The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has carried out an audit of Odfjell Platform Drilling (Odfjell) and their management of materials handling on the Linus mobile drilling facility. The audit identified serious breaches of the regulations. We have consequently issued Odfjell with an order.
The audit was conducted from 4 to 12 November 2024.
Notification of the order was made on 9 January 2025.
The order was issued on 31 January 2025.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to verify that the company's management of materials handling on Linus complied with regulatory requirements.
Follow-up of previous non-conformities
During the audit, we also verified how Odfjell has addressed certain previously identified non-conformities.
We found that the following non-conformity had not been addressed in line with the company’s feedback of 23 March 2023:
Non-conformity concerning “Registration and classification” from chapter 9.1.1 of the report following our investigation of a work accident at Linus; our journal entry 2022/1794.
Result
The audit of Odfjell identified seven non-conformities. These comprised:
Deficient non-conformity handling
Follow-up of specially designed lifting appliances (SDLA) in the drilling area
Maintenance of wire rope for lifting equipment
Organisation of work in respect of hose station operation
Rescue from personnel basket in the derrick
Deficiencies in materials handling plan
Follow-up of enterprise of competence checks of lifting equipment
We also observed one factor that we have chosen to categorise as an improvement point. This concerned:
Training and drills – Emergency operations on lifting equipment
Order
We have issued Odfjell with the following order:
Pursuant to the Framework Regulations, section 69 concerning administrative decisions, Odfjell Platform Drilling AS is ordered to:
rectify previously detected non-conformity, with reference to chapter 4.2 of our report, with reference to the Management Regulations, section 22 concerning the handling of non-conformities, second paragraph.
assess the company's non-conformity handling for Linus, and take the necessary measures to ensure that follow-up of non-conformities is comprehensive in order to comply with the HSE regulations; see non-conformity 5.1.1.
present a schedule of specific measures for addressing items 1 and 2 of the order, including a description of any compensatory measures to be implemented until non-conformities have been rectified.
The deadline for complying with item 3 of the order: 28 February 2025.
The deadline for complying with items 1 and 2 of the order: 30 April 2025.
We are to be notified in writing when the order has been carried out.
