Oil Spill & Emergency Response News in Norway

Gas Leaks on Sleipner Field Stopped – Parts of the Field are Shut Down

7/12/2022 - A gas leak in a contained area related to a turbine on Sleipner A was reported in the morning of 11 July. The incident was quickly clarified. During the process of resuming production and depressurisa...

Fire at Mongstad

7/3/2022 - A fire has been reported at Mongstad. The incident was reported today at 5:46 CET to Equinor’s emergency response organisation. The plant has been evacuated apart from critical personnel handling oper...

Equinor – Sleipner A – Investigation of Incident with Short Circuit & Fire Pump Breakdown

6/27/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of an incident involving a transformer short circuit and a fire pump breakdown on the Sleipner A facility on 29 October 2021...

Aker BP – Follow-up of Vessels with Emergency Response Functions

6/14/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Aker BP and their system for verifying and following up vessels with emergency response functions. The audit was conducted in No...

Equinor – Sleipner A and B – Management of Emergency Preparedness & Helidecks

6/2/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor and its management of emergency preparedness and helidecks at Sleipner A and B. The audit was conducted from 9 to 11 Apr...

Rowan – Rowan Stavanger – Management of Emergency Preparedness & Helideck Operations

5/13/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Rowan Norway Ltd (Valaris) and their management of emergency preparedness and helideck operations for Rowan Stavanger.

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Saipem – Scarabeo 8 – Emergency Preparedness & Helicopter Operations

4/7/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Saipem Drilling Norway (Saipem) and their management of emergency preparedness and helicopter operations on the Scarabeo 8 mobil...

ConocoPhillips – Audit of Acceptance of Floatel

4/5/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) and their acceptance of a floatel for the Ekofisk field. The audit was conducted ...

Transocean Barents – Emergency Preparedness & Helicopter Operations

2/15/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Transocean and their management of emergency preparedness and helicopter operations on the Transocean Barents mobile drilling fa...

Aker BP – Ula and Valhall Assets – Implementation of New Operating Model

1/13/2022 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Aker BP and their implementation of a new operating model for Ula and Valhall Assets. The audit was conducted between 31 August ...

Gassco – Kollsnes – Major Accident Audit

12/22/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out a major accident audit of the Kollsnes onshore facility. The topic of the audit was emergency preparedness.

The audit was carrie...

Order to Aker BP – Valhall PH – Marking of Flare Boom

12/21/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has ordered Aker BP to present compensatory and specific measures related to the lack of marking on the Valhall PH flare boom.

Aker BP is operat...

Dolphin – Borgland Dolphin – Eemergency Preparedness & Technical Safety

12/17/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Dolphin Drilling (Dolphin) and their management of emergency preparedness and technical safety on the Borgland Dolphin mobile dr...

Equinor - Eemergency Preparedness & Helideck – Statfjord B

9/27/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor and its management of emergency preparedness and the helideck at Statfjord B.

The audit was conducted on 30 ...

Equinor Gets Order from Safety Regulator over North Sea Oil Spill

8/24/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of an incident involving an oil spill via the produced-water plant on Gullfaks C on 26 April 2021. Serious breaches of the r...

Equinor – Heidrun – Management of Emergency Preparedness & Helicopter Operations

8/20/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor and their management of emergency preparedness and helicopter operations at Heidrun. The audit was conducted between 21 ...

Equinor – Njord A – Emergency Preparedness

7/7/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor’s management of emergency preparedness at Njord A. The audit was conducted on 18 and 19 May 2021.

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Odfjell - Deepsea Aberdeen - Helideck & Emergency Preparedness

7/5/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Odfjell Drilling (Odfjell) and their arrangements and follow-up of responsibility for the helideck and emergency preparedness on...

Investigation of the Fires at Tjeldbergodden & Hammerfest Concluded

5/12/2021 - Equinor’s internal investigations following the fires at Hammerfest LNG and Tjeldbergodden have now been concluded and the results submitted to the Petroleum Safety Authority. The fire at Hammerfest ...

Equinor – Follow-up of Management Practice

5/10/2021 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor and its follow-up of its own management practice.

The audit was conducted between 19 January and 1...