Abs Principal News

Continued frontier development is driving industry's need to refurbish and significantly modify many of the world's 388 active jack-up units for novel projects, improved efficiency and sometimes harsh environments. Frontier development also is spurring the building of new units. Responding to the technical challenges posed by these modifications and the need for new designs, ABS has released a detailed technical Commentary to its Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). The commentary-a further step in providing industry more specific direction on how to apply ABS Rules to these new projects-particularly focuses on jack-ups, which are the predominant type of drilling unit addressed in the Rules for Building and Classing MODUs.

Continued frontier development is driving industry's need to refurbish and significantly modify many of the world's 388 active jack-up units for novel projects, improved efficiency and sometimes harsh environments. Frontier development also is spurring the building of new units. Responding to the technical challenges posed by these modifications and the need for new designs, ABS has released a detailed technical Commentary to its Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). The commentary—a further step in providing industry more specific direction on how to apply ABS Rules to these new projects—particularly focuses on jack-ups, which are the predominant type of drilling unit addressed in the Rules for Building and Classing MODUs.