Subsea mooring connector specialist First Subsea has invested over £200,000 in new mooring connector test rig facilities at its production site in Lancaster, UK. Designed for proof load and minimum breaking load testing up to 2600te (25,497kN), the test rig is currently being used in the manufacture of ‘next generation’ connectors for the Jack & St Malo semi and Lucius spar moorings in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.