Offshore staff
HOUSTON – ABS will offer a variety of technical papers at this year’s OTC on topics ranging from FLNGs and ISO standards to jackups, offshore vessels, and steel catenary risers.
The topics and schedules are as follows:
- Monday, 9:30 a.m.:“Challenges on the Safety of Floating Liquefied Gas Terminals: Hull, Topside and Interface.” Authors: Xiaozhi (Christina) Wang, Director of Marine Technology; J.H. Hwang, Senior Engineering Specialist; Hai-Hong Sun, Senior Principal Engineer; Harish Patel, Manager of Offshore Technology; and Ping Liao, Staff Consultant
- Tuesday 9:30 a.m.:A session on the ISO 19905 1 as regards jackups will include several papers to which Senior Consultant John J. Stiff of ABS Consulting contributed
- Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.:“Design Issues and Trends for the New Generation of Offshore Support Vessels.” Authors: Michael Sano, Senior Engineer; Wei Huang, Manager of Offshore Technology; Yoshi Ozaki, Director of Environmental Technology; Mark Penfold, Senior Engineer; Charles He, Principal Engineer; and Mariusz Leszczynski, Senior Engineer
- Thursday 9:30 a.m.:“Effect of Polyester Mooring Stiffness on SCR Design for FPSO Application.” Authors: Gwo-Ang Chang, Principal Engineer, Pao-Lin Tan, Director of Offshore Technology; and Soumya Pathi
- Thursday, 2:00 p.m.:“Lessons Learned from Implementing SEMS Programs for GOM Operations.” Author: Steve Arendt, ABS Consulting Vice President and Business Development Leader.
