NORSOK standard S-002 Rev.

4, August 2004

Foreword

The NORSOK standards are developed by the Norwegian petroleum industry to ensure adequate safety,
value adding and cost effectiveness for petroleum industry developments and operations. Furthermore,
NORSOK standards are, insofar as possible, intended to replace oil company specifications and serve as
references in the authorities' regulations.

The NORSOK standards are normally based on recognised international standards, adding the provisions
deemed necessary to fill the broad needs of the Norwegian petroleum industry. Where relevant, NORSOK
standards will be used to provide the Norwegian industry input to the international standardisation process.
Subject to development and publication of international standards, the relevant NORSOK standard will be
withdrawn.

The NORSOK standards are developed according to the consensus principle generally applicable for most
standards work and according to established procedures defined in NORSOK A-001.

The NORSOK standards are prepared and published with support by The Norwegian Oil Industry
Association (OLF) and Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (TBL).

NORSOK standards are administered and published by Standards Norway.

Annexes A, B, C, D, E and H are normative. Annexes F and G are for information only.

Introduction

Revision 4 includes the following changes:

x Implementation of unique ID reference tag number for both existing and new requirements information.
All new requirements/supplementary information is identified with revision mark.
x Clause 4 is changed considerably in order to highlight the importance of early-qualified execution of
studies/analyses for validation and verification in line with industry and authorities expectations. In
addition, there are, through the clauses/annexes, several changes both in textual descriptions as well as
to tabular information.
x The following annexes in the previous revision have been voided:
Annex D "Typical hazardous substances"
Annex G "List of applicable acts, regulations, standards and guidelines for the Norwegian continental
shelf"
x Updating according to regular revision cycle and in view of International Standards (ISO) and European
Standards (EN).
x Capture the good practices and project user experience reported by the oil and gas industry since issue
of revision 3.

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