Equinor – Johan Sverdrup – barrier management of subsea facilities

The audit was conducted from 3 to 7 October 2025.

Objective

The objective of the audit was to verify that Equinor’s management and follow-up of barriers in the early project execution phase complied with the company’s and the authorities’ requirements, so as to reduce the likelihood of failures during start-up and in operation.

Result

We did not identify any regulatory non-conformities during the audit. We did however identify two improvement points. These concerned:

• Risk assessment deficiencies
• Deficiencies in barrier management system

What happens next?

We have asked Equinor to give us their assessment of the improvement points observed by 16 January 2026.