The foundation of the audit is in the letter of allocation from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, chapter 3.1, concerning the reduction of major accident risk in the petroleum industry. The process safety requirements in the Facilities Regulations provide a background to the audit.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to verify that Equinor has designed and documented the regulatory compliance of the process safety systems in the Johan Castberg process facility.
Result
No non-conformities or improvement points were identified in connection with the audit.