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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to investigate an incident at Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG plant in northern Norway. This facility has been operated over time with weaknesses in its safety-critical equipment.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to investigate an incident involved a dropped object on the Åsgard B facility on 13 March 2019.

The PSA has issued an order to Aker BP which requires the company to obtain consent before using a W2W vessel for accommodation on Tambar.

In a circular to the industry, the PSA emphasises that mobile facilities with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) must fulfil the AoC obligations even during periods when they are not on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

We have been informed that COSMO fire doors of class A-0, A-60 and B-15 may have deficient insulation.

Following the fatal accident on COSLInnovator in December 2015, the PSA have sent an identical letter regarding mobile facilities and wave-in-deck loading.

In a circular to the industry, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway aims to provide information about the regulatory requirements relating to the use of deck gratings made from composites.

In an identical letter (circular) to the offshore petroleum industry, the PSA requests the companies to separate out into an annex those parts of the consent application that are relevant to the Norwegian Environment Agency's case processing.

In a circular to the industry, the PSA clarifies matters relating to the length of diving umbilicals for manned underwater operations.