From 22 to 25 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of the control and management of materials handling and the technical condition of lifting equipment at Statoil and the company’s management of lifting-equipment maintenance at Snorre A platform, in the Norwegian North Sea.
The objective of the audit was to assess the company’s control and management of materials handling, the technical condition of lifting equipment and lifting operations, and the company’s management of lifting-equipment maintenance at Snorre A. There was also an objective of verifying Statoil’s established improvement measures in cranes and lifting, with a primary focus on the drilling area, PSA said.