The Enforcement Regime

The MMS and the PSA have rather similar systems for how accidents and serious near-accidents are to be followed up by investigations. In both countries and for some instances, these investigations could be conducted in parallel with or in 

One example is a notifieation of order which BP received from the PSA in September 2010. The notifieation focussed on injuries because of workers exposure to noise. When the PSA did not get any response to the notification, the following enforcement notice was issued. BP was instructed to 

In accordance with PSA s idea of cooperation and dialogue, very few enforcement notices were followed by stricter enforcement measures. In Norway in 2009, a total 

Granskingsrapport etter kollisjon mellom Big Orange XVIII og Ekofisk 2/4-W. Petroleum Safety Authority, 13 October 2009. 

Petroleumstilsynet, Sikkerhet, Status og signaler (2008) Oftest nok med dialog . 

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Legal measures thus appeared not primarily as instruments for getting things done, but rather as occasional signals to the industry about the behavioural record. Dialogue , implicitly within the context of the basically asymmetrical relation, was the favoured approach. A further discussion of the enforcement regime of PSA can... 

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