applied to the PSA […]

  • Offshore watchdog finds irregularities in ‘West Bollsta’ AoC application

    2 April 2020

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found irregularities regarding an application for the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta drilling rig.

  • Offshore safety body spots irregularities on Balder FPU

    4 June 2019

    The PSA has found irregularities during an audit of Vår Energi’s management of major accident risk and barriers on the Balder FPU.

  • Offshore safety watchdog launches investigation into Åsgard B incident

    18 March 2019

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has decided to investigate an incident involved a dropped object on Equinor’s Åsgard B facility off Norway on March 13, 2019.

  • Island Offshore vessel duo cleared to work on two North Sea fields

    30 January 2018

    Statoil has received consent from the PSA to use two Island Offshore-owned vessels for well intervention at two North Sea fields.

  • Technip, Subsea 7 Cleared for 2016 Work for Norway Operators

    14 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil consent for manned underwater operations in 2016. The services are to be supplied by Technip and Subsea 7. Statoil has signed framework agreements with the companies Technip Norge and Subsea 7 Norway for the provision of such services to the three companies. The […]

  • Investigation launches into fire at Åsgard B

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire that broke out in a transformer at the Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The fire, which was reported in the transformer room on 14 November, was extinguished but produced smoke and led to a production shutdown. There were 118 […]

  • Maersk Intrepid rig cleared for Martin Linge production drilling

    26 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has been given consent by the PSA to use the Maersk Intrepid drilling rig for production drilling on the Martin Linge field in the North Sea.

  • PSA Norway: Licencees must support and challenge the operator

    7 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Licensees on the NCS must support and challenge the operator, be a competent collaborator and help ensure prudent petroleum activity in Norway, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has said. But not all of them do that, so the PSA has begun checking up. “The regulations set clear requirements for the licensee’s role in a production […]

  • Safety watchdog spots irregularities during Oda drilling audit

    16 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found a non-conformity during an audit of planning and execution of drilling and well operations on the Oda field.

  • PSA looks into Statoil’s control room solution for Valemon

    28 August 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out on May 20, 2015, an audit of Statoil’s implementation of the planned control room solution for the production platform on Valemon gas and condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea. Statoil-operated Valemon field lies in blocks 34/11 and 34/10 in the northern North Sea, west of the Kvitebjørn […]

  • Room for improvement found on Statoil’s Åsgard B

    23 March 2017

    Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found two improvement points during an audit of load-bearing structures and maritime systems on Statoil’s Åsgard B platform. The Statoil-operated Åsgard oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea is located around 200 kilometers from the Trøndelag coast. The field has been developed using the two […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Ivar Aasen

    8 July 2015

    From June 9-11 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, located in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to monitor Det norske’s establishment and implementation of a management system for ensuring compliance […]

  • Shell gains approval to use Transocean rig for Ormen Lange drilling

    28 January 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Shell has received consent from Norway’s offshore regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with one of Transocean’s rigs.

  • PSA audits Ivar Aasen load-bearing

    27 June 2014

    From 23 to 25 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s follow-up of the Ivar Aasen project. The objective was to verify that engineering of the load-bearing structures was in compliance with applicable regulations. No non-conformities were identified. Improvement points were identified in connection with redundancy controls;  Documentation; Non-conformity […]

  • ‘We are not where we need to be’ regarding safety, Equinor CEO says

    1 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Although Equinor experienced several serious incidents throughout the year, it was able to achieve a reduction in the number of serious incidents and personal injuries in 2020 compared to the previous year.