Related files
Media Information
Short Questions and Answers
A series of leaflets provide short summaries of important aspects of the regulation of offshore health and safety in Australian waters. They include:
- Q and A: Understanding Duty of Care
- Q and A: Understanding NOPSA and How it Operates
- Q and A: What is a Safety Case ?
- Q and A: Understanding the Role of HSRs
- Q and A: Issue of Provisional Improvement Notices
- Q and A: Improvement and Prohibition Notices
- Q and A: Notifying and Reporting Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences
Media Releases
NOPSA issues media releases to inform the industry,other stakeholders and the public of significant events and developments. These may be viewed from the index below.
- Time to remember world's worst oil disaster, Piper Alpha
3 July 2008 - Q and A: Varanus Island - NOPSA's role in providing regulatory support
3 July 2008 - Statement regarding Varanus Island investigation
18 June 2008 - National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority to send inspectors to Varanus Island
4 June 2008 - Oil production prohibited on offshore facility due to safety concerns
9 May 2008 - Workers representatives play vital role in offshore safety regime
2 May 2008 - Ageing facilities and lifting operations a concern for Australia’s offshore petroleum safety regulator
18 February 2008
Previous Releases
Other Sources
Successful prosecution after worker crushed on MODU
The following news item contains the recently released results of a prosecution related to an incident that occurred offshore before NOPSA began operations. NOPSA is publishing these details with the kind permission of the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, which conducted the prosecution. A Drillsafe presentation containing further details of the incident is also available
top