New ideas are generated every day by our worldwide staff – inspired by close interaction with key customers and partners. Sometimes it is an extension of current knowledge and methodologies. At other times we come up with totally novel knowledge or applications. In both cases we want to work closely with the industry to develop the ideas further.

Our ultimate goal is that the proposals will materialise in new codes in 2009, 2010 and 2011, depending on the complexity of the issues and projects.

The ideas and proposals cover a wide range of issues – new methods and criteria for offshore foundation design, ice effects on pipelines, uncertainty within CO2 transport and injection, a new toolbox for operational safety, improved handling of oil spills, better methods for LNG transfer – and much more. We are excited about our new proposals and the prospect of developing them together with the industry.
Let’s get started.