GL Noble Denton
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About GL Noble Denton
GL Noble Denton is the oil and gas business of Germanischer LloydGermanischer Lloyd
The Germanischer Lloyd SE is a classification society based in the city of Hamburg, Germany. As a technical supervisory organization Germanischer Lloyd conducts safety surveys on more than 7,000 ships with over 100 Mio GT...
(GL), headquartered in Hamburg, Germany and London, UK. The company is an independent technical advisor to industry operators across the world.
GL Noble Denton provides advice and services for upstream operations, such as onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, production and delivery storage; midstream import, storage and processing; and downstream distribution.
GL Noble Denton provides services and software solutions to design, develop, operate, execute, and assure oil and gas industry assets across the world. The company employs more than 3,600 people, and operates in more than 80 countries.
GL Noble Denton’s technical experience covers fixed platforms, mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs)
Floating Production Storage and Offloading
A floating production, storage and offloading unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore industry for the processing of hydrocarbons and for storage of oil. A FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil until it...
, mobile offshore production units (MOPU), subsea and risers systems, offshore support vessels, tankers and shipping, onshore production, onshore and offshore pipelines, storage, import terminals, LNG
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been converted temporarily to liquid form for ease of storage or transport....
facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants, transmission and distribution networks.
Recent Awards
In December 2010, GL Noble Denton received a Gas Industry Safety Group (GISG) Award for safety-related research.In May 2010, GL Noble Denton was awarded with an International Business Development Award, presented by the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) and the Society of British Gas Industries (SBGI). The Award was presented in recognition of new safety and city gas projects commissioned to GL Noble Denton in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, India and Thailand.
History of GL Noble Denton
1867: Germanischer LloydGermanischer Lloyd
The Germanischer Lloyd SE is a classification society based in the city of Hamburg, Germany. As a technical supervisory organization Germanischer Lloyd conducts safety surveys on more than 7,000 ships with over 100 Mio GT...
(GL) founded as a maritime classification society.
1904: Noble Denton founded by Captain Pedder to undertake technical assurance and project execution of complex marine operations in London.
1961: Captain Noble and Mr Denton successfully expand the Noble Denton business offering combined of seafaring and gas engineering services to companies operating in the North Sea.
1970s: Noble Denton expands its global reach by opening offices in the Far East, Brazil, US, UAE and Norway.
1976: GL diversifies its business offering to include technical services in the oil and gas industry.
2003: Noble Denton acquires Martech Unlimited Inc (USA).
2004: Noble Denton acquires BOMEL Ltd. (UK)
2007: Noble Denton acquires Intelligent Decisions (Norway), Poseidon Maritime Ltd. (UK) , and Lowe Offshore International Inc (US)
2007: GL acquires Advantica (UK), Materials Consulting Services (US), and PVI Inspection (Canada)
2008: GL acquires Trident Consultants (Malaysia)
2008: Noble Denton acquires Standard Engineering AS and Brevik Engineering AS (Norway)
2009: GL acquires International Refinery Services (Singapore)
2009: GL merges with Noble Denton
2010: GL Noble Denton is launched , combining Noble Denton and the oil and gas division of Germanischer Lloyd.