An audit carried out on Shell’s Knarr FPSO vessel have found a number of non-conformities.
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said checks were made to assess how the company is managing the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment.
The audit revealed non-conformities including overpressure of the gas export pipeline and passive fire protection.
Meanwhile, improvement points were detected in connection with labelling of equipment, maintenance management and follow-up and verification.
A deadline has been given of February 1st to report on how the non-conformities will be dealt with and how the improvement points will be assessed.
Shell is the operator of the field, while Teekay owns and operates Petrojarl Knarr.
The oil major took over operatorship of Knarr from BG Group Norway in February this year.
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