Cyber sercurity

The letter of allocation from the Ministry of Energy sets out three clear main objectives for the work of the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) during 2025. The objectives concern the prevention of major accidents, the safeguarding of systematic HSE work and the strengthening of security measures in the petroleum industry.

The high-quality management of maintenance is a vital aspect of health and safety work. The question is: are companies doing enough in this area?

On 5 February, the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM), the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) and the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) presented their open threat and risk assessments for 2025. It is important that both the public authorities and companies consider these assessments.

A new report explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to analyse data on falling structures to reduce the risk of undesirable incidents.

Norway's seven onshore facilities vary in age, size, design and function, but play a key role in processing and exporting oil and gas from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

A new report provides an overview of available knowledge about exposure to diesel exhaust at workplaces in the petroleum industry.

In 2024, two near-misses, one medical intervention, six suspected ear infections and two cases of influenza were reported in association with saturation diving on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and foreign shelves under Norwegian jurisdiction. For surface-oriented diving, three serious incidents of decompression sickness and one case of barotrauma were reported.

Havtil shares knowledge and helps companies learn from each other across the industry. Here is an overview of all 2024 project reports organised by discipline.

The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has conducted an audit of Equinor’s management of chemical health risks. The audit revealed that Equinor is failing to ensure that harmful exposure to benzene is avoided. We have therefore issued the company with an order.