Annual Report 2010 - SBM Offshore
Annual Report 2010 - SBM Offshore
Annual Report 2010 - SBM Offshore
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For smaller gas-supply rates, the Company proposes<br />
LNG Carrier conversion-based FSRUs, or the<br />
Company’s patented Gas Link TM arrangement. This<br />
system is designed to supply LNG to small and isolated<br />
markets, allowing consumers currently running on diesel<br />
to use cheaper and cleaner LNG without the need for<br />
large upfront investments. The Gas Link TM arrangement<br />
provides additional opportunities for the Companydeveloped<br />
cryogenic hoses and swivels.<br />
Jack-up and Crane<br />
Technologies<br />
The Company further developed its core technology of<br />
the 'pin-in-hole'-type hydraulic cylinder jacking system,<br />
into a patented continuous-motion version.<br />
The Company has also extended the space-saving<br />
‘crane around the jack-up leg’ concept by incorporating<br />
the bogie-based bearing, allowing an increase in<br />
leg diameter, increased bearing capacities, and more<br />
benefits for integration and maintenance. This bearing<br />
concept has already been applied in the large offshore<br />
cranes as well as at the core of the Company’s largest<br />
internal turret moorings.<br />
A series of designs for self-propelled jack-up vessels,<br />
the NG series, with associated jacking systems and<br />
cranes, have been developed and sold for the installation<br />
of offshore bottom fixed wind turbines with<br />
capacities ranging upwards from 2,500 tonnes per leg.<br />
The most recent development is the NG9000 with a<br />
capacity of 9,000 tonnes per leg. This latest unit features<br />
both the new continuous hydraulic jacking system<br />
and the space-saving crane around the leg.<br />
<strong>Report</strong> of the Board of Management<br />
Renewable Energy Systems<br />
The Company is currently developing a wave energy<br />
converter based on existing engineering and technological<br />
expertise transferred for use in marine<br />
renewable energy systems.<br />
Significant efforts are planned for wave energy conversion<br />
over the coming years, focusing on producing<br />
a prototype wave energy converter based on breakthrough<br />
technologies.<br />
These renewable energy initiatives are described in<br />
greater detail in the Company’s Sustainability <strong>Report</strong>.<br />
<strong>SBM</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong> – <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 71
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