Working together

for a safer world

Offshore installations
Deeper expertise for a safer world

Contents
Who we are
01
Introduction to Lloyds Register
Independent global assurance
02
Reliable and independent
technical expertise
Our services
04
What we can do to help you
Rules 06
Rules and regulations for
best practice
Entire lifecycle support
08
We are there at every stage
See us at work
10
A selection of recent case studies
Our leadership
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Where we are and where we
are going
Global reach
16
Where we operate around the world
Get in touch
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Find your nearest Lloyds Register contact

Who we are
Lloyds Register helps offshore companies around the
world to operate with confidence and tackle the
industrys ever-growing technical, regulatory,
commercial and environmental demands.

From the very beginnings of the oil and

gas industry, we have worked closely with
our clients to improve the safety,
reliability and performance of their assets,
people, systems and processes.
Owners, operators, build yards,
equipment vendors, manufacturers,
engineering procurement contractors and
regulators all turn to us for support across
the key areas of exploration, production
and transportation.

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We provide independent expertise in the

areas of compliance, technical consulting
and business solutions to cover the full
lifecycle of every type of upstream asset,
from semi-submersibles, drilling units,
floating units (FPSOs, FSOs, and FLNGs), to
onshore and offshore pipelines.
Whatever your requirements, we can help
every step of the way, from concept
design right through to operation, service
and life extension. We can support
individual projects and help you solve
unique technical issues; we also can assess
your entire asset portfolios, including
advising on how to enhance your
operations and management.

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Independent
global assurance
We appreciate that clients working in a high-risk environment
need to be certain that operations will run reliably and safely.
Choosing us as your independent technical expert
demonstrates your commitment to the best possible
assurance for your critical processes and functions.

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Why choose Lloyds

Register?
Independent experts in international
standards
As global leaders in providing
independent assurance services, we
participate in world renowned technical
committees such as the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). We
also lead CEOCs energy and efficiency
committee and participate with them
on both their inspection and pressure
equipment committees. We regularly
provide insight into the challenges of
modern-day safety and performance,
lead discussion forums and papers at
industry-wide events such as ICONE,
and contribute to the development of
worldwide standards.
High calibre specialists
Our technical people are the most
highly experienced and competent in
the business. We work on high-integrity
projects, from the development of the
first land-based boiler rules through to
the worlds largest integrated refinery
project. We know the technical and
commercial challenges you face and we
understand that to achieve a sustainable
and growing business, you need to think
beyond compliance.

Global support
We have a network of over 8,500
specialists; you will find us in 186
countries, from the key upstream hubs
around the world to the harshest and
remote parts of the planet. Our in-depth
knowledge of local operating conditions
means that wherever you are, you can be
sure we offer expert help.
Support for asset life extension
We do more than carry out inspections.
We work with you collaboratively to help
solve your problems and improve business
performance throughout the supply
chain. Our consultancy services focus on
research and development breakthroughs
and commercialising new products, as
well as industrial innovation in smart,
safe and sustainable rig operations
extending valuable benefits to your
clients.

Lloyds Register is a
world leader in assessing
facilities, equipment
and products against
regulatory, voluntary or
proprietary standards,
industry codes,
regulations or schemes.

Third-party independence
You can be assured of our complete
independence we make technical
decisions without commercial or
political pressure. Lloyds Register has no
institutional or private shareholders so
is able to reinvest surplus resources to
fulfil our 250-year-old mission: to work
to protect lives at sea, on land and in the
air; a mission that influences everything
we do as an organisation.
Our expertise incorporates the very latest technology and thinking,
helping you to solve complex issues and add value to your assets.

F loating, production, storage &

offloading (FPSO)
Floating, storage & offloading
(FSO)
Floating liquefied natural gas
(FLNG)
Floating storage & regasification
units (FSRU)
Drilling units
Jack-ups
Semi-submersibles
Topsides

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Global supply chain management

Tension-legged platforms
Umbilical risers and flowlines
Electrical systems and
instrumentation
Rotating and process equipment
Piping, cylinders, tubes, drums,
tankers and containers
Lifting equipment and appliances
Welding and fabrications
Procurement and project
management systems

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Our services
Compliance
Certification
Assure stakeholders that your assets,
equipment and systems conform to
agreed standards or specifications:
our independent service will confirm
that design and construction meet
required codes and specifications.
Where mandated by regulation, we can
certify the operational suitability of your
assets. Where there are no standards
or specifications, we can work with
you to develop appropriate criteria for
certification.
Classification
Be confident that your Floating Offshore
Installations and Mobile Offshore Drilling
Units (MODUs) are designed, constructed
and operated to recognised standards,
our internationally recognised Rules set
standards for the design, construction
and operation of floating offshore
installations, MODUs and other floating
units around the world. We provide
independent confirmation that these
Rules are being met throughout the
lifecycle of your assets.
Independent verification and validation
Be certain that you have identified and
addressed your assets major accident
hazards: we provide independent
confirmation that the design,
construction and operation of your safety
critical equipment and systems are in
accordance with the required standards,
and that appropriate examination and
testing systems are in place.

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Supply chain management

Know that as your project enters its
construction or its maintenance stage, key
elements such as quality and timelines
are strictly under control: we use a large
network of surveyors across the globe
that are able to leverage their experience
of local yards and facilities, to offer a
completely independent third-party
supply chain management service.
Technical consulting
Integrity management
Be confident about the performance of
your critical systems and equipment we
help assess and monitor the condition
of your physical assets, equipment
and hardware, processes and people,
to develop asset-specific risk-based
monitoring programmes. Safety,
reliability and operating performance
data comes from our licensed software
products Reliability Based Mechanical
Integrity (RBMI) and Knowledge Based
Asset IntegrityTM (KBAITM), helping you
optimise the performance of your assets
throughout their life span.
Risk and engineering consultancy
Make confident risk management and
operational decisions, our technical
advice helps you make critical decisions
regarding your management of risk and
operation of equipment. Our expertise
covers a range of risk and engineering
disciplines, including safety, structural,
electrical, corrosion, geotechnical, process
plant machinery, noise and vibration, and
environmental engineering. Together
with our modelling skills in finite

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element analysis and computational

fluid dynamics, we can provide technical
advice on all aspects of your operations,
including probabilistic risk assessment,
safety case preparations, fire and
explosion modelling, and noise and
vibration studies.
Operational readiness support
Improve safety, health and operational
performance by using our specialist
design support, our team achieves an
understanding of how your people
interface with processes, systems and
physical assets. We use a broad range
of operational integrity related services,
including human factors, training,
management systems, root cause incident
analysis, and process safety management.
Field life extension
Have confidence in the integrity of your
ageing assets, our services will support
your future risk management of plant,
systems, processes and people, helping
overcome tomorrows challenges by
understanding the technical, systems, and
competency demands of the next phase
of your assets lifecycle.
Materials/equipment failure
investigation
Benefit from an independent assessment
of why materials or equipment have
failed, our tests and detailed analyses
will determine the likely cause of failure
of any materials and components.
Using failure investigation data and our
expert advice you can prevent future
problems and be confident of working to
engineering best practices.

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Business solutions
Business performance improvement
Add significant value to your business
with our software, training, performance
improvement support and best practice
management systems, we can tailor our
diverse range of specialist capabilities to
meet your specific business consultancy
requirements. Choose from sophisticated
human factors services, organisational
integrity consulting support, and business
and supply chain assurance.
As our client, you have access to the
entire resources of the Lloyds Register
Group of entities, and our range of
specialist services to meet your oil and gas
challenges.
Reliability Based Mechanical Integrity
(RBMI) software
This provides a fully integrated riskbased inspection and maintenance
programme for pressure vessels, piping,
storage tanks, heat exchangers (including
bundles), relief devices, pipelines, rotating
equipment and instrumentation. RBMI
is a third-party solution, certified to
API 580, and can be integrated with
back-office systems such as SAP, CMMS,
document management solutions and
data historians.

from consistency of documentation

used to support design principles with
regulatory requirements, through to
the strategic solutions of pressure relief
system capacity.
Human engineering
For people, plant and processes to
perform successfully in any complex
system, it is essential that you address
human factors: our Human Engineering
team has specific capabilities in CAD
design for control rooms and work
environments. We can help you optimise
the usability of your technology,
especially control systems, and assure
organisational integrity for efficient and
sustainable operations.
All the services outlined above are
provided by our reputable subsidiaries:
ModuSpec & West; Scandpower; Lloyds
Register ODS; and Martec.
LRQA
A leading independent provider of
business assurance services, including
certification, validation, verification and
training, LRQA is accredited by over 45
accreditation bodies. Located in more
than 120 countries, its services help you
manage your systems and risks to improve
and protect your organisations current
and future performance.

Pressure relief analysis software

Combined with our expertise on pressure
relief analysis, this software provides
accurate analysis to help support
identification of potential safety issues
associated with pressure relief systems,

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Rules
Lloyds Register has used its technical knowledge and
experience to provide comprehensive rules to guide
the design, construction and operation of floating
liquefied natural gas (FLNG) and other offshore

Our rules and regulations set

appropriate standards of the design,
construction and lifetime maintenance
for offshore units, providing all the
information needed for classification
purposes.
All of Lloyds Registers rules are ratified
by our technical committees, made up
of industry representatives, to ensure
our rules and regulations reflect industry
best practice.
Lloyds Register has two sets of rules
covering floating offshore assets:

Rules

Covering assets such as

Floating Offshore Installations at a

Fixed Location (FOIFL)

Floating Production Storage and

Offloading

Mobile Offshore Units

Floating Storage and Offloading

Jack-Ups
Drill Ships

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Additions to the FOIFL rules include:

A new FOIFL Part 10 (site specific
loading, project specific services life,
hull rules for generic mono-hulls,
based on CSR) that has been extended
to cover floating LNG units, to be
released in 2012.
A new FOIFL Part 11 for Floating
Liquefied Natural Gas (containment
systems, piping, machinery, process

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plants, electrical, control systems, fire

safety) assets and Guidelines for the
Calculation of Probabilistic Explosion
Loads, authored by our industry
leading experts from Scandpower, to
be issued in early 2013.
A new set of MOU rules for 2013 with
revised requirements and notations
for Drill Units, using our industry
leading experts from ModuSpec, to be
issued in early 2013.

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Entire lifecycle support

From concept to operational life and decommissioning,
we can support your assets during every lifecycle stage and
across the energy supply chain.
Whether it is complex deepwater drilling rigs, floating
units or pipelines in the Arctic, we will help you safeguard
your upstream assets while improving overall business
performance. Our teams consist of specialists with an
in-depth knowledge of all the materials, components,
equipment, systems and operational complexities involved
in this high-risk, capital-intensive sector.

Taking your assets entire lifecycle into consideration at the

beginning of the project enables you to make informed
decisions later, benefiting both safety and performance
throughout operation and at the life-extension and
decommissioning stages.
Operate with confidence at every stage
Our specialist expertise covers all equipment, components
and assets:

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01 Concept

Helping you define the project scope and risks during the
early stages minimising overall project risk exposure. This
may cover material procurement, fabrication, assembly and
legislation. Full lifecycle cost analysis is normally carried out.
Examples of how we help:
design safety case support
approval in principle
environmental assessments
human factors
HAZID/HAZOP support
supporting studies for risk and HSE:
EERA, ESSA, FERA, noise, vibration, SIL, reliability
provision of verification schemes.
Helping you meet your requirements and maximising
asset value
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02 Design

Helping you define the project scope and risks during the
design stages, pre-FEED and FEED.
Examples of how we help:
design appraisal for FEED and detailed design
advice on materials suitability and selection
corrosion risk analyses
structural strength and fatigue analyses
static and dynamic flexible riser analyses
pipeline systems analysis
hydrodynamics, motions and moorings analyses
finite element analysis
support on procurement and contracting strategies.
Ensuring ocean and land-based logistics are cost-efficient and
effective, and final component installation meets all technical
and legal requirements

03 Construction

05 Operation Services

Monitoring of your project, vendor inspection,

controlling sub-contractors and ensuring deadlines are
achieved. Materials selection using codes, standards
and procedures, fabrication and assembly are achieved.

We help with implementation of measurement, failure,

inspection and investigation strategies to ensure that
assets remain safe, productive and fit for purpose.

Examples of how we help:

preparation of specification and scheme plans
independent review and audit of designs and
specifications
project risk analysis and risk management
noise and vibration predictions
survey during fabrication and installation
approval of welding specifications and procedures
materials production surveillance and certification
notified body services for PED and ATEX
NDE and NDT advice.
Helping you deliver your projects on time and
budget, to the correct specification

Examples of how we help:

in-service inspection (compliance)
asset management assurance services (BSI PAS 55)
risk-based inspection
integrity inspection activities
corrosion and NDE studies
failure and root cause analysis
process safety management
operational risk assessments
technical due diligence
asset transfer support
maintenance strategies and audits
fitness for service evaluation
current condition surveys
structural fatigue.
Successfully optimising safety, reliability and productivity

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04 Commissioning

Creating a framework covering integrity policy, strategy, codes

of practice procedures, specifications and guidelines all of
which are required for successful operation.

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Examples of how we help:

survey during commissioning
confirmation of functionality of safety critical systems and
equipment
implementation and project management
independent validation and verification during testing and
commissioning
review of documentation
measurement of rotating equipment (noise, vibration, surge
testing, etc)
training
ASME and RCCM code inspection services.
Reducing set-up problems and improving coordination, quality
and cost management

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See us at work
Client: BP Exploration and Production
Application: Installation of a new
FPSO (Quad 204)
Project scope: Independent validation of
design, procurement, construction and
commissioning phases
Lloyds Register and BP have a long
history of successful collaboration. In this
project, BPs intention is to fully exploit
the remaining Schiehallion/Loyal reserves;
the concept for redevelopment of the
Quad 204 area involves the installation
of a new geostationary turret-moored,
harsh-water FPSO at the same location as
the existing FPSO. The exploitation of the
reservoirs is being extended through the
provision of up to 28 additional subsea
production and injection wells across
Schiehallion/Loyal fields.
The Quad 204 FPSO will be moored in
approximately 400m of water, some
150km west of Shetland, and will use
the existing subsea infrastructure (SURF).
Conditions in this area are amongst
the harshest experienced in the UK oil
and gas sector, therefore the facilities
provided for this project must be capable
of operating in weather extremes that
cause significant ship motion, and where
equipment will be exposed to a corrosive
(wet and saliferous) environment.

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The topsides facilities will consist of threestage gas-oil separation, associated gas
compression and dehydration prior to gas
export via the existing West of Shetlands
pipeline, or distribution as lift gas.
Produced water, supplemented by treated
seawater, will be re-injected to provide
the maintenance of reservoir pressure.

Lloyds Register, as the appointed IVB

to BP, performed verification to meet
the requirements of the Offshore
Installations (Safety Case) Regulations
2005, and the key requirements of
Reference 1. We were involved in the
Design, Procurement, Construction and
Commissioning phases of the scheme and
provided individual Verification Work
Instructions (VWIs) detailing the necessary
actions to be taken by individual
examiners when assessing the suitability
of each item of SCE equipment or system.
Client: Woodside Energy Ltd, Perth,
Western Australia
Application: Steel jacket and deck
Project scope: Independent validation
of design, construction and installation
Lloyds Register Asia has a strong and
ongoing relationship with Woodside.
Our validation services to the North
Rankin Redevelopment (NR2) are
performed under the frame agreement
with Woodside for the provision of
validation and classification services.
Besides North Rankin 2 we are providing
validation operations verification and/
or classification to the majority of
Woodsides new offshore projects and
existing assets, including the North
Rankin A, Goodwyn A, Angel and Pluto
fixed facilities and the Maersk NgujimaYin, Northern Endeavour and Nganhurra
FPSO units. We are supporting the
refurbishment of North Rankin A, one
of the worlds largest capacity gasproduction platforms, in readiness for
the installation of the North Rankin B
alongside.

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North Rankin B platform presents its

own unique challenges. Installing the
deck by float-over method will make
this project one of the largest of its
kind in the world. A core requirement
is to connect the new platform by two
100-metre bridges to the existing North
Rankin A offshore facility. Our team of
structural and foundations experts will
help contribute to the projects success,
backed up by our extensive knowledge of
the existing North Rankin A facility and
local regulatory environment.
The Perth, Western Australia office is
performing the project management of
the validation services. Detailed design
review of the jacket and deck is being
performed by the Kuala Lumpur office
supported by specialists based in our
Aberdeen and London offices. The jacket
is under construction at PT McDermott
Indonesias fabrication facilities in Batam,
Indonesia, and the deck at Hyundai Heavy
Industries yard, Ulsan, South Korea. Our
surveyors are attending both sites, as
well as a number of equipment vendors
worldwide. Our independent validation
services will not only help to assure the
client that the business is complying with
regulations, but that project contractors
are meeting the desired performance
standards.
North Rankin B is scheduled for
completion in 2013. With North Rankin
A, it will operate as a single integrated
facility.

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Clients:
Shell Development Australia (Operator)
Technip (France)
Samsung Heavy Industries (Korea)
Single Buoy Moorings (Monaco)
Application: Floating Liquefied Natural
Gas (FLNG) unit
Project scope: Classification, certification,
validation across multiple contractors
The Prelude FLNG project was given the
final go ahead in May 2011. Prelude
comprises the largest floating offshore
facility in the world, at 488 metres long,
74 metres wide, and displacing about
600,000 tonnes of water. It requires about
260,000 tonnes of steel to build and its
turret is the largest ever built. It will be
moored at a depth of 250 metres for 25
years without dry docking, in the Browse
Basin, offshore northwest Australia.
Prelude has been designed to withstand
category five cyclones and its technology
has generated 110 patents.
Production capacity: 5.3 million tonnes
per annum (mtpa): 3.6 mtpa LNG,
1.3 mtpa condensate, 0.4 mtpa LPG
(propane, ethane, butane)

Certification of the topsides, turret and

equipment (in excess of 1,100 tagged
items) against project and international
codes and standards
Validation of the overall unit against
performance standards within a safety
case regime.
These services were applied across
multiple contracts, with:
Technip, for Engineering, Procurement
and Commissioning for topsides (Paris).
Samsung Heavy Industries, for overall
substructure and construction topsides
in Korea
Shell Development Australia for
validation of the subsea and risers
(involving Shell and FMC in Malaysia
and overall validation of the unit
Single Buoy Moorings for turret design
(Monaco) and construction (Dubai)
Multiple vendors (in Europe, Asia and
North America) for classification and
certification of equipment packages.

LNG chilled to -162C, shrinking volume

600-fold.
Our role in Prelude includes:
Classification of the substructure (hull)
and turret

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Our leadership
Strategy
Chris Walters, SVP Compliance Services,
Lloyds Register Energy
The global demand for energy is
increasing; as a result, offshore
exploration in deep and ultradeepwater is experiencing substantial
growth. The floater market is the
largest segment of the offshore
industry, and within Latin America
alone, over 105 floating units are
expected to be installed by 2016.
Lloyds Register has an aspiration to be
recognised as a leading global provider
of technical assurance services to the
offshore sector, covering the new
construction and in-service segments
supported by the other stages in the
typical asset lifecycle.

and related consultancy services in the

pre-FEED, design and new construction
phases to certification, validation,
consultancy, and integrity services in the
succeeding asset lifecycle phases.
We know that we need to provide an
outstanding service to our clients, who
expect the highest level of technical
expertise to help them address complex
engineering and regulatory challenges.
Our contract with Shell on the Prelude
project has allowed us to work on the
largest offshore installation in the
world and to further develop our skills,
technology and rules alongside it.

We want to ensure that we are

providing the best services for you and
your project. We have developed a
framework of services that will enable
us to go beyond just class-related
activities and into topsides certification

Have your say

Contact Chris by email at:
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Project focus
Richard Nott, VP Operations, Compliance Services,
Lloyds Register Energy
The objective for our Project
Management Framework and Service
Delivery operating model is to ensure
that Lloyds Register completes all
projects on time, within budget, and
to a level of quality that is acceptable,
both to our clients and to us.
Whilst our projects may differ in scope
and size, the project management
and service delivery principles remain
consistent from project to project, and
from office to office.
We have a structured Project
Management Framework, which
includes risks and issue management
combined with straightforward
operational processes, enabling us
to efficiently and effectively deliver
projects to the satisfaction of our
clients.
We operate a globally networked
organisation that uses shared practices
and processes to ensure that:

We effectively manage, prioritise

and control the delivery of our work
between the offices
We provide a high quality, consistent
and responsive service to our clients by
recognising the individual and collective
talents of our staff and monitoring
project and office performance to
drive best practice throughout the
organisation
We promote and encourage our staff
to build their technical and professional
skills, and all our staff have agreed and
managed Learning and Development
Plans.
Lloyds Register has over 240 offices
worldwide; by ensuring that we have
clear and open communication between
and within these offices we are able to
focus and perform to the very highest
levels.

Have your say

Contact Richard by email at
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Business development
Olivier Boijoux, VP Technical and Business Development,
Compliance Services, Lloyds Register Energy
The business development team focuses
on how Lloyds Register will continue
to expand and tailor our portfolio to
provide superior products and services
that meet individual client needs within
the floating offshore installation sector.
Our global communications strategy
ensures that our clients understand
the Lloyds Registers brand promise,
strengths and business focus, and that
we communicate our new products,
technical developments and rules
coherently and consistently.
We have developed a strategic
approach to account management
that focuses on building value-added
relationships with our clients. Technical
representatives from across the floating
offshore, marine and energy teams
speak regularly at technical seminars,
workshops, conferences, exhibitions
and client events to share our industry
expertise, improve our accessibility, and
to engage with our clients.

We differentiate ourselves in the

floating offshore sector by our capacity
to package our services according
to the specific needs of a project. By
combining our solutions, we offer a
tailor-made service to support the
total lifespan of a project, from design
to decommissioning. The business
development team helps to define
Lloyds Registers rules, products and
services to meet the demands of the
growing offshore sector.
We also add value to our service
offering by identifying and
implementing the right project
structure during the sales phase to
carry the project forwards. This allows
us to centrally manage and monitor
all regional efforts in a coherent
and project-driven approach from
the beginning, providing a seamless
experience for our clients.

Have your say

Contact Olivier by email at:
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Our wider services

Lloyds Registers reputation is built on more
than 250 years of protecting life and property.
We are dedicated to helping industry meet
increasingly complex challenges and to making
the world a safer place.

Our experience covers the Upstream sectors main asset types, including fixed
production platforms, floating units, drilling rigs and ships, subsea equipment and
pipelines. Elsewhere, our other businesses Marine, Transportation and Management
Systems (LRQA) support a wide range of industry sectors globally.

Offices in

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Your nearest
contact
If you would like to speak to a member of
our Energy team to find out how Lloyds
Register can help your business or project,
visit www.lr.org/energy for details of
your local office or contact one of our
regional offices.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Asia

Americas

Lloyds Register EMEA

John Finch
T: +33 (0) 14778 2605
E: john.finch@lr.org

Lloyds Register Asia

Alastair Jones
T: +65 (0) 6278 9444
E: alastair.jones@lr.org

Lloyds Register North America, Inc

Olivier Boijoux
T: +44 020 7423 2363
E: olivier.boijoux@lr.org

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