REGULATORY APPROVAL

One of the questions that we are continually asked is whether or not MOSES is approved by some regulatory bodies, such as ABS or DNV. The answer to this is no, as regulatory bodies, in general, approve results and designs, not software. Since MOSES has been in constant use for decades, literally hundreds of results have been approved by various regulatory bodies. Never have we heard of a case where a design or analysis was rejected because of the software used.

One exception that we know of to the above rule is that the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate did (or does) approve combinations of organizations and software to perform mooring and stability calculations. There are several organizations–MOSES combinations which have been approved.