The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Equinor and its management of responsibilities for, competence with and maintenance of the alarm management system in the control room at the Hammerfest LNG onshore plant.
- Technical safety
- Working environment
This audit was conducted in 2021.
BackgroundIn recent years, the PSA has undertaken a number of audits concerning follow-up of alarm systems on drilling facilities, at onshore plants and on production facilities.
This work has found that these alarm systems fail to meet the company's requirements. Furthermore, other audits have identified high alarm rates and many standing alarms.
These findings suggest that deficiencies may be present in both follow-up of the systems and understanding of the impact high which alarm rates and many standing alarms may have on working conditions for control room operators.
The PSA audited the control rooms of most Norwegian offshore facilities and onshore plants in 2021.
ObjectiveThe objective of the audit was to verify that the operator follows up the alarm system and working conditions for control room operators in compliance with the regulations and the company's internal requirements.
ResultThe audit of Hammerfest LNG produced no observations which were characterised as nonconformities or improvement points.
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