Over time, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has experienced that players in the petroleum industry have had questions relating to the capacity requirement for fire water supply for permanently manned facilities, as this emerges in Section 36 of the Facilities Regulations relating to fire water supply.
On this basis, we are now issuing a clarification of the capacity requirement, including a description of the background and basis for the requirement.
The clarification does not entail intensification in relation to previous requirements.
What is an identical letter?
An identical letter is a communication with the same wording sent to all or selected groups of players in the petroleum sector, depending on whom the content is relevant for.
These communications can provide:
- guidance on regulatory provisions
- requests for certain measures to be implemented
- other important information.
An identical letter does not have the status of an order, and is accordingly not formally binding.
We may follow up an identical letter with more formal action if it fails to have the desired effect.