Norway

The Norwegian model for managing safety in the petroleum sector may seem complicated. The Petroleum Safety Authority has produced an educational guide to the safety regime.

Optimism is slowly returning to the Norwegian E&P sector and an upcoming seminar will address the most vital issues facing the industry.

Broad agreement on safety and working environment conditions in Norway’s oil industry, and on the measures required in the future, is revealed in a report drawn up by representatives of the employers, unions and government.

The classification society's first offshore drone survey was conducted on a semisubmersible used to support Statoil's drilling operations in the North Sea.

"Today we know more about the surface of the Moon than our own seabed."—Sturla Henriksen, CEO of Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Gassnova has assigned Statoil to evaluate the development of carbon storage on the Norwegian continental shelf. This will be the first storage site in the world receiving carbon dioxide from several industrial sources.

An audit of the Martin Linge project was conducted by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) on 28–30 March 2017. This was directed at technical safety, electrical equipment, maintenance management, and Total’s own follow-up of technical barriers during the commissioning phase.

Norway’s Statoil on 24 April played down concerns that drilling in the Arctic is risky, days before it starts its drilling campaign in the Barents Sea, where the country believes around half of its remaining resources could be located.

Heavy-lift vessels aim for opportunities in decommissioning in UK North Sea and Norway and offshore wind projects.

Operators for remotely operated vehicles will be getting more remote in the future as land-based control begins to become a reality.