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

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  • PSA audits Statoil’s Gina Krog development project for barrier management

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Between 18 February and 7 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s work to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for barrier management in the Gina Krog development project. The objective of the activity was to audit Statoil’s own management system for ensuring compliance with the regulatory requirements for […]

  • Norway puts two CO2 storage areas up for grabs

    13 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is inviting applications for two areas on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) that would be used for CO2 storage. The announcement, issued on 10 September, comes after several players from the industry voiced their interests in the two areas, designated as interesting for CO2 storage. One area is in […]

  • PSA probes Statoil’s Asgard subsea compression project

    10 July 2015
    Equipment

    On May 28, 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s Åsgard subsea compression project.  The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometres off mid-Norway and 50 kilometres south of Heidrun. Statoil recently started the installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea […]

  • PSA Inspects ExxonMobil’s Balder FPSO (Norway)

    9 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    On 27 September 2012 and 1-4 October 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Balder FPSO and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS  . The objective of the task was to follow up how ExxonMobil satisfies regulatory requirements for risk reduction and barriers in a lifetime perspective. A nonconformity was […]

  • Safety probe of Shell’s Knarr FPSO reveals flaws

    27 December 2016
    Infrastructure

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has detected several issues during an audit of Shell’s Knarr FPSO offshore Norway.  Knarr is located in the North Sea west of Måløy in Sogn og Fjordane county and approx. 50 kilometers north-east of Snorre. The field, which is in 410 meters of water, has been developed using subsea wells and […]

  • Statoil to use Songa’s Cat D rig for Asgard, Heidrun ops

    27 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil its consent to start operations on Asgard and Heidrun fields offshore Norway using the Songa Encourage drilling rig. The PSA said the consent covers production drilling, completion, workover, intervention and plugging. According to the safety authority, planned start-up at Asgard and Heidrun is mid-July 2016 and mid-December 2016, […]

  • PSA Inspects Wintershall Pipe and Subsea Portfolio

    13 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Wintershall and its portfolio of pipes, risers, control cables and subsea facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The objective of the audit was to see how Wintershall follows up and safeguards the integrity of pipes, risers, control cables and facilities on the seabed, describing […]

  • PSA Inspects Subsea Equipment Suppliers

    14 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has recently carried out an inspection of four main suppliers of subsea facilities. According to PSA, the main suppliers of subsea facilities are TechnipFMC, Aker Solutions, OneSubsea and Baker Hughes (GE). The objective of the audit was to see how the suppliers monitor their equipment through the different phases of […]

  • PSA Carries Out Audit of Aasta Hansteen Facility

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In June, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s engineering of the Aasta Hansteen facility. Objective The objective of the audit was to assess whether Statoil’s and the contractors’ management of detail engineering in the area of OHAS was being carried out in compliance with applicable regulations and recognised norms, […]

  • PSA Inspects Talisman’s Management of Varg Project (Norway)

    3 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 3 May 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Talisman Energy Norge AS’ (TENAS’) management of the Varg gas export project. The objective of the audit activity was to verify TENAS’ management of the Varg gas export project, including modifications on Petrojarl Varg. Factors such as the distribution of […]

  • PSA Pinpoints Diving Umbilicals Safety

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    In a circular to the industry, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has clarified matters relating to the length of diving umbilicals for manned underwater operations. Over the last two years, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has noted that operating companies and diving contractors have increasingly used diving umbilicals that are significantly longer than […]

  • PSA probes jack-up Maersk Intrepid (Norway)

    22 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Between 17 and 20 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Mærsk Drilling Norge AS and Total E&P Norge AS in the domains of working environment and logistics. According to the PSA, the audit began with an initial meeting in Maersk Drilling’s offices at Forus and then a verification on […]

  • Equinor preparing to spud North Sea well

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

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Safety issues found during audit of Equinor’s Troll A

    21 April 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of Equinor’s management of major accident risk and barriers on the Troll A platform.

  • PSA Norway’s audit reveals ‘serious breaches of regulations’ on Ula field

    9 June 2016

    Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has issued orders to oil giant, BP, following an audit of materials handling, cranes and lifting, and late life at the Ula platform in the North Sea, off Norway. PSA said on Wednesday that, based on the findings during the audit that took place February 1-4, serious breaches […]

  • Wellesley gears up for North Sea drilling campaign

    9 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas explorer Wellesley Petroleum is about to begin its offshore drilling campaign in the North Sea off Norway. 

  • Shell’s Draugen needs improvements, offshore safety body says

    23 November 2017

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found several improvement points on the Shell-operated Draugen platform offshore Norway. 

  • Equinor all set to drill North Sea wildcat

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

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Offshore safety body checks Repsol’s emergency preparedness at Gyda

    20 March 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found four improvement points during its audit of Repsol’s emergency preparedness and the helideck at the Gyda platform in the North Sea off Norway.  The Gyda field is located in the southern North Sea between Ula and Ekofisk. It has been developed using an integrated […]

  • PSA Inspects Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Control Cable

    5 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the design and fabrication of the control cable for Oseberg Vestflanken 2 project. The PSA carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of the design and fabrication of the control cable that will connect Oseberg Vestflanken 2 with the Oseberg field centre. The audit took place […]

  • PSA Inspects Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup Export Pipeline

    6 November 2017
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s work on qualifying pipeline field joint coatings for the Johan Sverdrup export pipeline. PSA carried out the audit to verify that the follow-up and qualification of field joints for the export pipeline for Johan Sverdrup were being conducted in compliance with the company’s […]

  • West Bollsta rig drills Lundin’s Polmak well

    15 October 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has spudded the Polmak well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway, using the West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • PSA: Statoil’s Gullfaks A still not ready for life-extension

    18 November 2015

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has found several non-conformities on Statoil’s Gullfaks A platform, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Norway’s offshore industry watchdog discovered the irregularities during the platform audit that took place from September 2-4, 2015. PSA visited Gullfaks A after Statoil’s decision to extend the life of the platform beyond 2016 for the […]

  • Offshore regulator warns Saipem over safety breaches on Scarabeo 8 rig

    12 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s offshore safety agency has issued a notification of order to Saipem over its Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible following an audit which identified safety breaches on the rig. 

  • Offshore workers should take part in safety talks, PSA Norway says

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation at Talisman’s Gyda organisation.  The PSA focused in particular on the structures, remits and coordination of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) activities in the working environment committee and coordination of safety representation in the Gyda organisation. […]