NAUTICUS MACHINERY GETS POLAR BOOST
The March 2012 release of Nauticus Machinery contains new calculation tools covering Baltic (FSICR) and Polar Ice Class Rules, among more than 250 new features that are implemented. “This is a major release with many important upgrades, including a new Propeller Blade tool and improved user interfaces and solvers,” says principal software engineer Jo Øvstaas.
New GeniE release
With the release of GeniE 6.1, there are many significant new features, including the control of finite element numbering of beam models, new functionality for importing wave load data from old versions of Sesam and Sacs, the ability to model tension and compression elements and to completely disconnect X-joints, and improved automatic backup, just to mention a few.
Full speed for Sesam in China
The Sesam 2011 release attracted much attention at the DNV Software Conference for Sesam on 7-9 November in Hangzhou, China, where representatives from the major maritime and ocean engineering research institutes, yards and design companies attended.
Orbit+ IDS release 4.30
Orbit+ IDS, the comprehensive plant integrity management software produced by DNV Software, has been developed and implemented around the world starting with the major releases 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 on windows platform. The new release of Orbit+ IDS 4.30 fully running on Web was released 15 October 2011.
Sesam entering the offshore wind market
DNV’s Sesam software has been extended with a tailor-made solution for design of offshore wind turbine structures addressing the industry’s need to account for the combined effect of wind and hydrodynamic loads. The analysis functionality offered is in accordance with the DNV Offshore Standard DNV-OS-J101 Design of Offshore Wind Turbines.
Orbit+ IDS access the North American market
Earlier this year INEOS ABS, Ohio, USA implemented our Orbit+ IDS software with the standard package including Orbit Onshore, integration with Risk Based Inspection assessment and interface with SAP.
Phast v6.7 released with many improvements to consequence and risk calculations and including a new risk Study Manager
This is a significant update to the Phast product suite containing many improvements as well as a new Study Manager utility for combining risk results from multible studies.
Nauticus Machinery coming to a new stage
With the June 2011 release Nauticus Machinery provides a unified environment for all calculation tools, with several re-designed tools and new features introduced.
India's ONGC upgrades its Sesam software
Earlier this year, the Institute of Engineering & Ocean Technology (IEOT), Mumbai, the technical services wing of India’s largest corporation, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has placed an order on DNV Software for upgrading and expanding their existing suite of Sesam software.
Users spark new developments
Ninety participants came from across Europe to the annual two-day DNV Software User Conference at Høvik early this month. They learned about new features in Sesam and Nauticus, attended workshops, gave feedback based on user experience and strengthened ties with colleagues in the industry.
Striking a chord at IORS 2010
At the recent high-profile 17th Annual India Oil & Gas Review Summit & International Exhibition 2010 organised by the leading energy and engineering publication in India, Oil Asia Journal, the DNV Energy and Software units together attracted elite customers and prospective customers at the exhibition.
Signed Software Distribution Agreement with Chiyoda Advanced Solutions
DNV Software in Korea & Japan and Chiyoda Advanced Solutions (ChAS) signed a Software Distribution Agreement in Busan on 19 August, 2010.
Phast advanced modelling reaches Beijing
Increased knowledge of the modelling capabilites within the software was the outcome for 25 Phast and Phast Risk users attending the Phast advanced modelling course in Beijing from 1-4 June. This was the first advanced Phast Risk course to be held in China, and the participants were key customers from SINOPEC, CNPC and CNOOC.
New Sesam releases in Q1 2010
We are proud to announce new releases of key Sesam products during the first quarter of 2010 focusing improved user efficiency as well as new functionalities.
SMOE chooses Sesam
In March, DNV Software delivered an on-site course, named “Concept based FE modeling and analysis jacket and topside design”, to SMOE in Singapore, 15 days before closing the deal for the Sesam software purchase, reconfirming DNV's leading position in the offshore engineering software technology market. DNV introduced its first Sesam software more than 40 years ago and has been the industry's technology pioneer since then.
India hosting its first Software Conference
Mumbai and 1st and 2nd December 2009 will surely hold a special significance for DNV Software in the years to come. It was in this commercial capital of India and during these two days that a Software Conference was organized in India – for the first time.
Taming risk
In DNV Energy News you can now learn how to manage the most challenging risks, and even capitalise on them in turbulent times.
DNV expanding cooperation in China
Oslo, 25 August: The China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Center (CSEI) and DNV have signed a cooperation framework agreement. For DNV the agreement entails the start of a close cooperation with one of the key regulatory agencies for the rapidly growing energy and food industries in China.
DNV guideline to reduce downtime caused by software
In order to support rig owners and operations in reducing downtime caused by integration and quality issues with software-intensive control systems, DNV is publishing a Recommended Practice.
October User Conferences and Workshops in Europe and North America
DNV Software is hosting a series of conferences, workshops and seminars for its Safeti and Sesam customers in Europe and North America during October. Please see below for a summary of these events and follow the links for further information and registration details.
New issue of Software News
DNV Software News 01 2009 is now available. We are celebrating Sesam's 40 years; also in this issue you can read about how Ulstein gives the Nauticus Yard Package thumbs up, Nauticus Hull for CSR Bulk and Safeti Performance Forecasting among other interesting topics.
Process safety and environmental protection
DNV Energy and DNV Software have joined forces as a main sponsor of this growing Process Safety event. The theme of the Hazards XXI Symposium 2009 is process safety and environmental protection in a changing world. This theme is closely aligned with DNV’s objective to safeguard life, property and the environment.
DNV Software begins its operations in Hyderabad, India
With a growing demand to serve our customers in India, DNV Software officially opened its new office 1 April in Hyderabad.
Electronic publishing of DNV Software News
To better serve our customers, DNV Software has chosen an environmental friendly and efficient way of publishing DNV Software News. The latest issues are available for on-line interactive reading from www.dnvsoftware.com, in addition to regular download as a pdf file.
The Sesam 2008 December release focuses efficient design iterations
DNV Software is proud to release an updated version of Sesam including new versions of the industry-leading software tools GeniE, HydroD and DeepC.
New release of Sesam Structure Integrity
DNV Software is pleased to announce the release of its management solution Sesam Structure Integrity v2.5. This version contains updates in a number of areas and tools within the software, in addition to introducing two new tools.
New Release of Leak, the Safeti frequency calculation tool
We are pleased to announce the release of Leak v3.21, which has been developed to resolve a small number of issues raised following the Leak v3.2 release in 2007. The main issue addressed only affected customers with regional settings which use a comma instead of a point as the decimal symbol.
New release of Phast compatible with Microsoft Vista
We are pleased to announce the release of Phast v6.54 containing updates in a number of areas of the program as described in more detail in the full article.
Volvo Ocean Race takes environmental issues seriously
Volvo Ocean Race has chosen DNV Software to enable and simplify environmental monitoring and reporting. The Environmental Performance System provides a cost-efficient, continuous and holistic view over environmental effects from the Volvo Ocean Race operations.
DNV’s Environmental Performance System goes around the globe
DNV Software’s custom-built Environmental Performance System program is being applied to all elements of this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, including the event organization, the sponsors, the teams and their boats.