Offshore and shipping activities in the Norwegian Arctic areas: The environmental dimension: Case: Norsk Hydro's drilling of well 7316/5-1, autumn 1992

This paper describes how Norsk Hydro planned and executed the safety, environment and emergency preparedness matters related to the exploration drilling of well 7316/5-1, the most northern well drilled on the Norwegian continental shelf. This well (1992) was Norsk Hydro's first experience with the new above-mentioned regulations. For later wells, Norsk Hydro developed both how to use and implement these new regulations.