The audit was conducted from 27 to 29 November 2023.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to ensure that Equinor has a coherent approach to its surface programme, corrosion under insulation and ageing, and that the implementation of maintenance in the company and at the Mongstad onshore facility complies with the company's own requirements and the regulations.
The audit is part of the annual follow-up of major accident enterprises that are comprised by the Major Accident Regulations. The coordination group for major accident supervision under the Major Accident Regulations has annual topics for this follow-up. For 2023, the topic is maintenance and ageing, which formed part of this audit.
Result
No non-conformities were identified during this audit.
We identified three improvement points
- Planning and coordination of maintenance
- Assessment of risk associated with changes in the maintenance programme
- Follow-up and execution of analyses and risk assessments
What happens now?
We have asked Equinor for their assessment of the improvement points observed. The deadline for this is set at 5 January 2024.