The audit was conducted from 15 November to 7 December 2023.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to assess how Okea ensures compliance with regulatory requirements concerning the management of major accident risk and barriers at Brage within emergency communications, emergency power, ignition source control, process safety and technical safety.
In practice, this meant that we wanted to assess the organisation’s overview and control of factors that can:
- affect the risk of a major accident, and/or
- contribute to the development and escalation of an incident into a major accident
Result
The audit identified five non-conformities. These concerned:
- Inadequate ignition source control
- Inadequacies in maintenance programme for the emergency shutdown system
- Inadequate compliance with own procedures
- Weakened barrier for emergency and evacuation lights in the emergency hospital in the living quarters
- Inadequate documentation
We also observed three factors that we have chosen to categorise as improvement points. These concerned:
- Securing of valves in the correct position
- Inadequate labelling of equipment and systems
- Defective maintenance programme
What happens now?
We have asked Okea to report to us by 15 February 2024 on how the non-conformities will be addressed, and for their assessment of the improvement points observed.