Management of accidents and crises

PA Resources implements measures to prevent the occurrence of accidents and incidents such as fires, unintentional emissions of pollutants, maritime or helicopter accidents and fatalities. If an accident or incident occurs, it might have an extremely negative impact on people, the environment and society.

Management step by step

  1. Potential risks are plotted through the performance of safety and risk assessments prior to for example drilling, seismic surveys or development of fields.
  2. Crisis management plans are drawn up that allocate responsibility etc.
  3. Measures are taken and employees are trained to minimise the occurrence of accidents or incidents.
  4. Emergency exercises are performed with employees and sometimes together with operators or subcontractors in advance of specific projects.
  5. Emergency response plans are revised on the basis of experience gained from training exercises.
  6. Safety inspections are performed at production facilities to check that equipment and procedures comply with regulations and guidelines.

PA Resources has a high level of emergency preparedness in place. The Group as well as each business region has emergency response plans in place for operations where PA Resources is the operator that address how any crisis is to be managed. Emergency response exercises and risk assessments are performed prior to various projects. For oil and gas licences in which the Group is a partner, the operator is responsible for emergency response management at the location.