Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 3 May 2011 – GL Noble Denton has published a new Guideline for the certification of blow-out preventers (BOPs). The Guideline clearly defines the process to be undertaken by independent third party certification bodies in certifying the integrity of the asset, which monitors and controls the flow of oil and gas wells. The publication of the Guideline follows the first anniversary of the Macondo oil field incident in the Gulf of Mexico…