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

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  • PSA audits Eni’s Goliat project for Health and Safety management

    30 June 2014

    From 25 March to 8 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Eni Norge (Eni) and the management of occupational health and safety in the Goliat project.

  • PSA probes Premier’s Bream development (Norway)

    7 January 2015
    Project & Tenders

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Premier Oil and the Bream development. Bream is an oil discovery in block 17/12 in the central section of the North Sea, around 110 km from land south-west of Stavanger. The discovery was originally made by Phillips Petroleum Company Norway in 1972. The […]

  • Double win for Baker Hughes offshore Norway

    29 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Baker Hughes has secured two contracts with Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi, said to strengthen its North Sea presence for exploration logging, well intervention technology and subsea production systems. The first contract is a nine-year engagement that will utilize Baker Hughes’ well intervention capabilities gained through the acquisition of Altus Intervention, completed in April. In […]

  • PSA Norway Discovers Emergency Shutdown System Deficiencies on Ekofisk 2/4 Bravo and 2/4 Kilo

    14 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      During the period 28 February – 3 March 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of electrical systems and process safety on Ekofisk 2/4 Bravo and 2/4 Kilo. The audit activity was carried out in the form of a meeting with the operations organisation at ConocoPhillips (COPSAS) on 28 February […]

  • Regulatory order for Saipem over barrier and maintenance management on rig

    16 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    The Norwegian offshore safety regulator followed up an audit of Saipem’s rig with an order to the offshore drilling contractor.

  • Oil companies should think cooperatively, say NEA and PSA (Norway)

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Technological development and knowledge sharing are crucial for conducting prudent operations and avoiding adverse environmental impacts in the northern reaches of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “The precautionary principle is fundamental now that petroleum activities are advancing further and further north on the Norwegian Continental Shelf”, say Ellen Hambro, Director General of the Norwegian Environment Agency, […]

  • New task for DNO regarding work with Odfjell Drilling-managed rig

    5 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian regulator has carried out an audit of DNO’s planning of drilling operations using an Odfjell Drilling-managed rig.

  • Safety body probes Martin Linge living quarters construction

    16 November 2016

    Norway’s petoleum safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an irregularity during an audit of Total’s management of the construction of the living quarters for the Martin Linge development offshore Norway. PSA said on Wednesday that one non-conformity was identified during the audit in connection with the arrangement for materials handling in the […]

  • Electrical facilities on Skarv FPSO fail to meet offshore safety requirements

    26 December 2017
    Infrastructure

    Norwegian offshore safety body has found several non-conformities and improvement points related to electrical facilities at Aker BP’s Skarv FPSO located off Norway. 

  • PSA audits barrier management on Statfjord C

    17 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    From 23 to 25 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s barrier management at Statfjord C. The objective of the audit was to review whether Statoil’s management and monitoring of barriers was in accordance with the company’s and statutory requirements, so as to reduce the likelihood of failures. […]

  • PSA Inspects Statoil’s Visund A Ops

    18 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil focused on how it safeguards the planning and execution of drilling and well operations on Visund A. The objective was to verify that Statoil and its contractors in the Visund organisation meet the regulatory requirements, PSA explained. The audit identified three regulatory non-conformities, […]

  • Faults found during barrier management audit at Eldfisk B

    9 February 2018

    The PSA has found faults during an audit of ConocoPhillips’ management of technical barriers on Eldfisk B platform off Norway.

  • PSA looks into Gassco’s B11 platform removal

    8 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Between 14 and 27 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Gassco and the removal of the B11 platform located in the North Sea. This platform stands in the German sector of the North Sea and is connected to the Norpipe gas pipeline, which runs from Ekofisk in the Norwegian […]

  • Statoil’s MDR monitoring on Heimdal needs improvement

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    From 24 March to 18 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s monitoring of major-accident and OHAS risk associated with a modular drilling rig (MDR) in temporary use for well plugging at the Heimdal facility. The objective of the activity was to audit how Statoil was monitoring and […]

  • PSA probes ConocoPhillips’ Ekofisk ops

    21 October 2014
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Assisted by the Civil Aviation Authority Norway, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of helideck and helicopter operations at three facilities in the Ekofisk area, in the North Sea.  From 15 to 18 September 2014, the PSA, with assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority Norway, carried out an audit of helicopter […]

  • PSA Audits Safe Boreas Mobile LQ (Norway)

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 11 March 2013 and from 16 to 19 April 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit and subsequent follow-up of conditions relating to working environment, emergency preparedness, logistics and materials handling in the project planning of the Safe Boreas mobile living quarters. The objective of the audit was to verify […]

  • Norwegian safety watchdog probes major accident readiness at Hammerfest LNG

    5 August 2016

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out a “major accident” audit of Statoil’s Hammerfest liquefaction and export facility on Melkøya island. From 21 to 23 June, the PSA assessed “how Statoil is satisfying the regulatory requirements and its own procedures in respect of reducing the likelihood of a major accident,” the safety watchdog said on […]

  • Semi-sub Songa Endurance gains safety nod

    8 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Songa Offshore, a Norway-based midwater drilling contractor, has received the Petroleum Safety Authority’s Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for its Songa Endurance drilling rig. Songa Endurance is a semi-submersible drilling rig and the second of four Cat D rigs that Songa is building for Statoil. The rig has an eight-year firm contract with Statoil plus 4×3 […]

  • Equinor gets clearance to dispatch Odfjell rig for drilling ops in North Sea

    13 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

  • PSA Norway Inspects Statoil’s Heidrun Platform

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway conducted an audit of stability, ballasting and offloading of the Heidrun oil platform. The audit activity was conducted at Statoil’s offices in Stjørdal, with the objective of ensuring that the systems for stability, ballasting and offloading of the Heidrun facility are in accordance with the applicable regulations. Based on, inter […]

  • Norway: PSA Inspects Emergency Preparedness on Gjøa

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    PSA Norway, the government’s body responsible for safety, emergency preparedness and the working environment in the petroleum activities in Norway has carried out an inspection on the Gjøa facility, located in Norwegian North Sea. During the period 5-8 December 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of emergency preparedness, including the helicopter […]

  • Offshore watchdog finds safety flaws on Equinor’s Troll C platform

    21 December 2018

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found a number of non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of Equinor’s Troll C platform offshore Norway. 

  • Safety rap for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen management

    2 March 2018

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog has found several faults in Statoil’s management of the completion of Aasta Hansteen development offshore Norway.

  • PSA probes barrier management on ExxonMobil’s FPSO Balder

    3 June 2015

    From 10 to 28 April, 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of ExxonMobil and the Balder floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Balder field is located in the North Sea, approximately 190 km northwest of Stavanger. It is developed with a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) and several subsea production […]

  • Offshore safety watchdog probes barrier management on Statoil’s Kvitebjørn

    25 May 2016

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has carried out an audit of Statoil’s barrier management at the Kvitebjørn field, offshore Norway. PSA said on Wednesday that it carried out an audit to verify if Statoil’s management and follow-up of barriers complies with the company’s and the authorities’ requirements. PSA identified several non-conformities regarding design loads for […]