Objective

The objective of the audit was to document that the company's established process and plans for permanent plugging of the wells at Statfjord A comply with the regulations.

Result

A non-conformity was identified relating to the risk assessment for leaks from old well trajectories.

No improvement points were identified.

Statoil has been given a deadline of 22 September 2016 to report on how the non-conformity will be dealt with.