Noble Drilling - drilling cabin alarm management systems

Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 1/10/2025, Location: Europe

The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has conducted an audit of the follow-up by Noble Drilling Norway (Noble) of the alarm management systems in the drilling cabins on the Noble Integrator and Noble Invincible facilities.

Background
Alarms from the control system are often the first alert that operators receive of conditions that are about to get out of control. In recent years, Havtil has conducted audits of alarm systems in central control rooms on drilling facilities, onshore facilities and production facilities. These audits have revealed numerous weaknesses in the alarm systems. We have also encountered challenges with high alarm rates and many standing alarms. This indicates that there may be deficiencies in the follow-up of the systems and how high alarm rates and many standing alarms impact on the working conditions of operators in the drilling cabin.

Objective
The objective of the audit was to verify that the drilling contractors are following up the alarm systems in accordance with the applicable regulations and internal requirements.

Result
The audit identified two non-conformities concerning:

system for follow-up of the alarm systems
analyses in drilling cabin
The non-conformity applies to Noble Integrator and Noble Invincible.

What happens now?
Noble has been given a deadline of 31 January to report on how the non-conformities will be addressed.


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