On 3 October 2019, we carried out an audit of Wintershall's follow-up of non-conformities we identified in previous audits. We also wanted to investigate any impacts of the detection and handling of non-conformities in the company.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to follow up Wintershall’s handling of nonconformities. One of the areas under the spotlight is the monitoring of the correction of non-conformities. Our audit criteria for this supervisory activity are the requirements set out in the Management Regulations sections 8 on internal requirements and 13 on work processes in respect of the handling of non-conformities, as well as section 22 on the handling of non-conformities. We also followed up selected non-conformities from previous audits to gauge whether Wintershall has closed these cases in accordance with their responses.
Result
No non-conformities were identified during the audit.
Two improvement points were identified in connection with:
- Assessment of significance for HSE
- Follow-up of measures and impact evaluation
What happens next?
Wintershall Dea (former Wintershall Norge AS) has been given a deadline of 15 January 2020 to report on how the improvement points will be addressed.