Organizations
A number of professional societies and trade bodies are involved with the subsea industry around the world. Such groups include
- Society for Underwater Technology
- Subsea Project Awards
- Subsea UK
- Subsea Valley The largest subsea technology business cluster.
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE).
Government agencies administer regulations in their territorial waters around the world. Examples of such government agencies are the Minerals Management Service (MMS, US), Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD, Norway), and Health & Safety Executive (HSE, UK). The MMS administers the mineral resources in the US (using Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)) and provides management of all the US subsea mineral and renewable energy resources.
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