Each year, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) recognizes with an award the best paper presented by a SNAME member at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). At OTC 2013, ABS Marine Technology Director Christina Wang brought that honor home to ABS for her conference paper “Execution of New Drillship Project Perspectives from Owner, Class, Builder and Designer.”
Wang co-authored the paper with ABS Senior Principal Engineer Suck Hwan Lee, Offshore Engineering, Busan, Korea, and representatives from Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Hyundai Heavy Industries and GustoMSC.
Wang’s idea to include each partner’s perspective was novel for ABS. “I decided to take a more collaborative approach that would benefit ABS as well as our partners,” she explains. “The result was a paper that encompasses the full work scope from design and construction through certification/verification and delivery, coupled with an operator’s and builder’s perspective to provide a holistic understanding of a drillship project.
“Through the years, we’ve worked to strengthen these relationships,” she adds. “I thought it would be interesting to engage all of our clients to develop this paper, and I was surprised when everyone was on board with the idea,” she says. “As an industry, we gain a greater appreciation for the work we do by sharing our perspectives, and we also gain critical knowledge that can lead to better practices in the areas of safety and efficiency.”
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