Background and objective

From 24 October to 7 November 2016, the PSA carried out an audit of Statoil's handling of major accident and working environment risk at Snorre B. The audit focused on process integrity, working environment, materials handling, maintenance, and drills and wells. This audit is part of the PSA's efforts to follow up late-life facilities.

Result

The audit revealed non-conformities relating to:

  • Follow-up of working environment factors
  • Operator cabin for pipe handling crane

An improvement point was also identified concerning the use of process shutdown valves as emergency shutdown valves.

Statoil has been given a deadline of 1 February 2017 to report on how the non-conformities will be dealt with and how the improvement point will be assessed.