Psa News

 

West Epsilon to P&A on Huldra

Mar 14, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the West Epsilon jackup drilling facility for permanent plugging of wells at Huldra 30/2-A, in production license 051. Statoil has allocated 215 days for the activity…

Goliat first oil creeps closer

Jan 21, 2016

Eni is a step closer to starting production on the Barents Sea Goliat field in coming weeks following consent to use the Goliat floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility from Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). The…

Trio gets manned diving ops ok

Dec 14, 2015

Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent for manned underwater operations in 2016, from the Petroleum Saftey Authority (PSA) of Norway. The services are to be supplied by Technip and Subsea 7.   Image from Statoil…

COSLInnovator wins Troll gig

Dec 07, 2015

Statoil Petroleum has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway to use the COSLInnovator mobile drilling facility for drilling, completion, intervention, workover and well plugging on the Troll field. COSLInnovator…

Statoil cleared for Oseberg drilling

Nov 23, 2015

Statoil is the operator for production license 104 and has received consent to drill exploration well 30/89 S on the Oseberg field. Statoil has allocated 54 days for the activity and will be drilling with the Songa Delta, in approximately 99m water depth…

PSA completes Eldfisk investigation

Aug 20, 2015

The PSA has completed its investigation into two incidents which occurred on the Eldfisk complex on 6-8 August 2014. Several breaches of the regulations have been identified. Image from ConocoPhillips…

Woodside exits Tanzania PSA

May 27, 2015

Australia’s Woodside Petroleum will exit the Lake Tanganyika South block it farmed into last July, according to partner Beach Energy. Beach Energy made the announcement on 27 May that Woodside decided not to enter the next phase of exploration on the production sharing agreement (PSA)…

Missing grating cause of man over board

Apr 24, 2015

An overboard incident on the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling unit offshore unit was caused by missing grating on the blowout preventer (BOP) carrier platform grating, a report by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) says.  The…

BP gets Valhall extentions

Jan 08, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) is extending BP Norge’s use of the Valhall drilling platform (DP) and production and compression platform (PCP) facilities until 31 December 2023. Valhall field…

BP, SOCAR to explore Caspian Sea

Dec 22, 2014

BP and the state oil company of the Republic of Azerbaijan, SOCAR signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for the exploration and development of the potential prospects in the shallow water area around the Absheron Peninsula located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea…

PSA denies BP Valhall QP request

Dec 19, 2014

BP’s request to extend the operating life of the Valhall field quarters platform (QP), has been denied by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) stating that BP has failed to define realistic acceptance criteria for non-linear analyses…

PSA investigates platform oil leak

Aug 12, 2014

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is investigating a hydrocarbon leak which happened on the Eldfisk field in Block 2/7 in the North Sea early on Thursday 7 August. The leak led to the discharge of stabilized oil to the sea…

Aminex secures Tanzania license

Jul 08, 2013

East Africa-focused exploration firm Aminex is to carry out a new seismic survey offshore Tanzania after being granted an appraisal license. The license, in the Rovuma production sharing agreement (PSA) area, covers the Ntorya-1 discovery well…

Extra time for Aminex in Tanzania

May 30, 2013

Aminex has been given extra time to carry out exploration in its licence in Tanzania's offshore Rovuma Basin.  Partner in the licence Solo Oil, said the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation had agreed a variation of the terms of…

PSA's Magne Ognedal honored

Apr 17, 2013

Magne Ognedal had his final working day as director general of the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority Norway on Friday 12 April. A prominent personality has thereby handed on a heritage which will call for courage and strength to maintain and extend…

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