The King in Council appointed Anne Næss Myhrvold on Friday 8 March to serve as director general of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) for a fixed term of six years. Myhrvold was born in 1966, and has worked for BP Norge since 2002. She has been a member of this company’s top management as [...]
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) today notified all owners and users of H-4 risers and wellhead connectors about a safety alert from GE Oil & Gas related to the equipment. The PSA has learned of an incident in January 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico, where the lower part of an H-4 connector in [...]
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued an order to Statoil following an investigation of the hydrocarbon leak on the Heimdal field on 26 May 2012. The hydrocarbon leak occurred in connection with testing of two emergency shutdown valves on the HMP1 drilling, production and living quarters platform on the Heimdal field on 26 [...]
During the period 26 – 30 Nov. 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum AS’ (Statoil’s) control and management of material handling, technical condition of lifting equipment and lifting operations, as well as established improvement measures within crane and lifting operations at Oseberg field centre. The objective of [...]
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the operation of pipelines, subsea facilities on Ormen Lange and the onshore facility at Nyhamna during 27-28 Nov. 2012. The objective of the audit was to assess Shell’s compliance with requirements in regulations relating to health, safety and the environment within operations, maintenance and [...]
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From 4 – 7 December 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Stena Drilling AS (Stena) and the company’s activities with Stena Don on the Troll field. The objective of the audit was to verify that Stena ensures compliance with HSE requirements during activities with Stena Don. Nonconformities were identified [...]
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the Ekofisk 2/4H, 2/4-Q, 2/4-C and 2/4-FTP facilities during the period 19-21 November. In relation to radio and telecommunications systems, the objective of the audit was to verify the technical condition, maintenance, expertise and use of radio and telecommunications systems on the facility. The [...]
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of West Hercules within maritime systems on board the West Hercules facility. The audit is part of the processing related to the application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from North Atlantic Drilling (NAD) for the West Hercules facility for carrying out drilling activity on [...]
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On 15 November 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity within the drilling and well technology discipline on the Songa Trym facility. The audit is part of the processing related to the application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from Songa Management AS for the Songa Trym facility for carrying [...]
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued Saipem SpA Norwegian Branch (Saipem) a notification of order following investigation of the stability incident on the semi-submersible “Scarabeo 8” drilling rig on 4 September 2012. The investigation proved serious breaches of the regulations. On 4 September, the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling facility experienced unintentional heeling in [...]
