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RNNP 2021 - How safe is the Norwegian petroleum industry?Published:
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Main issue 2022: Capacity and competence – the key to safetyPublished:The PSA’s main issue for 2022 emphasises the importance of possessing the right capacity and competence. Safety in an increasingly complex sector can only be ensured through a competent labour force and good manning levels.
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Safety – status and signals 2021/2022Published:Follow-up of nonconformities, expertise and capacity, maintenance, learning from serious incidents and developing regulations for offshore wind power are among important topics for the coming year.
Project reports
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Robustness in traffic monitoring and the use of new technologiesPublished: 27 June 2022On commission from the PSA, DNV has conducted a study of robustness in maritime traffic monitoring and the use of new technologies.
- Barrier management
- Risk management
- Technical safety
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Responsibility, expertise and maintenance with control-room alarm management systemsPublished: 07 April 2022The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has devoted a number of audits to investigating how the operator companies follow up responsibility for, expertise on and maintenance of alarm systems in control rooms. A collective report is now ready.
- Process safety
- Working environment
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Handling of major accident risk and the working environment in production licences and licensee groupsPublished: 14 March 2022A study on how work related to major accident risk and the working environment is handled in different production licences and licensee groups has been conducted by Safetec on behalf of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA).
Features
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50 years of safety
Published:This issue of Dialogue celebrates the 50th anniversary with some stories from the decades which have passed since the oil prospectors arrived in the 1960s.
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1960s: Oil kid
Published:Norway didn’t become an oil nation because we were lucky. People often say we got something undeserved, that we’re a humble and unsophisticated folk who’ve stumbled on an oil mountain where we sit and incubate our petroleum wealth.
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1970s: When the NCS became Norwegian
Published:An American work culture was dominant on the NCS from the start of Norway’s oil adventure until the end of the 1970s. Extending the Working Environment Act (WEA) offshore was an important milestone in making the new industry Norwegian.
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1980s: Giant without compare
Published:Several of the largest field developments on the NCS saw the light of day in the 1980s. The biggest of them all was the veritable troll, which became famed far beyond the country’s borders.
Technical and supervisory news
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The working environment, health and safety are interdependentPublished: 20 June 2022The working environment is a broad concept, comprising many factors that have an impact on both health and safety. The companies must assess the various working environment factors, safety risks and health risks both individually and collectively.
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Positive results from the PSA's user surveys in 2021Published: 20 June 2022User surveys show that the PSA has a good reputation in the sector and that the agency's work mainly meets the industry’s expectations.
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Topic: operating parameters in contractsPublished: 13 June 2022Much of the work in the petroleum industry is done by suppliers. At the same time, the employees most exposed to risk are found among these companies.