RS updates oil-and-gas equipment Rules
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) issues a new updated edition of the Rules for the Oil-and-Gas Equipment (OGE Rules) of Floating Offshore Oil-and-Gas Production Units (FPU), Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU) and Fixed Offshore Platforms (FOP).
The new edition is accessible at rs-class.org in the Online Information – RS Publications section and enters into force on January 1, 2021.
Possessing hands-on experience in survey of stations for reception/delivery of fluids and free-flowing materials between FPU/MODU/FOP and support vessel, RS has developed and implemented into the new edition of the OGE Rules new requirements concerning hose stations for reception/delivery of drilling mud (mineral oil), waste drilling mud and drilling waste water, open hazardous drainages, process fresh water, as well as for the provision of free-flowing materials (weighting agent, cement) loading and transportation into the pneumatic conveying system