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Notices served

Notice 314563228 served against Noble Drilling UK Ltd on 01/10/2024
Notice Type Improvement Notice
Description In preparation for the offshore inspection of your operations on Noble Resilient between 25 and 27 September 2024, my onshore review of your documentation and records revealed that the arrangements outlined in your Verification Scheme For Noble Rigs, under independent verification by ABS, JACK-UP - Verification Scheme (ID: M-CPH-1171-53473_EN_Section_0.01, and further identified and dated 1.1 / FEB 2024), as applied to the Noble Resilient, were not being followed. You had therefore not continued to give effect to the rig’s verification scheme. UKCS operations resumed on or about 26 June 2024. The last Annual Verification Report was completed by ABS between 24 February 2023 to 4 March 2023. There were 43 open verification findings over the date range May 2019 to August 2024, these included 3 Major Non-Conformity recommendations, 23 Minor Non-Conformity recommendations and 17 Observations. There was no evidence that annual In-Depth Cross Asset audits had been completed by ABS to fulfil the requirements of Noble’s Verification Methodology. Noble had not put in place Deviations for any of the 43 open verification findings.
Compliance Date 03/12/2024 Revised Compliance Date
Result Complied with

Breaches involved in this Notice

Location of Offence
Address Noble Resilient/Noble Drilling
3rd Floor
1 Ashley Road
ALTRINCHAM
Cheshire
WA14 2DT
Region
Local Authority Not Applicable
Industry Extractive and utility supply industries
Main Activity 06100 - EXTRACTION OF CRUDE PETROLEUM
Type of Location Jack Up Mobile Drilling Unit (MODU)
HSE Details
HSE Group EDU3OFFS HSE Directorate Energy Division
HSE Area HSE Division
Updated: 2020-03-04