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

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  • Johan Castberg FPSO finally sets off to Norway – gallery

    17 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has completed the Johan Castberg FPSO hull for Equinor and the vessel is now on its way to Norway.

  • Green light for Wintershall Dea to kick off drilling ops with Transocean rig

    14 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Wintershall Dea has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.

  • PSA: ConocoPhillips needs to improve Ekofisk maintenance management

    5 October 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of ConocoPhillips’ maintenance management at Ekofisk C and J platforms of the Ekofisk Complex in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The objective of the audit, conducted from June 18 to August 28, 2015, was to assess how ConocoPhillips ensures compliance with statutory requirements, […]

  • ConocoPhillips to Use Ekofisk LQs Beyond Original Lifetime

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) has received consent to use Ekofisk 2/4-H, 2/4-C, 2/4-Q beyond the original lifetime. Ekofisk is an oil field located at a water depth of 70-75 metres in the southern part of the North Sea. The consent relates to the two living quarters platforms Ekofisk 2/4 H and 2/4 Q, as well […]

  • Thumbs-up for Equinor to deploy COSL Drilling’s rig for North Sea ops

    7 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for production drilling at a field in the North Sea.

  • Repsol gains consent for North Sea field life extension

    18 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has granted Repsol consent for life extension for a field located in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Fugro begins metocean and ice data collection project in Barents Sea

    10 May 2016
    Equipment

    Fugro, Dutch geotechnical subsea company, has begun a three-year period of metocean and ice data collecting as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project. In a statement from Tuesday, Fugro said the data collected will help operators better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors in the region known as “The Far […]

  • Equinor’s Aasta Hansteen field stays shut as authorities investigate gas leak

    10 April 2019

    Production from the Equinor-operated Aasta Hansteen gas field located in the Norwegian Sea remains shut as the Norwegian authorities and Equinor investigate the cause of a gas leak, which occurred earlier this week.

  • Norway sheds light on recent gas discovery in North Sea

    19 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    More information about a recent gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea has come to light.

  • Audit finds heavily corroded grating aboard Equinor’s Veslefrikk oldsters

    20 June 2019

    The Petroleum Safety Authority has found twelve non-conformities during an audit of Veslefrikk A and B in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Too Many Accidental Discharges at Norwegian Shelf, Oil & Gas Authorities Say

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Emissions of CO2 and NOx from petroleum activities are relatively stable. Discharges to the sea of produced water and oil have not changed much in the last few years either.  The authorities and the oil industry agree that there are too many accidental discharges on the Norwegian shelf. The operators are working to reduce […]

  • Wintershall becomes operator of Vega field (Norway)

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Today, March 4, 2015, Wintershall has taken over the operatorship of the subsea oil and gas field Vega, off Norway, from Statoil. Wintershall received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the facilities on the Vega field in January 2015. This consent is an expression of the agency’s confidence that the operating company […]

  • Number of serious incidents in Norwegian oil industry ’cause for concern’

    1 May 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Figures from the 2016 study of trends in risk level in Norway’s petroleum activity (RNNP) show an increase in serious hydrocarbon leaks and well control incidents, Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has said.  The major accident indicator is still at too high a level, the PSA noted in its report on Thursday. […]

  • Offshore safety watchdog revokes COSL rig order

    8 July 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) changes the investigation report and its conclusion which stated that the structural design and dimensioning of COSLInnovator were not in accordance with the regulations at the time of the accident on December 30, 2015 in which one person died. At the time of the incident, COSL Drilling’s 2011-built COSLInnovator […]

  • Production from Equinor’s first unmanned wellhead platform to start in September

    24 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Equinor will start production from the Oseberg H platform in September after it received the start-up approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) on Friday.

  • PSA Norway Releases Report on Gullfaks A Lifting Incident

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      A number of non-conformities with the regulations have been found by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA) investigation into an incident on Gullfaks A where one person was injured during a lifting operation. Taking place on 28 February 2011, this incident on the Statoil-operated installation in the North Sea could have resulted under slightly […]

  • Green light for Vår Energi to put Floatel unit to work at North Sea field

    7 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian regulator has given Vår Energi consent to deploy one of Floatel’s semi-submersible support vessels at a field in the North Sea.

  • PSA ends probe into injuries suffered on ‘Transocean Barents’. Finds safety breaches

    17 August 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of an incident involving personal injury on the Transocean Barents on March 4, 2015 and identified several non-conformities from the regulations. The incident occurred on the Transocean-operated semi-submersible drilling rig the Transocean Barents in connection with work on well 6305/7-5H D North on the Ormen Lange […]

  • Fresh gas find for Aker BP in Norwegian Sea

    12 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a gas discovery off Norway near the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • PSA: Industry needs to deal with cutbacks without affecting safety

    27 November 2014

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has held a dialogue meeting with the industry on November 25, 2014. Subjects under discussion at this session included changes in the petroleum industry, where several years of strong growth have now been replaced by a slowdown. According to the PSA, the big topic just a year ago was how the […]

  • Key Industry Players Team Up to Develop Offshore Leak Detection Systems

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Leak detection is a considerable challenge facing the industry and DNV GL has therefore taken the lead in establishing a new Joint Industry Project. Twenty key industry players are partnering to develop a best practice for designing and implementing offshore leak detection systems. Joint Industry Project to enhance the offshore leak detection approach Over the […]

  • PSA Norway Announces Results of Investigation on Njord A Lifting Incident

    15 April 2011

    The lifting incident on Njord A on 18 December 2010 could, under insignificantly altered circumstances, have resulted in loss of life and significant material damage. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) investigation of the incident has identified several nonconformities in relation to the regulations. The incident occurred during a lifting operation using an elevator in […]

  • Petroleum Safety Authority Norway Releases Report About Incident on Njord A Platform

    15 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The lifting incident on Njord A on 18 December 2010 could, under insignificantly altered circumstances, have resulted in loss of life and significant material damage. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) investigation of the incident has identified several nonconformities in relation to the regulations. The incident occurred during a lifting operation using an elevator in […]

  • Safety issues found during audit of Ærfugl production pipes

    19 March 2020

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of the design and fabrication of EHTF production pipes for Aker BP’s Ærfugl field.

  • PSA Calls for Well Control Incidents Awareness

    22 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Well control incidents and barrier management were on the agenda at the annual contractor seminar organised by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) and held last Tuesday. “We are regrettably not seeing a positive trend in the fall in well control incidents, which is worrying”, said PSA Director General Anne Myhrvold in her introduction. Against […]