Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway – DNV has awarded the world’s first Smart notation compliance certificate to China Merchants Heavy Industry’s (CMHI) semisubmersible drilling rig Shen Lan Tan Suo.
The voluntary Smart vessel notation provides a framework for assessing and visualizing digital vessel features and shows that a ship is using enhancements that improve operations, efficiency, and reduce environmental impacts.
Mei Xianzhi, general manager of CMHI (Jiangsu), said: “Digitalization and intellectualization are the general trends in technological development. Digital transformation is one of the development strategies for CMHI and we are committed to building the internal industry chain of ship repair and ship construction through smart operation and maintenance, while adding value to end users with services supporting the life cycle of ships.”
Norbert Kray, DNV Regional Manager for Greater China, said: “As the first in the world to apply our newly developed Smart notation, CMHI demonstrates that in in digitalization and automation they have both the foresight to look to future needs and the ability to deliver in practice.”
The Smart notation demonstrates that the data collection infrastructure of the Shen Lan Tan Suo, and its ability to ensure reliable and safe data collection from multiple systems onboard has been subject to quality assurance from an independent third party.
The rig has also been awarded the qualifiers D-INF(P) for data-driven verification processes, and EEN, which recognizes solutions that provide improved energy efficiency and reduced harmful emissions, focusing on technologies that are considered cost, energy, and emission-efficient for the operation of the vessel.
“Data streams from sensors and other sources of information are increasingly becoming an essential part of decision-making and used as input for monitoring, control, quality assurance, and verification,” said DNV’s Offshore Classification Director Geir Fuglerud. “It’s of great importance for the industry that you started the digital journey. Because, while the future opportunities are almost endless, they must always begin with an innovator who is willing to take the first steps – as we see here with CMHI and Shen Lan Tan Suo.”
The Shen Lan Tan Suo is a CM-SD1000 deepwater drilling rig that uses the R6 mooring system, with a maximum of 12 mooring points and an ultra-high strength anchor chain. It is said to be able to be quickly laid in up to 800 m (2,625 ft) of water and adapt to global sea operations.
The rig uses an integrated multi-functional drilling system, which can improve the efficiency of conventional drilling equipment by nearly 30%, according to DNV. It is also equipped with a new independently developed intelligent operation and maintenance system, which can collect data on the operating status of the rig in real time.
04/15/2021
