OFFSHORE OIL & GAS FACILITIES VALIDATION
Demonstrating MoSOF compliance in accordance with NOPSA requirements in Australia

To satisfy the Australian Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Regulations 1996 establishes requirements for independent validation of the design, construction, installation, significant modification or decommissioning of offshore petroleum facilities.

What is Validation?

Validation is a long-standing feature of Australia’s occupational health and safety regime for offshore facilities. It is a form of independent certification, of engineered systems and equipment at an offshore facility, which provides National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) with an increased level of assurance that the systems and equipment will fulfill their safety functions.

NOPSA will require a validation of the agreed critical systems and equipment at all new facilities, unless the operator can demonstrate that validation is unnecessary.

Similarly, NOPSA will require a validation of the agreed critical systems and equipment affected by any significant modification to a facility, unless the operator can demonstrate that validation is unnecessary.

The validation shall confirm that the agreed critical systems and equipment will fulfill (or continue to fulfil) their required safety functions under normal conditions, and in the event of an accident or emergency. This shall include a validation that the systems and equipment will meet the necessary performance standards, as determined by the formal safety assessment.