Petroleum Safety Authority Norway
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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is a Norwegian
governmental supervisory authority under the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
. The PSA has regulatory responsibility for safety, emergency preparedness
and the working environment in the petroleum activities in Norway. The director is Magne Ognedal.
The PSA was established on 1 January 2004 as an independent, governmental supervisory body, located in Stavanger
.
The regulatory responsibility covers all phases of the activities; such as planning, engineering, construction, use and finally, removal.
The Norwegian Government has assigned the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway the following tasks:
In the broadest sense, the entire work and purpose of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is to ensure that the petroleum activities are conducted prudently as regards health, environment and safety. The ministry has issued the following guidelines for how the PSA should carry out its tasks:
Follow-up shall be system-oriented and risk-based. This follow-up must be in addition to, and not instead of, the follow-up which the industry carries out for its own part. There shall be a balanced consideration between the PSA's role as a high risk/technological supervisory body and as a labour inspection authority. Participation and cooperation between the parties are important principles and integral preconditions for the activities of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
governmental supervisory authority under the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour is a Norwegian ministry established in 1916. It is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions, welfare, social security, integration, immigration, asylum, minorities and the Sami...
. The PSA has regulatory responsibility for safety, emergency preparedness
Emergency management
Emergency management is the generic name of an interdisciplinary field dealing with the strategic organizational management processes used to protect critical assets of an organization from hazard risks that can cause events like disasters or catastrophes and to ensure the continuance of the...
and the working environment in the petroleum activities in Norway. The director is Magne Ognedal.
The PSA was established on 1 January 2004 as an independent, governmental supervisory body, located in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
.
Responsibilities
The PSA has regulatory responsibility for safety, emergency preparedness and the working environment in the petroleum activities, including petroleum facilities and associated pipeline systems at Melkøya, Tjeldbergodden, Nyhamna, Kollsnes, Mongstad, Sture, Kårstø and Slagentangen, as well as any future, integrated petroleum facilities.The regulatory responsibility covers all phases of the activities; such as planning, engineering, construction, use and finally, removal.
The Norwegian Government has assigned the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway the following tasks:
- The PSA shall, through its own supervision and through cooperation with other authorities in the HSE area, ensure that the petroleum activities and other associated activities are followed up in a comprehensive manner.
- The PSA shall furthermore carry out information and advisory activities vis-à-visVis-à-visVis-à-vis may refer to:* Vis-à-vis * "Vis à Vis" , an episode of Star Trek: Voyager...
the players in the industry, establish practical cooperative relationships with other national and international HSE authorities, as well as contribute actively to the transfer of knowledge in the area of health, safety and environmentOccupational safety and healthOccupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment...
in society in general. - The PSA shall issue statements to its superior government ministry regarding matters which are under consideration and provide assistance to the ministry when requested.
In the broadest sense, the entire work and purpose of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is to ensure that the petroleum activities are conducted prudently as regards health, environment and safety. The ministry has issued the following guidelines for how the PSA should carry out its tasks:
Follow-up shall be system-oriented and risk-based. This follow-up must be in addition to, and not instead of, the follow-up which the industry carries out for its own part. There shall be a balanced consideration between the PSA's role as a high risk/technological supervisory body and as a labour inspection authority. Participation and cooperation between the parties are important principles and integral preconditions for the activities of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway.