| Summary: | Master's thesis in Offshore technology: Technology and Operation Management The oil and gas sector of Norwegian industry is recognized as one of the major petroleum regions in the world. Oil and gas is recovered from these fields using a wide variety of installation designs including entirely subsea completions and manifolds, steel jacket and concrete gravity platforms, floating installations and floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The regulation of health, safety and environmental issues across Norwegian industry is administered by three primary authorities. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is one of these three authorities and is responsible for all safety aspects of petroleum activities, either offshore or onshore. Primary legislative regulation covering petroleum activities is administered by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) but this is specifically a fiscal authority and all requirements concerning health and safety have been transferred to the PSA. The Norwegian regulatory and supervisory system is mainly performance based rather than prescriptive based, and laid out so that the operating companies hold total responsibility and accountability for operating in satisfactory manner. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) may occasionally recommend certain practices or solutions, but will not oblige preferred solutions on the companies. In the view of this, operators on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are expected to assess, identify and exhibit the best adequate and suitable solutions to a problem or issue. In doing so, it is the sole responsibility of the operators to demonstrate compliance with the laws and regulations. It is many years since oil was first discovered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.1969 was a memorable year in that respect, and Eni Norge was there right from the start. Eni Norge was one of the first operators to carry out exploration in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, and is today an active participant in 56 licenses. Eni ...
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