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Tahiti among first spars to utilize ABS Guide
for Building and Classing Floating Production Installations
(FPI).
The contract marks the 14th industry spar to secure ABS classification.
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ABS continues to be at
the forefront of technical standards for gas
production at sea and transport technologies with its Approval
In Principle (AIP) of a novel concept from ABB Lummus Global
for a liquefied natural gas
and liquefied petroleum gas, floating production, storage
and offloading
unit (Niche LNG/LPG FPSO).
The equipment layout is similar
to a typical FPSO, however, the concept for this new purpose-built
FPSO allows for two separate gas processing facilities
onboard which can accommodate the extraction and transport
of heavier gases, propane and butane, as well as lighter
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ABS opened an office in Douala,
Cameroon and
increased staff numbers in Angola to expand its
geographic coverage of the region and exceed survey delivery
expectations.
In West Africa approximately 280 offshore supply vessels,
35 drilling units and 15 FPSOs operate to ABS Class. Under
discussion are a number of new FPSO projects scheduled to
come on line in the next few years.
ABS has opened a station in Macae,
Brazil. This location, approximately 200 kilometers north
of Rio de Janeiro, is the major hub for upstream development
in Brazil.
Douala, Cameroon Office |
| Phone: |
237 34 29927 |
| Mobil: |
237 726716 |
| Email: |
absdouala@eagle.org |
| Surveyor: Sergio Stipcich |
| Email: |
sstipcich@eagle.org |
Manaus, Brazil
Office |
| Senior Surveyor:
Angelo A. Cardoso |
| Phone/Fax: |
55 92 6425755 |
| Mobile: |
55 92 81286156 |
| Email: |
acardosa@eagle.org |
| Surveyor: Fabiano Padovan |
| Mobile: |
55 92 81286157 |
| Email: |
fsilva@eagle.org |
Macae, Brazil
Office |
| Principal Surveyor: Luiz
O. Malcher |
| Mobil: |
55 24 92123529 |
| Email: |
lmalcher@eagle.org |
| Surveyor: Sergio M.B.M. Albuquerque |
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55 22 27735954 |
| Mobile: |
55 22 81157411 |
| Email: |
salbuquerque@eagle.org |
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ABS Vice President of Energy
Development, William J. Sember, will participate in the upcoming
international conference and exhibition for the LNG, LPG and
natural gas industries, Gastech
2005, during the technical session titled, “Safety
and Training for Ships and Terminals.” Gastech is
March 14-17 in Bilbao, Spain.
Currently ABS has 28 LNG carriers
on order to its classification in shipyards in Korea, Japan
and China. Four of the orders will
be outfitted with Wartsila dual fuel engines with electric
propulsion. ABS has available for free download its Guide
for Design and Installation of Dual Fuel Engines. |
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ABS Vice President Energy Development
William J. Sember will speak on "The Dynamics of LNG Shipping"
at the CWC Group's LNG 2005 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA, April 12-14. The workshop session, to be led by ABS, will
feature a case study by major energy operator, ConocoPhillips,
class society perspective on technical issues surrounding LNG
fleet and general fleet trends and observations. Full
program details. |
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ABS will be exhibiting at this year’s Offshore
Technology Conference
at booth #1841
Some of the world’s leading
offshore projects are classed by ABS. ABS leads offshore
classification/certification with
47 percent of all floating production vessels and 72 percent
of the world fleet of mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs)
operating to its class. |
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The first Annual Offshore Energy Achievement
Awards hosted by BP named Advanced Production and Loading (APL) submerged
turret loading buoy system for LNG imports as the winner
in its “Emerging Innovation/Technology” category
at an awards ceremony in Houston, TX, USA. Read
more.
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U.K. based marine consultants and contractors,
Trident Offshore, has received ABS Approval In Principle (AIP) for
its catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) proprietary buoy design,
TriCALM®. Read more. |
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Working with Houston-based drilling contractor
GlobalSantaFe (GSF), ABS
Nautical Systems has
transformed a ship maintenance software into the most comprehensive
offshore fleet maintenance program. Read more. |
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See
the wide range of project types and diverse locations of current
projects undertaken by ABS around the world. |
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ABS
develops and verifies standards for design, construction
and operational maintenance of marine and offshore facilities.
Currently, ABS has more than 20 Rules and Guides available
relating to the offshore and energy industry. |
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