The audit was conducted from 20 January to 14 February 2025.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to monitor that the management of maintenance, including the company’s own follow-up of ongoing changes that affect the management of maintenance, comply with the authorities’ and their own requirements.
We also wanted to verify that work on improving maintenance management is ensuring that important contributors to HSE risk and uncertainty are identified and followed up.
Through the audit, we wanted to gain an increased understanding of the company's own assessments of maintenance management, an improved basis for prioritising supervisory activities, as well as information for further dialogue and follow-up of the company/industry.
Result
The audit identified eight non-conformities in the following areas:
- Follow-up support functions
- Inadequate definition of roles and responsibilities
- List of equipment
- Barriers
- Maintenance
- Classification
- Maintenance programme
- Maintenance effectiveness
We also observed one factor that we have chosen to categorise as an improvement point. This concerned:
- Control of work
Order
The audit identified non-conformities that individually and collectively constitute serious breaches of the regulations (see especially non-conformities 5.1.1, 5.1.3, 5.1.5, 5.1.6 in the audit report)
On this basis, we have now issued Noble Drilling with the following order:
Pursuant to the Framework Regulations, section 69 concerning administrative decisions, in respect of Noble Integrator, Noble Drilling Norge AS is ordered to:
- Review and map maintenance management functions for Noble Integrator so that the maintenance management system functions as intended. Furthermore, take necessary measures to rectify or compensate for deficiencies or weaknesses in maintenance management, with regard to non-conformities 5.1.1 and 5.1.5, with reference to the Management Regulations, section 21 concerning follow-up, and the Activities Regulations, section 45 concerning maintenance.
- Systematically review systems and equipment on Nobel Integrator so that equipment is identified and classified and there is a match between physical equipment on the facility, equipment identified in drawings and equipment in the maintenance management system. Furthermore, take necessary measures to rectify or compensate for deficiencies or weaknesses in the company's overview, classification and maintenance of equipment on the facility, with regard to non-conformities 5.1.3, 5.1.5 and 5.1.6, with reference to the Activities Regulations, section 45 concerning maintenance and section 46 concerning classification.
- Present a schedule of specific measures for addressing items 1 and 2 of the order, including a description of any compensatory measures to be implemented until non-conformities have been rectified, with reference to the Management Regulations, section 12 concerning planning, and section 22 concerning the handling of non-conformities.
The deadline for complying with item 3 of the order is 15 May 2025.
The deadline for complying with items 1 and 2 of the order is 1 February 2026.