• The audit was conducted between 8 and 12 November 2021.
  • A letter with notification of the order was sent to Rowan on 7 February 2022.
  • The order was issued on 1 March 2022.

Rowan holds the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for Rowan Viking. When the audit was carried out, the facility was on commission to Lundin Energy Norway AS on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Objective

The objective of the audit was to investigate how Rowan complies with regulatory requirements for electrical facilities, work in and operation of electrical facilities, safety instrumented systems, technical safety and drilling-related systems.

Result

The audit identified 15 regulatory non-conformities. These comprised:

  • Non-conformity handling, manning and competence
  • Ignition source control
  • Overpressure protection
  • Passive fire protection
  • Firefighting
  • Emergency power facility
  • Emergency lighting
  • Risk assessment of evacuation routes
  • Work at height and falling object risk
  • Electrical facilities and installations
  • Electrotechnical system analyses
  • Maintenance programme
  • Deficient maintenance of BOP
  • Work in and operation of electrical facilities
  • Risk assessment of health hazards from electromagnetic fields

In addition, we observed two factors that we have chosen to categorise as improvement points. These concerned:

  • Training and drills
  • Competence and authority

Follow-up of previous non-conformities

The audit also investigated how Rowan has handled a previous order and some previously identified non-conformities.

We found that Rowan has not addressed the following non-conformities in accordance with the regulations and with their feedback to us:

  • Non-conformity concerning electrotechnical system analyses from chapter 5.1.8 of the report pursuant to the audit of electrical facilities and technical safety on Rowan Norway of 25 November 2019.
  • Non-conformity concerning work in and operation of electrical facilities from chapter 5.1.9 of the report pursuant to the audit of electrical facilities and technical safety on Rowan Norway of 25 November 2019.
  • Non-conformity concerning fire protection from chapter 5.1.1 of the report pursuant to the audit of Rowan Norway/Valaris’s management of emergency preparedness on Rowan Norway of 27 May 2020.

Order

The PSA has given Rowan the following order:

Pursuant to the Framework Regulations, section 69 concerning administrative decisions, Rowan Norway Limited is ordered to:

  1. Systematically review, map and rectify available staffing and expertise in the company's onshore organisation and on Rowan Viking to ensure that the facility can be operated in accordance with the regulatory requirements during normal operation and in the event of hazard and accident situations. With reference to the Framework Regulations, section 6, first para. concerning the management of health, safety and the environment, section 14 concerning manning and competence and the Activities Regulations, section 25, first para. concerning the use of facilities.
  2. Ensure that the management system for barrier management and non-conformity handling, together with associated processes, resources and operating organisation, is adhered to in the enterprise. With reference to the Management Regulations, section 5 concerning barriers, section 6, first para. concerning the management of health, safety and the environment, and the Activities Regulations, section 20, second para., item a) concerning the start-up and operation of facilities.

The deadline for complying with the order is 30 June 2022. We must be notified when the order has been complied with.