ABS, a leading global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the offshore industry, is committed to setting standards for safety and excellence in design, construction and operation. ABS has been helping to enable safer offshore production since the earliest days of operations. In 1975, we provided classification services for the inaugural floating production system. ABS classed the first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in US waters, classed the industry’s first semisubmersible production unit, verified the first tension-leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico, and classed the first production spar. Today, we are still the classification and verification authority for offshore production units