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Clump Weights for Oil and Gas Mooring Systems

For some years clump weights have been integrated into the oil and gas mooring systems but faced some issues and failures, which has led to the bad reputation of the technology. FMGC has seen this as ...

How to Properly Design a Clump Weight?

The most important consideration when designing a clump weight is the close collaboration with the client. This will provide the knowledge about the configuration which the mooring system will secure ...

Cast Iron Ballast for Dynamic Cables Stabilisation

FMGC has also developed a wide range of cable protection systems which ensure the protection and the stabilisation of the cables thanks to cast iron shells. These split pipes, positioned on the touchd...

Optimum Design and Material Choice of Clump Weights for Offshore Mooring Systems

Clump weights are a highly efficient stabilisation component and thus one of the solutions when it comes to a mooring system improvement. They can be used for the stabilisation of floating offshore wi...

3 Key Gravity Base Ballast Projects

Gravity-based structures are a quite common type of tidal turbine foundations, widely used in tidal environment, but also in Offshore Wind or for the stabilisation of some components such as the conne...

Why Choosing Cast Iron Gravity Base Ballast for Your Offshore Foundation?

The main component of gravity-based structures is the ballast. This is the element, responsible for the turbine’s stabilisation and therefore its success.

Why Ballasting Shells Are One of The Best Possible Submarine Cables Protections?

While carrying 99% of all international communication, submarine cables are of critical importance to our daily lives. Deployed as well in the offshore industry by oil and gas rigs and marine renewabl...

Applications of Ballast in the Marine Renewable Energy Industry

Ballasting solutions are of crucial importance for the performance of various offshore fixed and floating installations, operational in different industries (Oil & Gas, Marine Renewable Energy, Aq...

Applications of Clump Weights in Offshore Mooring Systems

Mooring systems keep offshore structures in place by withstanding all environmental loads as currents, winds and waves. To achieve this, moorings need a proper design but as well efficient maintenance...