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One of the big areas that ABS as a class society is involved with is the digitization of what we call asset integrity management,” he explained. “Having it in a digital format allows me to access it and query it and utilize it a lot more efficiently and a lot faster." – Matthew Tremblay,

SVP, Global Offshore, ABS

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Matthew Tremblay on Offshore

Engineer TV he offshore energy industry is in the midst of “We’re starting to get to a point where the supply chain a new investment cycle, driven by major de- challenges are really starting to almost limit the capac- velopments in South America, renewed de- ity of project execution,” Tremblay said, noting that lead mand for energy security and an increasing times for major rotating equipment can now stretch from reliance on digital technologies to improve 40 to 60 months, complicating planning for multi-bil-

T asset performance. For Matt Tremblay, Senior Vice lion-dollar developments.

President, Global Offshore at the American Bureau of While new foating production systems and offshore

Shipping (ABS), the opportunities are signifcant—but infrastructure continue to dominate headlines, Tremblay so are the challenges. believes one of the industry’s biggest opportunities lies in

Speaking with Offshore Engineer at the Offshore Tech- something less visible: digitalization.

nology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Tremblay de- scribed an industry that is “very busy, very successful,”

TURNING DATA INTO with a robust pipeline of projects, particularly in Brazil

OPERATIONAL VALUE and Guyana, which together account for roughly half of

According to Tremblay, the greatest near-term impact current greenfeld offshore activity.

of digital technologies is not necessarily in design, but in

But growth is being tempered by supply chain con- maintenance and asset integrity management.

straints.

“One of the big areas that ABS as a class society is in-

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