The Johan Sverdrup is in the North Sea, 140 kilometres west of Stavanger. The field is being developed in several phases. The first phase consists of a field centre, comprising processing, drilling, riser and accommodation facilities.
Objective
The PSA carried out an audit of Statoil's work to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for materials handling policies, occupational health and safety and maintenance in the development project for Johan Sverdrup. The audit was conducted at Aker Engineering & Technology, who are the front end engineering design (FEED) contractors.
Planned production start for Johan Sverdrup is late 2019. The field has a production horizon of 2050.
Result
The Johan Sverdrup project is in its FEED stage, with many active processes, largely taking place simultaneously. A number of processes were presented which indicate that they offer a sound basis for Decision Gate 3 (the project sanction decision), but there are varied degrees of maturity between the different facilities.
It appears that timely analyses are in place that are capable of being used for decision support. This applies within materials handling, OHAS and maintenance.
No non-conformities were identified during the audit.
Improvement points were observed, relating to:
- Materials handling
- Working environment
- Maintenance
Non-conformity:
Entails that a condition is assessed as not complying with a regulatory requirement.
Improvement point:
Entails that we have identified a deficiency or weakness, without there being sufficient grounds for determining a breach of regulatory requirements.