Equinor - Johan Sverdrup - Safety systems and the electrical facilities - Living quarters platform

Objective

The objective of the audit was to verify that Equinor’s management and follow-up of safety systems and electrical facilities in connection with readying the LQ for operation complied with the authorities’ requirements.

Result

The audit involved a presentation of experiences and statuses of completion of systems and facilities, outstanding work and any plans for work that needs to be performed offshore. There was work still outstanding on safety systems and electrical facilities.

The audit identified two improvement points in the following areas:

• Deficiencies in the storage of safety equipment for switchrooms
• Deficient reviewing of reference documents in electrotechnical analyses

What happens now?

Equinor has been given a deadline of 1 April 2019 to report on how the improvement points will be addressed.