New Regulatory Approach to Safety and the Working Environment

In the white paper on the Alexander L Kielland disaster, the government expressed an overall goal of simplifying and enhancing the efficiency of supervising oil and gas 

Formal agreements with the pollution control authorities for the natural environment and with the health authorities for health-related issues were established. Agreements on technical support were also entered into with a number of other regulatory agencies which no longer had any formal responsibility for the oil and gas industry. Coordination and support between many different government agencies represented a new approach to administration and differed from the common model 

Regulatory supervisory activities with the safety etc. in the petroleum activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Royal Decree, 28.6.1985. 

Part of this work was initiated after the Petroleum Activities Act of 1985 on simplifying the regulations and ensuring that they accorded with the presumptions of the change. In that context, emphasis was to be given to  

Cooperation with Those Involved - Tripartite Collaboration S 

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