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    1. Vessels

    PSA asks Equinor to tighten emergency response

    July 1, 2020
    Equinor must improve its emergency preparedness measures following an investigation of a collision on June 7 between the supply vessel Sjøborg and the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea.
    (Courtesy Equinor)
    The picture shows the place where the PSV Sjøborg collided with the Statfjord A platform – and the visible damage to the hanger for the outermost of the lifeboats.
    The picture shows the place where the PSV Sjøborg collided with the Statfjord A platform – and the visible damage to the hanger for the outermost of the lifeboats.

    Offshore staff

    STAVANGER, Norway -- Equinor must improve its emergency preparedness measures following an investigation of a collision on June 7, 2019 between the supply vessel Sjøborg and the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea.

    An audit by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in late May 2020 identified inadequate requirements specifications for emergency response vessels in the company’s governing documents; and an inadequate system for communicating emergency-preparedness performance requirements to emergency response vessels.

    Equinor’s own in-house investigation had recommended three packages of measures as learning opportunities, while the PSA identified improvement points related to compliance with activity-specific operational guidelines and handling of bulk hoses.

    It has set a deadline of Aug. 14 for the company to explain how it will address the non-conformities and assess the improvement point.

    07/01/2020