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PSA responsibilities extendedPublished:Knowledge and expertise from the petroleum sector are important for building up renewable sources such as offshore wind power. The PSA has already secured responsibility for new green areas – and has ambitions to acquire more.
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Equinor – Tjeldbergodden – investigation of turbine breakdown and firePublished:
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Investigation of the Johan Castberg projectPublished:Presentation of the investigation into the causes of the challenges faced in constructing hull and equipment for Johan Castberg
Project reports
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Subsea Integrity Management – Maintaining and improving the risk levelPublished: 12 January 2022On commission from the PSA, DNV has conducted a study to examine factors that affect integrity and the risk of incidents and leaks in pipelines and subsea installations during operation.
- Structural safety
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Report on structural health monitoring of topside piping systems and equipmentPublished: 07 January 2022On commission from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), DNV has conducted a study to shed light on sensor-based solutions for condition monitoring and identification of degradation in materials.
- Structural safety
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Reporting incidents in automated systems during drilling operationsPublished: 05 January 2022Sintef has carried out a study for the PSA which addresses how incidents, near-misses and nonconformities in automated systems are currently detected, registered and notified, in addition to processing data from such circumstances.
- Well integrity
- Cyber security
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Securing the sector
Published:Great expectations for the industry’s work on health and the working environment are expressed by Hadia Tajik, Norway’s minister of labour and social inclusion. That applies to both oil and gas and new areas of commitment.
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Headed for new horizons
Published:Knowledge and expertise from the petroleum sector are important for the energy transition and for building up renewables such as offshore wind power. The PSA has already acquired new areas of responsibility and is ambitious for more.
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Good teams utilise the best
Published:The PSA put suppliers and their operating parameters at the top of the agenda with its 2021 main issue of “side by side with the suppliers”. This will remain important far beyond a single year.
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Taking responsibility for change
Published:The future is about being able to keep several thoughts in your head at the same time, says Ståle Kyllingstad, chair of the Federation of Norwegian Industries and founder of IKM. That is something he is pretty used to doing.
Technical and supervisory news
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Big drive for better follow-upPublished: 17 January 2022The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is to spend NOK 17 million annually on strengthening and further developing the follow-up of serious incidents in the oil and gas sector.
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Safety – status and signals 2021-22Published: 14 January 2022
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Questions and answers on temporary hiresPublished: 13 January 2022The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has supervisory authority concerning many of the rules on temporary hiring of workers. Providing guidance on regulations is an important instrument for the PSA, which has therefore produced an overview of the mo