Electrical installations

PSA investigates fire on Gina Krog
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has begun an investigation following a fire in a utility room in the living quarters on the Gina Krog facility on 21 June 2023.
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  • Process safety
  • Electrical installations
Ignition control: Is it possible to ignite a spark by radio waves?
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An industrial setting on an offshore installation has an assortment of potential fore sources. One of the lesser known being electromagnetic waves from communication equipment.
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  • Technical safety
  • Barrier management
  • Electrical installations
PSA investigates incident on Sleipner A
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An investigation has been launched by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) into an incident involving activation of smoke and flame detectors on the Sleipner A facility on 29 October 2021.
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  • Emergency preparedness
  • Electrical installations
  • Process safety
PSA investigates incident involving personal injuries on Statfjord B
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has decided to investigate an incident involving personal injuries which occurred on the Statfjord B facility in the Norwegian North Sea on 18 August 2020.
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  • Working environment
  • Electrical installations
  • Emergency preparedness
PSA investigate personal-injury incident at Kårstø
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The PSA has decided to launch an investigation into an incident involving personal injury at the Kårstø facility on 25 July 2020.
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  • Working environment
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Electrical installations
Field projects off Norway studied
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A study of the Goliat, Aasta Hansteen and Ivar Aasen developments on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) commissioned by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) contains many good lessons for oil companies, suppliers and government. “We expect all the relevant players to assess its recommendations,” says PSA director general Anne Myhrvold.
  • Project report
  • Working environment
  • Barrier management
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Electrical installations
  • Structural safety
  • Process safety
  • Technical safety
  • Risk management
  • Project management
HSE impacts, consequences and opportunities from external power supply to petroleum facilities
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What are the HSE consequences of using power from onshore compared with traditional gas and diesel turbine solutions?
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  • Process safety
  • Electrical installations
Design of electrical installations without dedicated emergency power systems
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The PSA has had a study performed of electrical installations without dedicated emergency power systems on three selected facilities.
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  • Electrical installations
Incidents involving fires in electrical installations
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Electrical installations and equipment are often involved when incidents occur which involve fires and near-fires within the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) administrative area. These incidents are often caused by technical faults.
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  • Electrical installations