• Better safety barrier management is the next step to improve offshore safety

    OTC/Houston: To avoid major accidents, safety barriers are critical to stop accident pathways before they become serious, and they need to be treated accordingly. This has to be reflected in operations and ideally in regulations. If not, safety barriers which often address rare events might lose the everyday battle for attention among all the safety and production systems in daily use, leaving a company with fictional barriers and false sense of security.

  • DNV enhances class rules for offshore units

    Houston/Oslo: DNV has restructured its offshore classification rules for Mobile Offshore Units in order to improve transparency and enhance safety. “Our aim is to help the rig owner in the building process – to clearly show that the unit is constructed in compliance with reliability and safety standards. At the same time, yards can achieve improved efficiency and have the ability to document the safety level of alternative solutions,” says Erik Henriksen, Director for Mobile Offshore Units at DNV.

  • Washington State Ferries (WSF) explores LNG as fuel together with DNV

    “WSF burns more than 17 million gallons of ultra-low sulfur diesel each year – and it’s our fastest growing operating expense. LNG has the potential to significantly reduce emissions and the cost of fuel,” said Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Assistant Secretary David Moseley.

  • Terry Loftis, the new Chairman of DNV’s Rig Owners’ Committee

    Houston, Texas: Terry Loftis, Director of Engineering of Transocean, has been appointed as the Chairman of DNV’s Rig Owners’ Committee.

  • DNV signs agreement with University of California Berkeley

    DNV has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of California Berkeley to extend its technology development program for its technical experts.

  • New DNV JIP to speed up subsea construction

    In the construction of a subsea project, one challenge is the long delivery time of large steel forgings used for key components. This is mainly due to compliance with oil companies’ individual requirements. DNV is now inviting the subsea industry to jointly obtain synergies by developing a best-practice approach. The aim is to reduce delivery time and production costs and improve material quality, thus reducing the risk throughout the supply chain.