Investigation reports
We investigate the most serious incidents in the petroleum industry. Such direct scrutiny forms an important part of our supervisory work.
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Notice of order to Equinor following the investigation of an incident with personal injury and gas leak on Statfjord BPublished:Notice of order to Equinor following the investigation of an incident with personal injury and gas leak on Statfjord B
- Process safety
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Equinor – Hammerfest LNG – investigation of gas leakPublished:
- Process safety
- Emergency preparedness
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Equinor – Gullfaks C – investigation of fractures in coiled tubingPublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA)has completed its investigation of an incident involving fractured cold tubing on Equinor’s Gullfaks C facility on 25 January 2023.
- Well integrity
- Working environment
- Structural safety
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Order to Equinor Mongstad after investigation of incident where a person fell from scaffoldingPublished:The PSA has completed its investigation of an incident where a person fell from scaffolding at Equinor’s onshore plant at Mongstad on 18 January 2023. Equinor Mongstad has now been given an order.
- Risk management
- Working environment
- Emergency preparedness
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Equinor – Åsgard B – investigation of incident with firePublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of an incident involving a fire in a high-voltage transformer on the Åsgard B facility on 13 November 2022.
- Electrical installations
- Technical safety
- Emergency preparedness
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Order to Equinor – Statfjord B – investigation of gas leaksPublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of gas leaks on the Statfjord B facility on 23 May 2022. The investigation has identified serious breaches of the regulations, and Equinor has now been given an order.
- Maintenance management
- Process safety
- Risk management
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Odfjell – Linus – investigation of incident with personal injury during work on drag chainPublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of an incident on Linus on 10 November 2022, when a person was seriously injured.
- Working environment
- Emergency preparedness
- Well integrity
- Maintenance management
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Equinor – Mongstad – investigation of firePublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of the fire which occurred at Equinor’s refinery at Mongstad on 3 July 2022.
- Process safety
- Structural safety
- Emergency preparedness
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Odfjell Drilling – Deepsea Atlantic – investigation of lifting incidentPublished:The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of a lifting incident on the mobile facility Deepsea Atlantic on 8 March 2002, where a slip joint unintentionally ended up on the seabed.
- Handling, cranes and lifting
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Order to Equinor – Sleipner A – investigation of incident with short circuit and fire pump breakdownPublished:The PSA has completed its investigation of an incident involving a transformer short circuit and a fire pump breakdown on Sleipner A on 29 October 2021. Breaches of the regulations have been identified, and Equinor has now been given an order.
- Emergency preparedness
- Process safety
- Technical safety