Odfjell Drilling has applied for an Acknowledgement of Compliance for the Deepsea Aberdeen mobile drilling facility.
In connection with an AoC application, the PSA conducts audits within selected specialist domains.
From 18 to 20 November 2020, we conducted an audit of Deepsea Aberdeen and the specialist domains of electrical facilities, technical safety and ICT security. During the audit, the facility was in the process of being prepared for operation on the NCS.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to verify the technical condition, organisation, preparations for operation and relevant documents in the management system in order to monitor that requirements in the petroleum regulations were being met. The audit formed part of our case processing of the AoC application received.
Result
11 non-conformities were identified, relating to:
- Ignition source control
- Ventilation systems
- Emergency power systems
- Emergency lighting
- Fire fighting
- Passive fire protection
- Electrical facilities and installations
- Work in and operation of electrical facilities
- Competence requirements within data security for industrial ICT
systems - Training and exercises in handling data security incidents in the industrial ICT systems
- Requirements for protection against ICT-related hazards
Two improvement points were identified, relating to:
- Barrier management
- Maintenance of industrial ICT systems
What happens next?
We have asked Odfjell to report on how the non-conformities will be addressed. We have also asked for an assessment of the improvement points observed. The reply deadline is set at 18 January 2021.
Before we issue an AoC, the company must have corrected all known safety-critical non-conformities, and the facility must have been issued with maritime certificates from the appropriate flag state.