Bromwich to Host Forums on Deepwater Drilling Safety
09/01/2010
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) announced that Director Michael R. Bromwich will hold the next two events in a series of fact-finding forums in Houston, Texas and Biloxi, Miss.
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H2000 ROV Launched
09/01/2010
DOER Marine announces the Ocean Explorer H2000 ROV: a high power, versatile yet compact system for depths to 2000m with a 1000m option. All DOER products are designed and manufactured in the United States.
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CSIP’s Roving Bat Makes a Name for itself on German TV
09/01/2010
The Roving Bat, a hybrid free-flying ROV and crawler designed and made by CSIP, a UK based company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of remote controlled robotic systems for hostile
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NOAA Commissions New Research Ship Bell M. Shimada
09/01/2010
Federal officials commissioned NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada, a state-of-the-art research vessel that will study a wide range of marine life and ocean conditions along the West Coast. “NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada
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TSMarine Signs Expro Contract
09/01/2010
Perth-based TSmarine Asia Pacific signed a multi-year service contract with leading international oilfield service company Expro. The contract, through TSmarine’s new Aberdeen-based subsidiary SALT Subsea
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Harnessing Marine Renewable Energy
09/01/2010
Offshore Ship Designer's first project in the marine renewable energy field will shortly be commencing on site trials in the UK's Humber estuary. By applying its experience and design knowledge, OSD has
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FORAN Used on Acergy DSV Project
08/24/2010
FORAN has been the CAD/CAM system used for the engineering of the Acergy Havila Project, a new Diving Support Vessel (DSV) built after the agreement between Acergy and Havila Shipping. As there were many
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L-3 Klein Announces SSS Seminar
08/24/2010
L-3 Klein Associates announced plans for a Side Scan Sonar (SSS) Operations and Maintenance Training Seminar from October 5-7, 2010. The three day seminar will be conducted at L-3 Klein’s Facility in Salem, NH.
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Third Falcon for Dive Works
08/24/2010
Dive Works, an Australian based commercial diving and ROV services company, has acquired its third Falcon Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). The company operates its fleet of Falcons throughout Australia
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USCG, ORPC Partner on Tidal Energy Demo
08/24/2010
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England (SNNE) crews will partner with Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) members to demonstrate the a robust tidal energy program on, Aug. 24, 2010. Gov. John Baldacci, Congressman Mike Michaud and Capt.
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Reson Integrates Scanning Laser
08/24/2010
Fusing data sets from multiple sensors is a demanding requirements being seen more and more frequently in client specifications, typically combining photogrammetry or laser data with multibeam sonar data
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Tritech Sale to NCS Survey
08/24/2010
Tritech International provided sonars to independent offshore survey company NCS Survey. NCS Survey has purchased a suite of Tritech sonars to assist in its survey operations, adding to its growing portfolio
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Subsea Contracts Awarded
08/24/2010
Aker Solutions, through its subsidiary in Malaysia - Aker Process Systems Asia Pacific (APSAP), won two subsea contracts from PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali). The first is a work order
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RBR Announces New President, Board Chair
08/24/2010
RBR has steadily grown to a company of 25, producing a range of instruments used to measure water quality in the oceans and on land. RBR this week announced that Greg Johnson, who for two years has led
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Expro Wins Subsea Contracts
08/24/2010
Oilfield service company Expro secured 10 subsea contracts in its Europe CIS region for work in 2010 and 2011. More than $10m worth of new subsea business has been secured in the central North Sea and
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Kongsberg Signs BW Offshore Contract
08/24/2010
Kongsberg Maritime signed a contract with BW Offshore Singapore to supply an ACET-package on an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) basis for the Kangean Energy Indonesia gas FPSO, which will
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UGA: Grants to Assess Enviro Impacts of Gulf Spill
08/24/2010
Two University of Georgia marine sciences researchers, Samantha Joye and Patricia Medeiros, have received rapid response grants from the National Science Foundation to further assess the environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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LinkQuest Rolls Out FlowScout 600
08/24/2010
LinkQuest recently introduced the FlowScout 600 acoustic flow meter based on innovative acoustic Doppler technology. The single-beam FlowScout 600 acoustic flow meter is capable of reaching up to 110m in range with an accuracy of up to 0.
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Changes in Statoil Corporate Structure
08/24/2010
Statoil ASA will change its organizational structure as a response to future business opportunities and challenges, and to support a continued strong development of the company. The changes are planned to take effect from January 1, 2011.
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CodaOctopus Adds to Sales Team
08/19/2010
CodaOctopus Products has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Ben Hinett. His experience in the subsea industry began when he joined Thales GeoSolutions (formerly Racal) in 1999. Subsequently
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Sub Distress Beacon Enters RN Service
08/19/2010
Thales UK’s highly successful submarine distress beacon has been accepted into service with the Royal Navy (RN).
Following a trial period, more than 100 SEEPIRB (submarine-ejected emergency positioning
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AC-ROV in Offshore “World First”
08/19/2010
AC-ROV operator Allied Marine Logistics (London, England) recently carried out what the ROV manufacturer terms as the world’s first internal inspection of a crude oil offloading marine hose system offshore West Africa.
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Scripps Biologists Honored
08/19/2010
Four scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been honored by organizations for their work in exploring the biological aspects of the oceans. Postdoctoral researcher Octavio
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Iver2 Used to Search for Earhart Aircraft
08/19/2010
OceanServer Technology recently loaned an Iver2 AUV outfitted with Side Scan Sonar to the The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (acronym TIGHAR, pronounced “tiger”), the world’s leading aviation archaeological foundation.
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HMC Contracted by Acergy
08/19/2010
European agent for Flume, Hydrographic and Marine Consultants BV (HMC), has been contracted by Acergy to deliver anti-roll tank tests and engineering works onboard the pipelay vessel Acergy Borealis.
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Axon Appoints Adame President
08/17/2010
Axon Energy Products appointed Donna Adame as President of Axon Rig Concept and Design, Inc. (RCD). RCD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axon Energy Products, AS. RCD is a leading concept designer and
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Technip Wins Snorre Contract
08/17/2010
Technip won from Statoil ASA a contract, worth approximately €23 million, for the development of the Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract covers the welding and installation of a 9 km-long
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PDM Neptec Announces New Distributor
08/17/2010
PDM Neptec appointed Subsea Tech as its new exclusive representative for France. Subsea Tech is based in Marseille and is suited to represent PDM Neptec’s range of underwater connectors, cable assemblies and subsea engineering capabilities.
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Marcus Rejoins Reson
08/17/2010
Reson Inc., Goleta, Calif., announced that Jon Marcus has rejoined Reson as Director of Engineering Services at Reson Inc., returning to Reson after a two-year period as Technical Sales Manager at MYRIAX.
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Horizon Provides Fine-Scale Ocean Current Data
08/17/2010
Ever since the explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon, BP and the federal government have been concerned with potential pathways for oil to migrate to the far field. In support of the
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EdgeTech Debuts New Ultra High Frequency SSS
08/17/2010
EdgeTech has developed a new 600/1600 kHz frequency set for its 4125 Side Scan Sonar System. This new frequency combination is part of a variety of enhancements that have recently been made to the 4125.
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Report: Nearly 80%of oil from Gulf Spill Remains
08/17/2010
A report released today by the Georgia Sea Grant and the University of Georgia concludes that up to 79 percent of the oil released into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon well has not been recovered and remains a threat to the ecosystem.
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Fugro Survey Honored
08/17/2010
Fugro Survey Limited, is celebrating winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards in 2010. The President’s (13 consecutive Golds) Award will be presented at a ceremony at
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Marport Debuts New Products at Nor-Fishing 2010
08/17/2010
Marport introduced its latest Software Defined Sonar (SDS) products at the Nor-Fishing 2010 exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.
Broadband Acoustic Transceiver: Marport’s SDS technology enabled the development
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Tidal Turbine Passes Milestone
08/17/2010
Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine passed another electricity generation milestone. The 1.2MW SeaGen, located in Strangford Lough (Northern Ireland), has delivered
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Triton Wins JOGMEC ROV Contract
08/17/2010
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has contracted Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) to enhance its deepwater exploration activities with its first Triton XLR ROV system. PSS will supply
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NRC Canada Orders OceanServer AUV
08/10/2010
OceanServer Technology reports that the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has taken delivery of a new AUV. NRC is the Canadian Government's resource for research, development and technology-based innovation.
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Under-Ice Mission for Bluefin-21 AUV
08/10/2010
Last month, a Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) owned by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was sent out on an under-ice mission and retrieved valuable data that could shed light on climate change.
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Subsea 7, CRC-Evans Enter Partnership
08/10/2010
Subsea 7 entered into a global technology partnership agreement with CRC-Evans Pipeline International (CRC-Evans) that is intended to lead to both companies providing a range of enhanced pipeline fabrication
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NOAA, IOOS Partners Deploy New Equipment
08/10/2010
Beachgoers, mariners, rescue workers, and response crews now have new information available when making decisions such as whether it is safe to head out to sea or where to find mariners in distress. NOAA
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Ferguson Joins Global Diving & Salvage
08/10/2010
Global Diving & Salvage welcomed John Ferguson, Business Development Manager, to its Offshore Support Division. Ferguson has more than 17 years of experience in the offshore and international O&G industry,
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MTS Awards 43 Scholarships
08/10/2010
The Marine Technology Society (MTS) awarded $86,000 in scholarships to 43 high school and college students for the 2010–2011 academic year. The number of awards was up from 29 last year thanks of an additional
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Swathe Services to Represent R2Sonic in UK
08/10/2010
Swathe Services (UK) signed an agreement with R2SONIC to represent them as sales agents supplying the innovative SONIC2022 and SONIC 2024 in the UK. The SONIC2022 and 2024 are touted by the manufacturer
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Subsea 7 Wins $100m N. Sea Deal
08/10/2010
Subsea 7 won a contract in the UK sector of the North Sea valued in excess of $100 m. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bundle* system. Offshore installation
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WFS Helps Delivers Comms for NOAA
08/05/2010
WFS Technologies delivered wireless communication capability into a WatchKeeper buoy from AXYS Technologies (AXYS). The WatchKeeper buoy is part of a four-year, $2.5m contract with the National Oceanographic
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ABB Wins $20m Order
08/05/2010
ABB won an order worth $20m to provide complete power systems, drilling drive and propulsion systems for a new deep water drilling rig to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) at its shipyard in South Korea.
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WHOI Breaks Ground on New Lab
08/05/2010
Equipped with an $8.1m federal Recovery Act grant and a shovel, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems
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RBR Delivers to Australia
08/05/2010
RBR delivered a MS-310 micro-salinometer to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Hobart, Australia via its agent Metocean Services International www.metoceanservices.
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SARbot for Rapid Subsea Rescue Operations
08/05/2010
SeaBotix, in cooperation with Tritech International and Marine Simulation, has developed the a specially designed, rapid response underwater rescue system. Until now remote operated technology has been used to recover drowning victims, not rescue.
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Record Week for Sub-Atlantic
08/05/2010
Sub-Atlantic Ltd, part of the Triton Group, logged orders for six electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems with five different international customers during an unprecedented week of sales activity.
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NOAA Decommissions Long-serving Research Ship
08/05/2010
NOAA recently decommissioned the research vessel NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan during a ceremony in Seattle. The 171-ft. ship conducted oceanographic, marine mammal and fisheries research in the Pacific for more than 40 years.
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Schilling Wins Order from TS Marine
08/05/2010
Schilling Robotics received an order for two of its 4,000m (13,000 ft.) rated UltraHeavy-Duty (UHD) Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from Australian subsea specialist TS Marine. The UHD systems will be delivered in the summer of 2010.
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Fugro Chance Promotes Blaine, Prewitt
08/05/2010
Fugro Chance Inc. announced two top management promotions. Blaine Thibodeaux has been appointed as Vice President of the Marine Group. Thibodeaux is responsible for Chance Lafayette’s Gulf of Mexico offshore operations.
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AXYS Deploys Weather Buoys
07/30/2010
The Marine Institute at Memorial University in Newfoundland recently deployed two new monitoring platforms into their SmartBay monitoring network. A 3 meter aluminum discus buoy and a 1.75 Metre WatchKeeper
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Falcon Flies “to the Moon”
07/30/2010
Flying a Falcon ROV by helicopter to be dropped down a moon pool for an urgent inspection, offshore Western Australia, is just one of the big demands made of the smallest ROV in Saab Seaeye’s range by Australian subsea operator Dive Works.
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UMass, Battelle Join Forces
07/30/2010
The University of Massachusetts Boston and Battelle Memorial Institute have formed an exploratory alliance for the purpose of becoming a leader in the complex intersection of issues that are the focus
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Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer Available in Plastic
07/30/2010
Turner Designs offers a corrosion-resistant plastic housing for its C-7 Submersible Fluorometer. The plastic housing is designed as ideal for long term deployments or environments that may degrade or corrode stainless steel sensors.
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Bluefin To Expand
07/30/2010
Bluefin Robotics has begun work on building a 54,000-sq. ft. facility in the Quincy Shipyard, with a plan to relocate there in the fall. To support the renovation, 28 subcontracts were awarded to various
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Predator: A New Inspection Class ROV
07/27/2010
Global Marine Systems launched Predator, a new Inspection class ROV, at HydroVision International in Charlotte, N.C., the world’s largest gathering of hydro professionals. Global Marine, the Chelmsford
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New Energy Device to Power Oceanographic Equipment
07/27/2010
After two years of design and development, oceanographers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are installing a new alternative energy device along the Arctic coast of Alaska. The device will provide
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Keppel Delivers Seadrill Rig
07/27/2010
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track towards an on-budget and on time delivery of the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Callisto, to Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) before the end of July 2010. This
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Subsea 7 Wins Petrobras Deal
07/27/2010
Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division, won a $50m contract from Petroléo Brasileiro S/A (Petrobras) for the provision of ROV and underwater positioning survey services onboard a ROV support vessel, operating offshore Brazil.
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Renewable Energy Funding Approved
07/27/2010
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and its project partners Queen’s University Belfast, Mojo Maritime and Edinburgh University, have secured a grant of $389,000 from the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering
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Cabaco Delivers AGEOTEC 900m ROV
07/27/2010
Cabaco Marine delivered the first 900 version of Ageotec’s Perseo GT model Remote Operated Vehicle. The ROV is ideal for fast deployment for many applications including the offshore market, tunnel inspections and scientific work.
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Proudman Purchase Sediment Imaging Sonar
07/27/2010
Marine Electronics delivered a high performance sediment imaging sonar to the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory in Liverpool. The sonar is reported to be the first of its kind and is capable of providing
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Tritech Prepares Future Engineering Talent
07/22/2010
As the subsea industry continues to lament the loss of engineering talent, one company has taken a proactive stance to groom the workers it will need in the future. Across Tritech’s two sites in Ulverston,
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Averting Sea Mines
07/22/2010
"The recent sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, a 1200 ton corvette which sank off Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea is a timely warning that mine clearance is a critical activity for nations’
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Sub-Atlantic Wins ROV Contract
07/22/2010
Singapore diving contractor Seatrax Singapore Pte Ltd. contracted with subsea specialist Sub-Atlantic Asia Pacific to strengthen its subsea services capability with their first electric work class ROV.
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Stability Software chosen for North Sea Platform
07/22/2010
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada installed its Autoload onboard stability software on Gjøa, one of the largest projects in the North Sea. Gjøa's recoverable reserves are approximately
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Teledyne Impulse Awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification
07/22/2010
Teledyne Impulse achieved the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2008 certification from Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. Teledyne Impulse is one of a select number of companies
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Order for New Deep Water Construction Vessel
07/22/2010
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced the signing of a letter of intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea (DSME), for the building of a new Deep Water Construction Vessel, for approximately $600 to $700m.
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NOIA’s Welch Urges End to Offshore Moratorium
07/22/2010
The following is a statement from NOIA Board Member Dave Welch, who was among more than 15,000 concerned citizens converging in Lafayette, Louisiana to participate in The Rally for Economic Survival protesting
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Waterjet Technology Helps BP Cap Gulf Oil Leak
07/22/2010
Water jet technology companies Jet Edge and Chukar Waterjet recently played a role in helping BP stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The companies provided ultra-high pressure waterjet equipment
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Aker Solutions Wins ENI Norge Deal
07/22/2010
Aker Solutions won a contract with Eni Norge for the design and supply of an on-vessel Pusnes mooring systemTM for the Goliat FPSO. The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately $24.2m.
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BP Update: Well Cap Holding for Now
07/16/2010
While not yet claiming victory, BP said it is encouraged that the capped-off well appeared to be holding steady Friday morning, as its engineers and the world watches, waiting to shut off an uncontrolled
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VideoRay HD ROV & Great White Sharks
07/16/2010
VideoRay teamed with Fischer Productions and Dr. Michael Domeier to help further the study of the ocean’s apex predator – the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Chris Fischer, Dr. Domeier, and
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BlueViews Helps Bridge the Underwater Imaging Gap
07/16/2010
BlueView Technologies' underwater imaging systems is touted as bridging the technology gaps to improve ultra-deep and deepwater operations and safety. The new imaging sonar, referred to as "acoustic cameras,"
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Aker wins Clair Ridge Jacket EPC Contract
07/16/2010
The Clair Ridge Joint Venture has awarded Aker Solutions an EPC-contract for delivery of two steel jackets, which will be located west of Shetland. "Jacket structures is the core business for our yard
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Video Inspection Adds AC-ROV
07/16/2010
Inspection of underwater objects is becoming more efficient, practical and affordable, thanks to advances in miniature Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV). These compact, high performance robotic devices have
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UK Oil & Gas: Rising Confidence
07/16/2010
North Sea offshore drilling activity has risen by a dramatic 133% in the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest oil and gas industry figures released by Deloitte. The latest North West Europe
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Scripps 'Focused on the Future'
07/16/2010
Twenty students from Compton High School will participate in a hands-on, three-week summer course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (www.scripps.ucsd.edu). The program, "Focus on
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ManTech Wins $19.5m NUWC Contract
07/16/2010
ManTech International won a contract by the U.S. Navy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Keyport Division to provide engineering, programmatic and technical support services for the Surface Ship Radiated
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ORE Announces Significant Delivery
07/16/2010
ORE Offshore announced the completion of a shipment of 100 long-life acoustic releases. The Push Off Release Transponder Medium Frequency Extended Life (PORT MFE) systems were shipped to a customer involved
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Wireless Comms Through Ice
07/16/2010
WFS Technologies and Kongsberg Maritime Subsea have reportedly completed successful field trials of wireless communication through ice. The trials conducted during February/March 2010 in Horten, Norway,
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Seafloor Geoservices Wins Rovdrill Contract
07/16/2010
Seafloor Geoservices, part of the Triton Group has entered into a deal with TSmarine to supply their new generation remotely operated seafloor geotechnical system for use in one of the world’s largest mineral survey projects.
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Lester Installed as MCT’s Chairman
07/16/2010
Paul Lester, previously the Chief Executive of VT Group plc before it was acquired by Babcock International Group plc, has been appointed Chairman of UK tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd.
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Technip Wins Umbilical Contract
07/16/2010
Technip subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by BP Exploration Operating Company a contract, worth approximately $18.1m, for the Andrew field development, which is located 230 km northeast of Aberdeen, in the U.
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Atlas Demos AUVs
07/16/2010
Atlas Elektronik, with its combined Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) resources from Germany, UK and Denmark, conducted what it is touting as a successful series of AUV demonstrations at its test site in Bincleaves, Dorset, UK.
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BP Installs New Cap to Stop Flow
07/13/2010
The three ram capping stack was installed on the Deep Water Horizon LMRP at 7 p.m, July 12, 2010, a move that BP and everyone along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico will once and for all stop the flow of oil.
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IEA: Oil Demand Outlook Through 2011
07/13/2010
According to the International Energy Agency’s July 2010 Oil Market Report, global oil demand through 2011 is projected to rise 1.6% or 1.3 mb/dyear-on-year to 87.8 mb/d, driven entirely by non-OECD country
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Rolls-Royce Wins 5-Vessel Offshore Order
07/13/2010
Rolls-Royce won orders to design and equip five offshore and special purpose vessels plus options worth in total around $121.2m. The company signed a contract with Italian shipyard, Rosetti Marino Spa,
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U.S. DOI Issues Offshore Drilling Moratorium … Again
07/13/2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling – set to last until at least November
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Ulstein Delivers Seismic Research Vessel
07/13/2010
Oceanic Vega was named and delivered on July 2. The vessel is owned through a joint venture between shipowner, Eidesvik, and the geophysical company, CGGVeritas. “We are proud to deliver one of the most
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Subsea 7, Otto Candies Extend IRM Capacity in GOM
07/13/2010
Subsea 7 extended its ability to provide Life-of-Field (LoF) services in the Gulf of Mexico through a cooperative agreement with Otto Candies, LLC to access the newbuild vessel the Ross Candies. Through
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Nordic Wins Seismic Data Deal
07/13/2010
Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd, in collaboration with Tanjung Offshore Services Sdn. Bhd, has been awarded the provision of marine seismic data acquisition services for Block SB305, Offshore Sabah from PETRONAS Carigali Sdn.
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Eni: Major Oil Discovery Offshore Angola
07/13/2010
Eni and Sonangol announced a new major oil discovery in Block 15/06, located offshore Angola. The Cabaça South East-1 well, located at a depth of 470 meters, at a distance of 100 km from the coast, successfully
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HitecVision acquires Tampnet from Statoil
07/08/2010
Statoil and HitecVision have signed an agreement under which HitecVision will acquire Statoil’s subsidiary Tampnet AS. Tampnet operates a large high capacity communication network between offshore installations.
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Main One Cable Goes Live
07/08/2010
Main One announced that its 1,920 Gbps, 7,000 km long, submarine fibre optic cable system linking West Africa to Europe has been completed and commissioned. With landing stations in Nigeria and Ghana
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Consilium Oil Spill Radar Tested
07/08/2010
During three days of extensive testing, the advanced capability of Consilium’s oil spill radar to detect oil slicks has been successfully verified. The sea trials were part of an exercise in order to
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Topaz Acquires MSV
07/08/2010
Topaz Marine recently confirmed the acquisition of the Multipurpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Ocean Commander in Singapore. The vessel has been renamed Topaz Commander and joins Topaz Marines’ fleet of around 100 vessels.
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Drydocks World Builds Second 3-D Seismic Vessel
07/08/2010
Drydocks World – Dubai has built the seismic vessel NB65 for its client WesternGeco. A naming ceremony for the vessel, now called ‘WG Cook’ was held at the Dubai yard on July 1, 2010.
The ultra modern
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Electric Boat Wins Sub Deal
07/08/2010
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $171,856,353 contract for lead yard services, development studies and design efforts related to Virginia Class submarines. The contract includes
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China Expands Deep-sea Ambitions
07/08/2010
China is setting its sights on exploring and exploiting the deep sea, according to a report on http://www.nature.com. Until recently, the country's ocean research focused largely on coastal and offshore waters.
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Hallin Wins $25m ROV Contract
07/08/2010
Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd, a Superior Energy Services company, has won a $25 million, five-year contract to supply ROV services from Marine Subsea AS for the new build subsea intervention vessel Karianne.
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SMD Wins ROV Contract
07/08/2010
SMD won a contract by i-Tech (a division of Subsea 7) to supply 20 (with options for up to a further ten) QX-Ultra work class ROVs. The ROVs will be used by Subsea 7 in Brazil, working for Petrobras.
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USCG/ASME Workshop on Marine Technology Standards
07/08/2010
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), in coordination with the United States Coast Guard (USCG), is sponsoring a two-day public workshop on marine technology and standards on July 29 and 30, 2010, in Washington DC.
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RBR: Delivery of MS-310 Micro Salinometer
07/02/2010
NOCS chose the MS-310 to continuously monitor the salinity bath at their calibration facility. Furthermore the design of the MS-310 allows the NOC to develop an automation and control system to direct the MS-310 to sample automatically.
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Halcyon Announces Acquisition
07/02/2010
Halcyon Offshore Pte Ltd., a Singapore-headquartered integrated engineering and construction services provider for the offshore oil & gas industry, signed a sales and purchase agreement to acquire the
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Sonic2024 from Swathe Services
07/02/2010
Swathe Services announced the inclusion of the Sonic 2024 Wideband Multibeam Echosounder in its survey equipment rental pool, making it the first UK company to offer this brand new system to the marine survey industry.
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ASV Delivers USV system to Home Office
07/02/2010
Autonomous Surface Vehicles Ltd (ASV) has designed a remote control USV system for the government. The bespoke equipment for Unmanned Surface Vehicles will be used by the Home Office in its trials of less-lethal boat interception.
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NCE Wins ONR Contract
07/02/2010
Noise Control Engineering, Inc. (NCE) was awarded a major, multi-year contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to assist the U.S. Navy with its Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) program. The objective
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New Underwater LED
07/02/2010
Bowtech announced the release of the LED-3200-AC underwater light to the AquaVision range of underwater vision systems. The newest addition to its AquaVision range is the LED-3200-AC. The first commercially
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Technip Awarded Med Subsea Contract
07/02/2010
Technip has been awarded a lump sum engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract by Burullus Gas Company SAE(1) for the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase VIIIa development project.
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Subsea 7 Wins $75m N. Sea Contract
07/02/2010
Subsea 7 confirmed that the $75m North Sea pipeline bundle contract award it announced on 26th April 2010 was for Apache North Sea Ltd’s Bacchus Subsea Development Project in the UK sector of the North Sea.
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SeeByte hires New CEO
07/02/2010
SeeByte – www.seebyte.com – the Edinburgh-based developer of the world’s most advanced software for managing unmanned and remote assets, has appointed a new CEO. Bob Black joins from Capgemini where he headed its Oil & Gas division in Aberdeen.
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NOAA, IOOS Partners Assist In Gulf Water Sampling
07/02/2010
Using underwater unmanned gliders and coastal high-frequency radar stations, NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and its regional partners are capturing data that will assist in the Deepwater
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Mass Spectrometry and AUV Sentry Study Oil Spill
06/29/2010
A team of investigators from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked June 17 on a 12-day research effort in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the R/V Endeavor, conducting three simultaneous projects funded
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USAF Selects DIDSON
06/29/2010
The U.S. Air Force selected the DIDSON Diver Held Sonar for use by its CSAR Guardian Angel Teams to meet urgent search and recovery operational requirements. The 17-month assessment, which was characterized
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J. Ray Wins Single Point Mooring System Upgrade Work
06/29/2010
J. Ray McDermott won a contract to upgrade a Single Point Mooring system for Reliance Industries Limited off the coast of Hazira, India. The project involves replacing an existing mooring system to provide
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Sonars Resume Bridge Monitoring Duties
06/29/2010
A pair of specialized 3D profiling sonars returned to duty on a bridge carrying the Coastal Highway down the U.S. eastern seaboard. The sonars were delivered two years ago and have now resumed their task
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Rep. Markey Debuts “Stop Oil Spills” (SOS) Bill
06/29/2010
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) last week introduced the “Stop Oil Spills Act,” a bill to fund research into new oil spill prevention and response technologies. Following BP CEO Tony Hayward’s admission
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SubConn Acquires Cornerstone
06/29/2010
SubConn recently purchased the assets of their main supplier of inner machined parts, Cornerstone. This acquisition has brought the entire manufacturing process of underwater connectors under one roof and will streamline production.
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Global Marine Expands to Offshore Wind
06/29/2010
Global Marine Systems (GMS) announced the availability of its new 7,000 ton turntable, specifically designed to handle the longer distances and greater weights required by the latest round of offshore windfarm projects.
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New Name, Familiar Face in Offshore Wind
06/29/2010
Tony Trapp announced the creation of a new business, called O-Power Limited. O-Power (OP) will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market.
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Sheringham Shoal Goes Offshore
06/29/2010
On June 24, the first foundation was installed at sea for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind project. Construction work on land is already well underway, and the 88-turbine wind farm is scheduled to start operation in 2011.
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Additional Service for Fugro Renewables
06/29/2010
Fugro’s extensive range of services that measure, sample, process and integrate all the geophysical, geotechnical, environmental, meteorological and oceanographic data are fundamental to the success of offshore renewable energy projects.
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Aker Solutions Wins Noble Energy Contract
06/29/2010
Aker Solutions won a subsea equipment contract by Noble Energy to deliver subsea control equipment worth approximately $23m. Scope of work is engineering, manufacturing and delivery of a subsea controls
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SonTek/YSI Receives $3.4m Order
06/25/2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 earmarked $14.6m to the U.S. Geological Survey for upgrades to its 7,500-station national streamgage network, and in direct response, has purchased $3.
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iRobot Seaglider: Working in the Gulf of Mexico
06/25/2010
iRobot said its Seaglider Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) is being used as a platform to collect ocean data in an effort to monitor the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill. iRobot is working with Dr. Vernon
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Deepwater Drilling Moratorium Overturned … For Now
06/25/2010
While the push to resume normal offshore oil and gas drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico is far from over, the industry was buoyed this week by a Federal Court judge’s decision that effectively overturned the U.
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Canrig SureGrip Automated Casing Running Tool
06/25/2010
Mooring connector company First Subsea was awarded a contract by Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd to supply ball and taper connectors for the new SureGrip automated casing running tool used during drilling operations.
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Fugro Marks ‘Century’ Milestone
06/25/2010
Reaching a ‘century’ is always a significant milestone. Fugro GEOS has gone even further, for in the first quarter of 2010, for the first time in the history of the company, it reached a record total
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Schilling HD ROV Targets IMR, Drill Support Markets
06/25/2010
Schilling Robotics launched the HD Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Schilling’s 125shp HD system is currently completing deepwater sea trials and two HD systems have been ordered for delivery this year.
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C & C Technologies Opens West Coast Division
06/25/2010
C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C) opened its West Coast Division and appointed Richard McGee as its West Coast Division Manager. C & C's West Coast Division is staffed with eight staff based near Seattle, Wash.
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Acergy, Subsea 7 Agree to Combine
06/22/2010
Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 announced that their Boards of Directors have agreed to combine the two companies, a transaction creating a combined entity with:
• A market value of $5.4B and a global organization
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CARIS Releases Bathy Database 3.0
06/22/2010
CARIS announced the release of Bathy DataBASE 3.0. A data management system is considered essential by those progressive organizations who have a desire to manage, visualize and analyze their ever-expanding volumes of bathymetry data.
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Offshore Simulator Contract Signed
06/22/2010
Kongsberg Maritime's simulation division signed a new contract to deliver a range of offshore simulators to the newly founded Haugesund Simulatorcenter in Norway. The contract, which was signed on June
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Triton Wins Australian ROV contract
06/22/2010
Australian marine contractor Total Marine Technologies has contracted Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) to enhance its ROV fleet with their first Triton XLX ROV system. The contract will see PSS supply a 3,000m
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Scripps chooses HYDRINS for Roger Revelle
06/22/2010
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography selected IXSEA technology for a key aspect of its marine survey activities. The Institute has fitted a HYDRINS inertial navigation system (INS) to its research
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WHOI: Part of the GOM Oil Spill Solution
06/22/2010
On June 1, 2010, members of the staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) participated in a meeting at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., to consider
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WHOI: Evaluating Human Impacts on Ocean Chemistry
06/22/2010
Numerous studies are documenting the growing effects of climate change, carbon dioxide, pollution and other human-related phenomena on the world's oceans. But most of those have studied single, isolated sources of pollution and other influences.
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BlueView Selected for RPSEA UDP
06/22/2010
BlueView Technologies has been selected by RPSEA to develop sensing capabilities that will provide detailed measurements, leak detection, and detection of degraded pipeline insulation in ultra-deepwater (> 15,000 ft.
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MMS: The Reorganization Begins
06/22/2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar swore-in former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich to lead reforms that are designed to strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development.
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Teledyne AUVs Assist Efforts in the GOM
06/22/2010
Teledyne Technologies said the deployment of several of its Slocum gliders in the Gulf of Mexico by partner organizations. The Slocum gliders, manufactured by Teledyne Webb Research, are monitoring the
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Subcom Demos 40GB/S Long Haul Transmission
06/22/2010
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications (SubCom) reported the successful demonstration of 64 x 40 Gb/s transmission over a 6,500 km distance. Conducted over an existing Tata Communications link in the
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North Sea Gudrun Field Ready for Development
06/17/2010
The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Gudrun field was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 16 June. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2014.
“This
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Gulf Drilling Halt Starts to Sting
06/17/2010
According to a report from Reuters, the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has begun to bite oilfield service companies, with market analysts now forecasting lower than expected spending
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OMM Academy to Train Renewables Workers
06/17/2010
The significant gap in the skills market for the offshore wind industry has prompted marine solutions company, Offshore Marine Management (OMM) to launch a new initiative aimed at training ambitious young
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RBR Delivers MS-310 Micro Salinometer to the NOC
06/17/2010
National Oceanography Centre of Southampton, UK (NOCS) chose the MS-310 to continuously monitor the salinity bath at their calibration facility. Furthermore the design of the MS-310 allows the NOC to
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Statoil Researcher Wins Award
06/15/2010
Statoil's Lasse Amundsen (left) receives the Conrad Schlumberger award from EAGE president Mahmoud Abdulbaqi. (Photo courtesy Statoil)
On 14 June Statoil’s chief researcher Lasse Amundsen received the
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NOIA Applauds New Offshore Wind Consortium & Office
06/15/2010
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) strongly supports the responsible development of all offshore energy sources and applauds the announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar of the establishment
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Salazar Pledges to Leave Gulf Better than Before
06/15/2010
Environmental Defense Fund praised Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on June 8 for vowing that a restoration plan will leave the Gulf of Mexico in "even better shape" than before the massive BP oil spill.
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NOIA Urges DOI to Issue Drilling Moratorium Guidance
06/15/2010
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) sent a letter to Acting Director of the Minerals Management Service Bob Abbey urging issuance of guidance in the wake of the agency’s recent rescissions of Applications for Permit to Drill (APDs).
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Shallow Water Surveying Vessel for Deep Blue Marine
06/15/2010
Oceanic Research and Recovery Inc., a marine salvage and exploration company, announced that the vessel Deep Scan will be going to the Dominican Republic to work on several different wreck sites in areas under concession to Deep Blue Marine.
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Triton Secures Australian ROV Contract
06/10/2010
Australian marine contractor Total Marine Technologies has contracted subsea specialist Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) to enhance its growing ROV fleet with their first state of the art Triton XLX ROV system.
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Scripps Chooses HYDRINS for Roger Revelle
06/10/2010
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, based in San Diego, Calif., USA, has chosen IXSEA technology for a key aspect of its marine survey activities.
The Institute has fitted a HYDRINS inertial
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Quester Tangent Sign Undersea Sense as UK Rep
06/10/2010
Quester Tangent announced the appointment of Undersea Sense Ltd as their new representative for the UK and Ireland. Chris Elliott, Director Marine, commented that "Andy Williamson, the director and founder
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Planet Ocean Welcomes Sloan & Gets New HQ
06/10/2010
Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd, announced a move to a new larger facility, and welcomes a new member to the team. Joining as commercial manager is Graham Sloane. Sloan graduated from Winchester University
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Snøhvit Makes the Impossible Possible
06/10/2010
“As the first production plant for LNG in Europe and in Arctic areas, Snøhvit has taken a new and central position for Statoil in the European gas supply picture,” said chief executive Helge Lund.
”At
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MTR5 Feature Ned Comms at Speed and Depth
06/10/2010
New Heights for Underwater Communications
Communications at Speed and Depth: Connecting the underwater battle space with the global information grid
By Edward Lundquist
The need to integrate submarines into the warfighting network is imperative.
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Fiber Optics in the Underwater Environment
06/08/2010
By Stephen O’Riorden, Linden Photonics, Inc.
Fiber optics has become an ever increasing part of our daily lives and is partly responsible for delivering many of the modern conveniences to which we have become accustomed.
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SeeTrack CoPilot, the Power to Navigate
06/08/2010
SeeByte, creating smart software for unmanned underwater vehicles, announced the launch of SeeTrack CoPilot. This software incorporates the latest evolution of SeeByte’s technology for dynamic positioning
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Bennett Joins SOSI
06/08/2010
Sound Ocean Systems, Inc. (SOSI) of Redmond, Wash. announced that Doug Bennett has joined SOSI as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Bennett brings over 30 years of Sales, Marketing & Management
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A2SEA Contract at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm
06/08/2010
Leading European energy company, Vattenfall, has awarded A2SEA a contract to transport 30 5MW RePower turbines from Belfast Harbour to the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10km off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea.
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Underwater ROV Plays Vital Role in Arctic Research
06/08/2010
A progressive Nanaimo B.C. company is playing a vital role in helping Canada redefine its northern borders in the Arctic in the most extreme conditions up to 40 C below zero.
Seamor Marine Ltd. has
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SeaZone Assists Round 3 Offshore Wind Developer
06/07/2010
Detailed marine mapping from SeaZone is helping Forewind Ltd plan and deliver its offshore wind energy project in the North Sea. Using HydroSpatial, SeaZone’s digital marine map, Forewind will undertake
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OTE 2010 Wraps Up in Newport, RI
06/01/2010
The third Ocean Tech Expo (www.oceantechexpo.com) closed on Thursday, May 27, following two and a half days of exhibition, in-water demonstration and topical conversation centered on the event’s signature
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NOAA HSRP Seeks Applications
06/01/2010
NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) is seeking applications for the HSRP 2010 Panel Membership Solicitation process. NOAA would greatly appreciate your distributing the attached Federal Register Notice to interested applicants.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: UNOLS Council Positions
06/01/2010
The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) is an organization of academic oceanographic institutions working in cooperation with agencies of the U.S. Federal Government to ensure
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Burger to build 60-ft. Research Vessel
06/01/2010
Burger Boat Company and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources signed a contract for the construction of a 60-ft. research vessel to support expanded study and survey work of the Lake Michigan fisheries.
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Subsea 7 Wins Petrobras Contract
06/01/2010
Subsea 7 through its i-Tech division announced the largest single contract award to i-Tech since the formation of the division in January 2006. The award from Petroléo Brasileiro S/A (Petrobras) is for
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Edwing Appointed to NOAA Post
06/01/2010
Richard Edwing has been named the new director of NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). In his new role, he will oversee and continue to improve this 24-hour a day
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PanGeo Subsea Opens Global Operations Office
06/01/2010
PanGeo Subsea has opened its global operations office in Aberdeen, Scotland, as part of its business plan to grow the company’s services worldwide. Located in the Arnhill Business Park, Westhill, PanGeo
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Westwood Opens OTE ’10 in Newport
05/25/2010
OceanTech Expo (OTE) 2010 opened the morning of Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in Newport, Rhode Island, with John Westwood, chairman of Douglas-Westwood delivering a powerful keynote speech detailing the tremendous
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Welcome to OTE 2010
05/20/2010
As this is the last scheduled MTR Enews service before the Marine Technology Reporter crew converges on Newport, Rhode Island for the 3rd Annual OceanTech Expo, I wanted to open with a sincere ‘thank
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Groundbreaking $110m, DP3 “CSS” Vessel Ordered
05/20/2010
Hallin Marine has commissioned a new, $110m, groundbreaking semi-submersible, subsea operations vessel to be named the CSS Derwent. “The CSS (compact semi submersible) delivers big ship capability in
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Technip Wins Subsea Contract
05/20/2010
Technip won a contract by Eni for the Kitan field development project. This field is located in approximately 350m of water, in an area of the Timor Sea jointly administered by Timor-Leste and Australia,
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RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh Gets New DP
05/20/2010
Navis Engineering Oy was contracted by the Dutch company Alphatron Marine BV to supply a DP-1 system for the legendary Research Vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh. The ship is known to have been filmed
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Main One Cable Project on Schedule
05/20/2010
Main One Cable Company and its system supplier, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications (SubCom), announce the on schedule completion of the main lay program by the C.S. Tyco Resolute. Installation of
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New Package for Seismic Interpretation from CodaOctopus
05/20/2010
Previewed for the first time at Oceanology International in March, Seismic+ is the first element of the all-new Coda Survey Engine range. Coda Survey Engine is based on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and CodaOctopus
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Scientists Image Marine Worm With Biomed Technique
05/20/2010
Scientists have for the first time successfully imaged the internal tissues of a soft bodied marine worm at high resolution using a technique borrowed from biomedical science, according to are published in the Journal of Microscopy.
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New Underwater Metal Thickness Gauge
05/20/2010
Tritex NDT upgraded its Multigauge 3000 diver handheld Underwater Thickness Gauge. The new gauge features an improved switching mechanism, better styling and an upgraded display window. The Multigauge
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MacArtney Delivers for DOF Subsea
05/20/2010
MacArtney delivered two FOCUS vehicles to DOF Subsea. This FOCUS-2 system is a dual system and was built and delivered in record time. Håvard K. Berge, Survey Department Manager told MacArtney, ”I would
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SeaZone Supports EMEC’s Wave & Tidal Site Developments
05/20/2010
Detailed survey data from SeaZone is assisting the European Marine Energy Centre Ltd (EMEC) in expanding the services it offers. EMEC provides developers with the opportunity to test full scale grid connected
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Loch Ness Monster? No, Prototype Wave Energy Device
05/19/2010
Scottish marine energy technology developer, AWS Ocean Energy, has started testing its new wave energy device in Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
The Inverness based company has deployed a 1/9th
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BP: Riser Insertion Tube is Collecting Oil
05/18/2010
According to the latest updates from BP, subsea efforts continue to focus on progressing options to stop the flow of oil from the well through interventions via the blow out preventer (BOP), and to collect the flow of oil from the leak points.
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BATHY BOAT: New Face in Autonomy
05/18/2010
By Hunter C. Brown, Guy Meadows, Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan & Liza K. Jenkins, Robert Shuchman, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological
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NOCS: Working to Harness the Power of the Sea
05/18/2010
The National Oceanography Center in Southampton (NOCS) reports that it is conserving energy and reducing its carbon footprint by harnessing the cooling power of seawater. The center has unveiled a unique
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Landins: A Breakthrough in Mobile Scanning
05/18/2010
ABA Surveying Limited, a pioneer of high-speed 3D data capture using laser scanners, selected a LANDINS inertial navigation system (INS) to provide the vital position and orientation data required by its ground-breaking kinematic mapping system.
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Offshore Wind Power: CFPA Steps Up
05/18/2010
Handling more than 150 complete wind turbines units in the last five years, operator of one of Scotland’s premier deepwater ports, Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA), has established itself as a renewable
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L-3 Klein 3900: See it “Live” at OTE
05/18/2010
L-3 Klein Associates invites you to attend our exhibit at the Oceans Technology Expo in Newport, Rhode Island, on 25-27 May 2010, featuring live, in-water Demonstrations of Klein’s System 3900 in Newport Harbor.
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Marport CEO Honored
05/18/2010
Marport, an underwater acoustics technology company, said that Atlantic Business magazine selected Marport President and CEO, Karl Kenny, as one of the Top 50 CEOs of Atlantic Canada. The awards ceremony
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Navy Awards New Science Ship to Scripps
05/18/2010
Ushering in the next era of ocean exploration, the U.S. Office of Naval Research has selected Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the operator of a new scientific research vessel. The
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Prince Charles Visits SeaGen
05/14/2010
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has visited Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen, a leading marine current and tidal stream technology that is deployed in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough and generating
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In-Water Demos on OTE “Fleet” Set for May 25-27, 2010
05/13/2010
In a little more than one week, the industry will converge on Newport, Rhode Island for the third OceanTech Expo (OTE) (www.oceantechexpo.com), which brings together subsea industry executives for three
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Hydroid Wins Navy AUV Business
05/13/2010
Hydroid received multiple delivery orders under an existing U.S. Navy contract to provide three additional MK 18 Mod 1 Swordfish variants of the REMUS 100 to the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Command
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Horizon Supports Spill Clean Up with Ocean Current Data
05/13/2010
In support of NOAA's monitoring and forecasting of the oil spill from BP's Macondo well site, Horizon Marine has been deploying additional Far Horizon Drifting (FHD) GPS buoys to track the dispersion of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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DSV Caballo Maya Hits the Water
05/13/2010
Strategic Marine launched the first of two 143 m Dive Supports Vessels, Caballo Maya (Hull 156) in Vietnam. The vessel was launched on of April 5, 2010, with the second vessel (Hull 157) approximately 90% complete and eight weeks from completion.
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New Pressure Switch to 20,000 ft.
05/13/2010
Hydracon Subsea introduced a new pressure switch model 2406-100, submersible to 20,000 ft. ocean depth. The pressure switch is used on deepwater subsea hydraulic control systems. The switch is magnetically
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RDSEA Expands Relationships in China
05/13/2010
RDSEA and Associates, Inc. signed a contract with the First Institute of Oceanography in Qingdao, China for a third buoy system to be delivered this summer. With a continued partnership with Down East
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Nexans Completes Offshore Cable Contract for FPSO
05/13/2010
Nexans completed a $3.8m contract for SBM Offshore (Single Buoy Moorings) to manufacture and supply the specialized offshore power, control and instrumentation cables for the conversion of the Espirito
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Kongsberg Detbuts New Riser Management System
05/13/2010
SeaFlex Riser Technologies, the Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies business unit dedicated to riser engineering and management, has developed a new Riser Management System (RMS). The next generation Kongsberg
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Hallin Works Off Angola
05/13/2010
Hallin Marine is mobilizing its vessel, Ullswater, after winning a saturation diving contract offshore Angola. The DP2 Ullswater, equipped with saturation and air diving systems, a Hallin C-ROV ROV and
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Cougar Offshore in Canada
05/13/2010
Canada’s offshore oil and gas industry has a powerful new resource. Pro-Dive Marine Services has taken delivery of the technologically advanced Cougar-XT remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from top manufacturer Saab Seaeye.
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Sidus Solutions Appoints Camenco as UK Rep
05/13/2010
Sidus Solutions, a Security and Surveillance Systems manufacturer, based in San Diego California announced the appointment of Camenco Ltd. as their exclusive agent in the United Kingdom. Camenco is an
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U-Boat Worx: New Submersible
05/11/2010
U-Boat Worx, a Dutch luxury submarine manufacturer, announced a new line of exploration submersibles certified for diving to depths from 100 to 1,000 m. Named C-Explorers, these diving machines are available
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New iXSea President
05/11/2010
Philippe Debaillon Vesque will join the iXCore group on June 1 as Chief Operating Officer (COO) taking responsibility for the Group’s marine division. He will be based in Marly-le-Roi and will also become iXSea’s CEO.
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New Kongberg DPS Debuts in Houston
05/11/2010
ocean Rig's semi-submersible drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson has navigated the Bosphorus Strait using the sophisticated new DPS 4D Differential Positioning System developed by Kongsberg Maritime's specialist
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Dolan Joins ITC Division of CTG
05/11/2010
Channel Technologies Group (Santa Barbara, CA) has appointed Brian Dolan as Director of Business Development for their International Transducer (ITC) Division. Dolan was most recently Director of Sales at Infinite Corporation.
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DTC Wins Contract
05/11/2010
DTC International has been awarded a contract to provide a fully retrievable acoustic system (including retrievable batteries), based on DTC’s MODSYS Modular Subsea Control System to be fitted to a BOP
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WESMAR Debuts the New HD825 Sonar
05/11/2010
WESMAR is introducing the new HD825 Series Searchlight Sonar. It is an all digital system specially designed for purse seining, but effective for all sonar applications. It updates WESMAR’s popular HD800 and SS395 sonars.
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Aker Solutions Wins Contract
05/11/2010
Aker Solutions has been selected by Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) as its contractor for the detailed engineering of the Kebabangan (KBB) Northern Hub development project located
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DSV: Seven Atlantic Completes First Project
05/11/2010
Subsea 7's new diving support vessel (DSV) Seven Atlantic completed its first diving project for Shell in the Southern sector of the UK North Sea. The Seven Atlantic has been working in the Southern
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Fugro Takes 10 Xsens MTi’s
05/11/2010
Fugro Subsea Technologies Singapore has purchased 10 Xsens MTi’s for use in their FCV ROV. Fugro Subsea Technologies now uses several tens of MTi’s for the stabilization of their ROV fleet.
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TORI Orders Iver2 AUV
05/11/2010
The Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI) has acquired an Iver2 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to collect data for scientific research and improved environmental protection. The Iver2 EP42 vehicle
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Sidus Solutions, IPS Securex Sign Agreement
05/11/2010
Security Surveillance Systems specialist Sidus Solutions signed an exclusive distribution agreement with IPS Securex Pte Ltd, one of the South East Asia’s leading security systems distributors. IPS will
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Gavia AUV for Kumamoto University
05/11/2010
Hafmynd Ehf and Toyo Corporation announced the sale of a Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to Kumamoto University of Japan. The Gavia selected by Kumamoto is rated to 500m and is equipped with
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Subsea 7 to Debut AIV in 2011
05/06/2010
Subsea 7 announced that, as part of its ongoing investment in assets and technology, and following a two year trial in conjunction with SeeByte, that the two companies will collaborate to bring the first
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Seaglider 144 Sets Endurance Record
05/06/2010
During a mission in the Northeast Pacific, Seaglider 144 propelled itself for 292 days, covering 5,528 km (3,435 miles) through the water, more than half the pole to equator distance. Operating independently,
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Sidus Solutions, Topside Offshore Join Forces
05/06/2010
Topside Offshore Technology joined forces with security and survelliance system specialist Sidus Solutions to form Sidus Solutions LLC. Topside Offshore Technology and Sidus Solutions will together
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AXYS a VIATeC Award Finalist
05/06/2010
AXYS Technologies was selected as a finalist for a VIATeC Technology Award for Innovative Excellence. The Innovative Excellence award recognizes a company that has researched and designed an innovative
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Subsea 7 Expands
05/06/2010
Subsea 7 established a new Asia Pacific office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and appointed twoof its senior personnel to its Asia Pacific region. The Kuala Lumpur office will initially house 32 Subsea 7 personnel,
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Underwater Survey of Huge Volcanic Flank Collapse Deposits
05/06/2010
A scientific team led by Dr. Peter Talling of the UK’s National Oceanography Center (NOC) was aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook to map extremely large landslide deposits offshore from an active volcano on Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles.
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New Underwater Positioning System
05/06/2010
Kongsberg Maritime has a new range of acoustic underwater positioning systems and transponders, designed to harness the power of 'Cymbal', Kongsberg Maritime's new signal processing protocol while also
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Deep UV Optics Available for C3 Submersible Fluorometer
05/06/2010
Turner Designs offers a Deep UV Optical Kit for its C3 Submersible Fluorometer which enables detection of Refined Oils and Fuels. Recent developments in LED technology allow for excitation wavelengths down to 260nm.
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Subsea 7's Smith, MacGregor Honored
04/30/2010
Subsea 7 announced that Dr. Stuart N. Smith, Vice President – Technology and Asset Development and Dr. James MacGregor, New Build Vessel Project Manager, have been awarded the ‘Medal of Distinction’ from
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SID Delivered to ATP
04/30/2010
DTC International has supplied a Subsea Isolation Device (SID) equipped with it’s MODSYS Modular Subsea Control System to ATP Oil & Gas for use with its “ATP Titan”. The “ATP Titan” deepwater dry tree
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Technip Wins Brazilian pre-salt Contract
04/30/2010
Technip has been awarded by Petrobras in April a contract for the infield lines of the pilot system for the Tupi field. This field is located at a water depth of 2,200 meters in the pre-salt layer of
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Two Gavia AUV’s Delivered to NCS Survey
04/30/2010
Hafmynd announced the delivery of two Gavia AUV‘s to NCS Survey of Aberdeen. The delivery is followed by successful Customer Acceptance Tests performed in January at Hafmynd‘s headquarters in Iceland.
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2010 Offshore Industry Safety Awards Postponed
04/30/2010
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced that the 2010 Annual Industry SAFE Awards Luncheon scheduled for May 3, 2010 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas has been postponed.
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CSIP’s Roving Bat Powers Ahead
04/30/2010
Since the introduction of the ‘Roving Bat’ hybrid free-flying ROV and crawler last year, CSIP confirmed that it has proved to be one of the most popular vehicles in its fleet. The Roving Bat is suited
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Opinion: Dangers of the Deep
04/27/2010
The tragic explosion and loss of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon last week, and subsequent efforts to use ROVs to help stop the outflow of oil from the well, which is situated more than 5,000 feet below
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Deep Down Constructs Carousel System
04/27/2010
Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW), an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, announced that it has
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WHOI: Ancient Asphalt Domes off California Coast
04/27/2010
They paved paradise and, it turns out, actually did put up a parking lot. A big one. Some 700 ft. deep in the waters off California's jewel of a coastal resort, Santa Barbara, sits a group of football-field-sized
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CDL Appoints McBarron MD
04/27/2010
Formerly Business Development Manager with Intermoor, Kevin McBarron, who has 18 years of experience in the offshore survey and subsea sectors of the oil and gas market, will take responsibility for the
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Subsea 7 Wins $75m North Sea Contract
04/27/2010
Subsea 7 won a contract in the UK sector of the North Sea valued in excess of $75 m. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bundle consisting of production,
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Applied Acoustics Honored
04/27/2010
Great Yarmouth based Applied Acoustic Engineering won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. The Award is recognition of its outstanding achievement in boosting export revenues
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Update: Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe
04/23/2010
At a press conference on the afternoon of April 22, the Deepwater Horizon was confirmed sunk following an explosion on the MODU at approximately 10:00 p.m. April 20. RADM Landry, Commander of the 8th
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Solstad Offshore converted by Gibdock
04/23/2010
Solstad Offshore is redeploying two platform supply vessels as potable water and fuel oil carriers to service Brazil’s offshore rig market for Petrobras, after completion of a major conversion project at Gibdock.
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New Flange Pulling System for Subsea
04/23/2010
Tentec, a manufacturer and supplier of bolt tensioning equipment, announced the availability of a new hydraulic Flange Pulling System (FPS) as part of its recently launched Optimus 6 range. Designed to
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NOAA: $73.6m for New Fisheries Survey Vessel
04/23/2010
NOAA awarded a $73.6m American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Marinette Marine for the construction of a new fisheries survey vessel. The vessel will be the fifth in a series of state-of-the-art
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Harvey Bisso Completes First Subsea Project
04/23/2010
Harvey Bisso Subsea completed its first subsea project performing saturation diving work in 350 ft. of water at ATP Oil & Gas Corp.’s deepwater platform in Grand Isle block 115. Harvey Bisso Subsea used
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NAVSEA Removes Fuel from Sunken WW II Era Ship
04/20/2010
Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), in a U.S. Coast Guard directed initiative, provided a key operational and technical role in removing 60,546 gallons of
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Ultrasonic Underwater Tracking Support
04/20/2010
SeaVision Technologies was appointed the Australian distributor for the products of Sonotronics Inc. Seavision Technology’s Jenny Taylor said the addition of the Sonotronics range was an important step
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Power Converter For Subsea Environments
04/20/2010
Schaefer offers a new power converter which is suited for subsea mineral exploration or other deep sea applications, according to the manufacturer. This subsea power converter showcases Schaefer’s technical
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Brown Joins BIRNS Inc.
04/20/2010
BIRNS, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of lines of lights, connectors, penetrators and cable assemblies for the subsea, military, commercial diving and nuclear power industries, has appointed Amy Brown as its Director of Corporate Communications.
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Hydro-Lek’s System Goes Deep with NOCS
04/20/2010
Hydro-Lek Ltd., partnered with National Oceanography Centre in Southampton to develop HyBIS, the deep ocean sampling/observation system. HyBIS was deployed this month by a British scientific expedition
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US Navy Divers Support ROK Ship Recovery
04/20/2010
Sailors of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 Platoon 501 based out of Sasebo, Japan, are diving in
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Aker Solutions Wins Brazil Subsea Contract
04/20/2010
Aker Solutions signed a $300m frame agreement with Petrobras to supply 40 subsea trees for the Iara and Guará fields, located in the pre-salt area of the Santos basin offshore Brazil. Scope of works includes
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Seebyte Wins Dutch Navy Deal
04/20/2010
SeeByte sold its SeeTrack Military system to the Royal Netherlands Navy. “This is another exciting sale for the SeeByte team,” said Dr. Ioseba Tena, SeeByte Sales Manager. “SeeTrack Military’s utilization
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Statoil Hires SeaDrill Rig
04/15/2010
Statoil signed a letter of intent for a five-year contract with Seadrill for a newly built drilling rig for use on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The contract is worth about $650m. The jack-up
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Jumbo Offshore: DP2 Tidal Installation Capability
04/15/2010
Jumbo Offshore recently completed a short series of tests to demonstrate its installation capabilities in high tidal current velocities. Its DP2 Offshore Heavy Lift Vessels reportedly proved suited for
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Cygnus Underwater Thickness Gauge
04/15/2010
The latest Cygnus Underwater is IPX8 rated, which allows continuous underwater operation up to 300 m depth. The feature of “Deep-Coat” mode facilitates measuring through even thicker coatings up to 20 mm thick.
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New Submersible Pressure Transducer
04/15/2010
Campbell Scientific announced a new high-accuracy version of its CS450 and CS455 Submersible Pressure Transducers. The new transducers are designed to measure pressure with a static accuracy within ±0.
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AC-ROV Reports Strong Sales News
04/15/2010
Micro ROV manufacturer AC-CESS Co UK reported a number of late 2009 early 2010 successes with its AC-ROV Underwater Inspection System. Oil and gas producer Dong Energy have purchased and deployed two
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C3 Submersible Fluorometer has Analog Output
04/15/2010
The Turner Designs C3 Submersible Fluorometer is now available with an Analog Output Adapter which outputs a 0-5 VDC signal for 1, 2, or 3 channels depending on the C3 configuration. The adapter enables
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AC-ROV Reports Strong Sales News
04/15/2010
Micro ROV manufacturer AC-CESS Co UK reported a number of late 2009 early 2010 successes with its AC-ROV Underwater Inspection System. Oil and gas producer Dong Energy have purchased and deployed two
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SeaBat 7125 for Derinsu-Turkey
04/15/2010
Derinsu Underwater Engineering & Consulting in Turkey has ordered the ultra-high resolution sonar system SeaBat 7125-SV to add to their pool of SeaBat sonar systems
Derinsu is an underwater engineering
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Hallin Expands Fleet
04/15/2010
Integrated subsea contractor Hallin Marine has expanded its fleet with the purchase of the dynamically positioned (DP2) vessel the Penrith. Hallin already knows the 67 m Penrith well, having operated
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Kongsberg Wins Camera, Sonar Orders
04/15/2010
Kongsberg Maritime recorded orders from Fugro for an extensive suite of cameras and scanning sonars as part of its Global 2010 ROV sensor refurbishment and newbuild program. The orders include more than
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ABP Southampton Buys RESON SeaBat 7101 System
04/13/2010
Associated British Ports Southampton awarded RESON a contract to supply a SeaBat 7101 multibeam sonar system. RESON will install and train ABP Southampton Hydrographic Survey personnel in the use of the system and associated sensors.
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CCGS Viola M Davidson
04/13/2010
The CCGS Viola M Davidson, an 18.5m (61-ft.) Fisheries Research Vessel was launched March 3, 2010 on the high tide in the UNESCO town of Lunenburg Nova Scotia. The vessel was designed and built by ABCO Industries Limited.
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Noordhoek Pathfinder: Successful Trials
04/13/2010
Noordhoek Survey said that the newly delivered DPII ROV Survey SV Noordhoek Pathfinder has completed both its verification trials and its first assignment. The vessel was delivered on schedule and, the
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Saab Seaeye: Helping Pilots Stay on Course
04/13/2010
Sight of a compass rose and the current depth is a sure way for a pilot to keep his ROV on course. This is now shown on an up-front flight display overlay, introduced by Saab Seaeye, for the video monitor of its Falcon ROV.
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NSRI: Membership Goals are Reached
04/13/2010
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) reportedly has achieved its initial target to recruit 20 companies to join in developing a vision for the long-term future of the subsea industry. The organization,
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Subsea 7 Wins BP GOM Contract
04/13/2010
Subsea 7 awarded an installation contract by BP for the Galapagos and Nakika Phase 3 developments in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineering work will commence immediately at Subsea 7’s Houston office. Installation
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Walsh Honored for Trieste Work
04/13/2010
Dr. Don Walsh, who co-piloted the historic 1960 deep-sea voyage of the Trieste, will be honored by the Department of the Navy in a ceremony on at 10 a.m. April 15 at the U.S. Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard.
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Seatronics invest in CDL Inc’s Fibre Optic Gyro
04/13/2010
CDL Inc. of Houston reports that it has sold four of its new Fibre Optic Gyro Systems, the TOGS, to Seatronics Inc, a leader in the Subsea and Marine rental industry with offices around the world in key Oil and Gas hubs.
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New BV5000 3D Imaging System
04/13/2010
After initial offshore tests Oceaneering purchased its first BV5000 system to add to its inventory of offshore tools. With the ability to make 3D scans of underwater structures without the equipment and
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Now in Broadband: Acoustic Imaging of the Ocean
04/06/2010
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) report that they have developed two advanced broadband acoustic systems that they believe could represent the acoustic equivalent of the leap
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Pair of Innovative Ships Debut in Aberdeen
04/06/2010
Subsea 7, in conjunction with Shell Upstream Europe, hosted representatives from the oil and gas and civic communities to Aberdeen harbor for an event showcasing the state-of-the-art Diving Support Vessel
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Aker Solutions Wins Cable Install Contract
04/06/2010
Aker Solution' marine operations unit has entered into a long-term agreement with ABB regarding installation of power cables and related services. ABB will charter one of Aker Solutions' new vessels for installation campaigns during 2012 and 2013.
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Global Diving & Salvage Opens New Office
04/06/2010
Seattle based - Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. is expanding its operations in the San Francisco Bay Area by opening an office in Richmond, CA, to augment its existing Rio Vista office. The new location
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L-3 Klein Appoints Charbonneau
04/06/2010
L-3 Communications announced that its Klein Associates, Inc. division (L-3 Klein) has appointed Bill Charbonneau as Regional Sales Manager for their Side Scan Sonar Systems. Working with other members of the L-3 Klein team, Mr.
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Unique System adds GAPS
04/06/2010
IXSEA completed the sale of two Global Acoustic Positioning Systems (GAPS) to Unique System (UK) Ltd, a service and rental company supporting hydrographic survey, offshore construction, oceanographic, environmental and diving activities worldwide.
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9,620km Unity Cable System Completed
04/06/2010
Unity, a consortium of six international companies, together with its suppliers NEC Corporation and TE SubCom (formerly Tyco Telecommunications), announced that the Trans-Pacific Unity submarine cable
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Sonardyne “6G Roadshow” Hits Aberdeen
04/06/2010
Last week more than 50 equipment users and specifiers from offshore contracting, survey and rental companies dropped into Sonardyne International’s Aberdeen office for an introduction to the company’s new 6G (Sixth Generation) hardware platform.
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Floating Production Systems Market Rebounds
04/06/2010
"The downward trend in contracting for new floating production systems has reversed,” according to Jim McCaul, head of offshore industry advisory group IMA. “We touched cycle bottom in 4th quarter 2009,” McCaul said.
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Seadrill Rig Contract Extended
04/06/2010
Statoil offered Seadrill a new five-year contract for the use of the West Venture rig on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The contract is worth about $712 million. “This contract will be important
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SiiTech Launched Fleet Tracking Service
03/30/2010
SiiTech launched Inmarsat-C online fleet tracking service.
SiiTech has released its latest fleet tracking system, Web VTS, which supports Inmarsat-enabled vessels.
SiiTech has provided a free online
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Presentation on Ocean Obs During Cyclone Gonu
03/30/2010
Prof. Steven DiMarco and Dr. Matthew Howard from Texas A&M University delivered a presentation on observations and modeling results of Cyclone Gonu in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. This cyclone
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Divex Introduces HeliCom for Diver Comms
03/30/2010
Divex announced the launch of a communication system for the saturation diver, HeliCom, the Helium Speech Unscrambler Communication System. Saturation divers use helium as the major component of the special
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WHOI Aids in Search for AF447
03/30/2010
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is part of an international sea search operation formed to locate the deep-sea wreck site of Air France Flight 447 and to retrieve the flight recorders from the Airbus A 330.
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CNOOC Announces Startup of Two Fields
03/30/2010
CNOOC Limited said that two of its independent oil fields, WeiZhou11-1 east (WZ11-1E) in the Western South China Sea and BoZhong (BZ) 3-2 in the Bohai Bay, have commenced production successfully recently.
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Precision Stability to Enhance Survey Results
03/30/2010
The precision of sonar survey results depends as much on the stability of the vehicle as it does on the quality of the sonar systems. AUVs are commonly used to provide the stability required but recent
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Oceaneering Taps New BlueView BV5000
03/30/2010
After initial offshore testing of a BlueView Technologies 3D mechanical scanning sonar, Oceaneering purchased a BlueView BV5000 to add to its collection of offshore tools. With the ability to make laser-like
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STX Europe to Build Special Purpose Vessels
03/30/2010
STX Europe has, through its wholly owned subsidiary STX Norway Offshore AS, signed contracts for building of three special purpose vessels for a new foreign client. The vessels will be delivered in Q4 2011, Q2 2012 and Q3 2012.
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World Ocean Council Launched
03/30/2010
Ocean business leaders from a range of industries are becoming “Founding Members” of the World Ocean Council - an international, cross-sectoral alliance on stewardship of the seas. World Ocean Council
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Mel Fitzgerald, Subsea 7 CEO, Honored
03/26/2010
Mel Fitzgerald, CEO of Subsea 7, was recognized for his significant and positive impact on the oil and gas sector from both a business and wider industry perspective. The Outstanding Contribution Award
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Umbilical Contract to Aker Solutions
03/26/2010
Aker Solutions signed a contract with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to supply subsea umbilicals and associated equipment for the Gorgon Project, offshore Australia. Contract value is approximately $91.3m.
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Teledyne Webb Research Delivers 6,000th Float
03/26/2010
Teledyne Webb Research has shipped it’s 6000th float designed and manufactured at it’s Falmouth, Mass., facility. The float, known as the Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX), was designed in the late
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Shark Employs Saab Seaeye, Reson System
03/26/2010
Romanian-based subsea services company, Shark SRL has purchased a Saab Seaye Panther XT electric work ROV for use with their Reson SeaBat 7125 multi-beam sonar system. Shark expects to see more accurate
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Statoil, Aker Solutions Signs Agreement
03/26/2010
Aker Solutions' geo business signed a three-year frame agreement with Statoil to supply sub-surface consultancy services within the areas of production geology, exploration geology and reservoir technology.
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R&D Pays Dividends for Fugro Offshore Survey
03/26/2010
Fugro Offshore Survey has a long history of adopting and embracing new technologies. “Starting in 2011 Fugro will introduce Starfix.NG the first phase of a completely new – Next Generation (NG) - suite
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Pegasus Thurster Debuts at UI
03/26/2010
The first ever Surface Powered Thruster for divers, part of the Pegasus Thruster brand, was unveiled at Underwater Intervention in New Orleans. This new model is designed to allow commercial divers to maintain endless thrust of up to 300 ft.
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German Offshore Wind Farm Contract
03/24/2010
Keppel Verolme and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik GmbH, a German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a $82.7 million contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH (Wetfeet
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Marine Mapping for the North Sea
03/24/2010
SeaZone is leading the BLAST Work Package 3 - The Marine and Coastal Reference Base. This Working Group addresses the needs of marine spatial planning, environmental protection, socio-economic development,
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Statoil, TDW Offshore Extend Contract
03/24/2010
TDW Offshore Services (TDW) entered into a framework contract with Statoil ASA to provide pipeline pressure isolation services and equipment for its installations located in the Norwegian North Sea. The
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Sigma Offshore Wins Nido Contract
03/24/2010
Sigma Offshore won a $1.2 million order with Australia’s Nido Petroleum, an exploration and production company whose business activities are focused on the Philippines offshore Palawan Basin. The contract
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Peregrino Platform in Place
03/24/2010
The Peregrino project passed another milestone last weekend with the conclusion of offshore heavy-lifting operations. (Photo by Anette Westgård, courtesy of Statoil.com)
Statoil has completed heavy offshore
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OSIL Secure Major Sea-Bird Order
03/24/2010
OSIL (Ocean Scientific International Ltd) placed an order for three Sea-Bird SBE 911 CTD instruments and associated equipment for its client, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The instruments replace
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Expedition to World’s Deepest Undersea Volcanoes
03/24/2010
A British scientific expedition is heading into the world's deepest volcanic rift, more than three miles beneath the waves in the Caribbean, to hunt for the deepest “black smoker” vents detected so far on the ocean floor.
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Reson, ADUS Announce Collaboration
03/24/2010
Reson reached agreement to supply its SeaBat 8125 Hybrid Multibeam Sonar system to ADUS, a leading company in high-resolution multibeam wreck surveys. ADUS will use the SeaBat and other RESON equipment
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Central GOM Lease Sale 213 Results
03/24/2010
Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213, held on March 17 in New Orleans, attracted $949,265,959 in high bids. The sale was conducted by Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) and had
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New 12,000 Joule Seismic Energy Source
03/24/2010
Applied Acoustics launched a new seismic energy source at Oceanology. An extension to the range of seismic power supplies, the CSP-S12000 features a maximum output energy level of 12000 joules, bringing
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RINA in Renewable Energy Initiative
03/24/2010
RINA confirmed its participation in the European offshore renewable energy initiative ORECCA (Offshore Renewable Energy Conversion platforms Co-ordination Action), which came into operation on March 1, 2010.
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MCT to Deploy New Tidal Farm
03/18/2010
Marine Current Turbines secured approval for a lease from The Crown Estate to deploy its award-winning SeaGen tidal current technology off Brough Ness, on the southern most tip of the Orkney Islands (South Ronaldsay) and north east of John O’Groats.
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Alpha: New Star Tracker from Applied Acoustics
03/18/2010
Applied Acoustics unveiled its new USBL tracking system at Oceanology International. Called the Easytrak Alpha, it is the introductory and most compact of their range of subsea tracking systems. Suited
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J.Ray Wins First Asia Pacific Subsea Project
03/18/2010
J. Ray McDermott, S. A. (J. Ray) said J. Ray McDermott Far East, Inc. has been awarded its first SURF (Subsea Infrastructure, Umbilicals, Risers & Flowlines) project in Asia Pacific since its strategic push into this high growth area.
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New Rig Contracts
03/18/2010
Statoil awarded a contract to Dolphin AS and a letter of intent to Seadrill for two rigs which will operate on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The Bideford Dolphin rig has won a three-year contract with start-up from January 27, 2011.
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MarineNet: Intrusion Detection
03/18/2010
Houston-based, BEI Security announced the availability of MarineNet, an above water and underwater security intrusion detection system for commercial and military facilities. MarineNet can be installed
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Statoil: Four Fields on “Fast Track”
03/16/2010
”Our ambition on certain fields on the Norwegian continental shelf is to halve the time from discovery to production,” said Ståle Tungesvik, head of reserves and business development in Statoil. Speeding
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DELPH INS Added to IXSEA Range
03/16/2010
DELPH INS is the latest addition to the IXSEA software product range. Introduced late last year and formally launched at OI 2010 in London, DELPH INS is a post-processing and bulk data productivity tool
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2,000-ton Cable Shipment for Belwind Wind Farm
03/16/2010
Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker, Norway completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium, for use in the Belwind offshore energy project in the North Sea off Belgium.
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NSRI Appoints Academic Research Director
03/16/2010
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) appointed Dr. Richard Neilson as academic research director. Dr. Neilson has more than 20 years experience as a lecturer and researcher in a number of Scottish Universities.
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Canada’s Third Underwater Conference and Exhibition
03/16/2010
The third annual Canadian Underwater Conference and Exhibition will be held from October 24-26, 2010 at the Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel, only minutes from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Pearson
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Ezra Orders Two Subsea Knuckle-Jib Cranes
03/16/2010
Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore-based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd. in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor-handling towing/supply
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Tyco Telecommunications Renamed
03/16/2010
Tyco Telecommunications is now operating under a new corporate name: Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications (TE SubCom). “Our new corporate name enables us to more closely align ourselves with our parent
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UK Energy Minister Applauds SeaGen Tidal Project
03/16/2010
On a visit to Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, the UK’s Energy Minister, congratulated Marine Current Turbines (MCT) on its achievements to design, deploy and operate its SeaGen tidal current energy system.
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New Survey Vessel Delivered to Fugro
03/12/2010
On March 12, 2010, Fugro took delivery of a new-build survey vessel, the M/V Fugro Searcher, which it commissioned in 2007. The vessel will operate in the offshore oil and gas industry and the offshore renewable energy sector.
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Reson Launches Low-Cost Multibeam
03/12/2010
Reson debuted a new cost-efficient sonar which it says bridges the gap between singlebeam echosounders and high resolution multibeam sonar systems. HydroBat is an entry-level multibeam system operating at 160kHz and covers a swath of 120°.
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Ashtead Technology Chooses Phins
03/12/2010
IXSEA announced the sale of two PHINS 6000 subsea inertial navigation systems (INS) to Ashtead Technology. The systems are destined to be used by a major ROV operator for work in the UK North Sea starting in early April.
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NOIA: VA Opens Doors to Offshore Energy Development
03/12/2010
The National Ocean Industries Association announced its support of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) and the Virginia General Assembly for their bipartisan agreement in enacting two state laws supporting energy development off the state’s coast.
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U.S., Canada Partnership Expands Ocean Research
03/12/2010
U.S.-Canada collaboration on ocean research took a step as Robert Gagosian, president and CEO of Consortium for Ocean Leadership, and Martin Taylor, president and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, signed
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Statoil: Increased Oil production from Oseberg
03/12/2010
"We have carried out extensive modifications to the process facility on the Oseberg Field Center and removed a bottleneck for increased oil production," said Torstein Hole, area manager for Operations West in Statoil.
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NOCS Scientists Win IMarEST Denny Medal
03/12/2010
At a ceremony held in London on March 11, 2010, scientists at the National Oceanography Center, Southampton (NOCS) were awarded the Denny medal by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology
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Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
03/10/2010
A deep-sea exploration robot - one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships - was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile.
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NOC: New National Center Covering Marine Science
03/09/2010
A new, national research organization, delivering integrated marine science and technology from the coast to the deep ocean, working in partnership with the UK marine research community, goes live April 1, 2010.
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Teledyne TSS, SG Brown Celebrate Century
03/09/2010
At the Oceanology International Exhibition in London, Teledyne TSS and SG Brown celebrated its 100 year anniversary of gyrocompass manufacture by SG Brown. SG Brown was founded by Sidney George Brown
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OceanServer Wins Navy Contract
03/09/2010
OceanServer won a contract to deliver two lightweight multibeam sonar equipped AUV’s to the US Navy. The AUV’s are to be operationally tested and delivered to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command at the Stennis Space Center in September of 2010.
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REMUS Aids in Search for Princess Ashika
03/09/2010
Hydroid said that in August 2009, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Operational Diving Team and a specialist Remote Search Team were flown to Tonga, in an RNZAF Hercules, at short notice to assist with the search for the sunken ferry, Princess Ashika.
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ROV Ops: Challenges & Solutions at OI ‘10
03/04/2010
As marine operations move into ever greater water depths and harsher environments around the globe Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) grow in importance and utilization. The challenges and solutions for
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New Tech Set to Debut in London
03/04/2010
Featured below are select previews of companies planning to exhibit new technologies, systems or services at the Oceanology International exhibition, scheduled for London ExCeL, March 9-11, 2010.
AML
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Bourbon Takes Delivery of HD ROV Pair
03/02/2010
Bourbon Subsea Services and Schilling Robotics have developed a new generation of ROVs for the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of offshore fields. The HD ROV is a robot "Work Class" type, designed
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AC-CESS to Debut Fly-Out ROV at OI
03/02/2010
Working in conjunction with its engineering partners All Oceans, the AC-ROV 3000 offers visual inspection support for host vehicle operations in busy, congested and high risk operating environments. The
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Obituary: Larry Glosten, 1918 to 2010
03/02/2010
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Glosten, founder of The Glosten Associates, a Seattle naval architecture firm, died February 22, 2010 in his home on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He was 91.
Glosten graduated from
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MMS, NOAA Study Prey of GOM Sperm Whales
03/02/2010
Minerals Management Service (MMS) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service biologists have set sail to learn more about the prey of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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Schilling Robotics Expands in North Sea
03/02/2010
Alan Newlands and Gavin Duncan have joined Schilling Robotics, as ROV product manager as project manager, respectively, who will both be based in Schilling’s North Sea Regional Office. Newlands brings
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FlowQuest Expands Acoustic Current Profiler Line
03/02/2010
LinkQuest has extended its FlowQuest acoustic current profiler line to include the smaller and lighterweight FlowQuest 2000 system. The FlowQuest 2000 system operates at 2 MHz with a blank distance as short as 10 cm.
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Luthi Steps in as President of the NOIA
03/02/2010
Former Minerals Management Service (MMS) director Randall Luthi began work as President of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). “I am honored to have this opportunity to represent the NOIA
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Wärtsilä for Polar Supply and Research Vessel
03/02/2010
Wärtsilä signed a contract with the STX Finland Oy shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to deliver four Wärtsilä 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The wner of the vessel will be the Republic of
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Bisso Marine Loads Umbilical Reel
03/02/2010
Bisso Marine successfully loaded a 281-ton umbilical reel onto an offshore installation vessel. Using the 700-ton D/B Cappy Bisso, the crew loaded the 281-ton umbilical reel from shore to the installation
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CDL Launches New Demo Platform
03/02/2010
CDL launched a new demonstration and calibration platform that will be moored at Lake Conroe, 60 minutes north of Houston, Texas. The boat is a custom converted 30 ft. Pontoon boat with a 19 ft. cabin
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Researchers Measure Impacts of Changing Climate on Ocean
02/25/2010
A three-year field program now underway is measuring carbon distributions and primary productivity in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean to help scientists worldwide determine the impacts of a changing climate on ocean biology and biogeochemistry.
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Schilling Robotic's HD
02/25/2010
The HD is a compact work-class ROV system optimized for rapid mobilizations on vessels and rigs of opportunity serving the IRM, drill support and construction markets. The HD delivers performance featuring
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OSIL MiniBAT for SV Survey
02/25/2010
The Geotechnical Engineering and Marine Surveys (GEMS) Group purchased an OSIL MiniBAT system to carry out sound velocity (SV) measurements at a 50 sq. km. site in Asia. The MiniBAT was fitted with the
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OceanLED USA LLC Expands
02/25/2010
OceanLED USA LLC, is continuing its expansion with the appointment of Bill Eastwood as a Regional Sales Manager. He joins the OceanLED team after seven year’s employment at electronic chart maker Navionics
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OMM Assists Lighthouse R&D Project
02/25/2010
A team of 16 marine specialists provided by Offshore Marine Management (OMM) helped Houston based Lighthouse R&D Enterprises Inc. to take its deepwater systems to an even deeper level with the installation
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Siemens Invests in Marine Current Turbines
02/25/2010
Marine Current Turbines Ltd. announced that Siemens has invested in the firm alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors. Following an investment round led by the Carbon Trust in
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Minor Discovery in the Tampen Area
02/22/2010
Statoil has proven the existence of oil in a well in the Tampen area in the north-eastern area of the Snorre field in the North Sea, according to the company. The purpose of the Statoil-operated well
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Piezoelectric Composite Components for Undersea Apps
02/22/2010
Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) introduced its piezoelectric composite components for use in a wide range of undersea applications, including conformal sensors and detectors for ships and deployable vehicles,
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Statoil Gets Go Ahead for Gudrun
02/22/2010
Statoil reported that on February 18, 2010, the partners in the Gudrun license resolved to submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) of this North Sea discovery to the Norwegian authorities. “The
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McGowen Joins EdgeTech -ORE Offshore
02/22/2010
EdgeTech and ORE Offshore have added Doug McGowen to its senior staff in the role of Director, New Business Development. Mr. McGowen will work out of the company’s West Wareham facility and will focus
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WET Labs, Sea-Bird Announce Acquisition
02/22/2010
WET Labs' President Casey Moore and Sea-Bird Electronics' President Norge Larson announced that WET Labs has been acquired by Sea-Bird Electronics. WET Labs and Sea-Bird are the leaders in optical biogeochemical
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SMART Remote Monitoring Service
02/22/2010
Geo-Development Services (GDS) released its web-based SMART (System Monitoring And Remote Telemetry) service for providing secure access to monitor, record and trigger alarms from unmanned equipment installed in remote locations.
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Anadarko Announces Windjammer Find
02/22/2010
Anadarko Petroleum announced that the Windjammer exploration well in the frontier Rovuma Basin offshore Mozambique, has encountered more than 480 net feet of natural gas in deepwater drilling, according to a report on www.
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Technip Wins UK North Sea Contracts
02/22/2010
Technip has been awarded by Talisman Energy (UK) Limited two engineering, procurement and installation contracts, worth in excess of $54.5 million on a lump sum basis, for the development of the Auk North and Burghley fields.
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Rolls-Royce DP Training Center, Norway
02/22/2010
Rolls-Royce opened its new Dynamic Positioning (DP) and Automation & Control training center in Ålesund, Norway. The simulation center is designed to provide students with real-life training to become
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STX Europe to Build Simon Møkster PSV
02/19/2010
STX Europe has entered into a new contract with Simon Møkster Rederi for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel is of STX Europe PSV 09 CD design, featured with the new environmental
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CIA Project Azorian Report Released
02/19/2010
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a redacted copy of its report on Project Azorian. This was the secret 1973-4 operation that involved raising a sunken Soviet submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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C-Nav 3050 GNSS Receiver Receives Approval
02/19/2010
C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C) said its recently introduced C-Nav 3050 GNSS units have received full type approval under EN/IEC 61108-1 and EN/IEC 60945 standards for shipborne GNSS units. The international
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New Marine Science Strategy Unveiled
02/19/2010
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has welcomed the 15-year UK strategy to deliver world-class marine science, jointly published in early February 2010 by the UK Government, the Scottish
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DOF Subsea Wins Technip Contract
02/19/2010
DOF Subsea UK has been awarded a contract worth around $7.2m by Technip for the provision of a light construction vessel. The vessel provided will be the Skandi Bergen for BP-operated Block 31, offshore Angola.
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ROS: New LED Floodlight for ROVs
02/19/2010
Remote Ocean Systems (ROS) unveiled its new Q-LED III Floodlight at this year’s Underwater Intervention Show. The ultra-efficient, dimmable Q-LED III Floodlight’s output exceeds that of a 1000 Watt halogen light.
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Calibrated Echoscope System Delivered to China
02/19/2010
The first ever Calibrated Echoscope System was recently delivered to a Chinese customer by CodaOctopus Products. The undisclosed client, a leading underwater research institution, contacted CodaOctopus
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IVS 3D to Present at OI '10
02/19/2010
IVS 3D will be exhibiting at the OI10 Exhibition in London (Stand H505) and will also be involved in presenting at a number of associated workshops and seminars during the week.
On Monday March 8, IVS
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Stiletto Maritime Test Platform Set to Appear at OTE
02/19/2010
Stiletto Maritime Test Platform will be on display at OceanTech Expo (OTE) in Newport, RI this May 25-27, 2010. The M80 Stiletto is a prototype naval ship manufactured as an operational experiment for the Pentagon's Office of Force Transformation.
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Ocean Glider Completes TransAtlantic Crossing
02/12/2010
Electrochem’s non-rechargeable lithium batteries recently helped achieve a milestone, powering a glider operated by Rutgers University students traveling beneath the waves for 221 days on an unmanned
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Kongsberg Contract for New 3D Visualization Tool
02/12/2010
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT) won its first contract for its latest 3D visualization technology, SIM Reservoir.
The contract is for KOGT to provide a large National oil company in the Middle
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Schilling Logs Order for HD ROV Pair
02/12/2010
Schilling Robotics announced the order for two of its next-generation Heavy-Duty (HD) Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The first vehicle is due to be delivered to the customer in August 2010 and the second in October 2010.
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Thales: Sonar 2076 Upgrade
02/12/2010
Thales UK won a contract by BAE Systems to upgrade three Trafalgar-class and three Astute- class submarines with the Sonar 2076 Stage 5 system. These submarines are currently fitted with the 2076 Stage 4 system.
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L-3 Klein System 5900
02/12/2010
L-3 Klein continues to work on the insertion of its side scan sonar technologies into a growing family of high performance sonar products, the most recent being the System 5900 Multi Beam Side Scan with Swath Bathymetry.
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UDT Europe Set for Hamburg
02/12/2010
Given the current operational focus on land-centric operations in central Asia, it is all too easy to forget the importance of the underwater battlespace in the wider security environment. Yet it is clear
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University Research Vessel gets Alaska Native Name
02/12/2010
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has chosen a name for the 254-ft. Alaska Region Research Vessel; the vessel will be called the R/V ‘Sikuliaq,’ pronounced [see-KOO-lee-auk.], an Inupiaq word meaning “young sea ice.
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Curnew Joins Imagenex
02/12/2010
Imagenex Technology Corp. announced the retirement of Marketing Manager, Mitch Henselwood. The company also announced the appointment of Steve Curnew as its new Sales Manager, who has more than 20 years
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Saipem Wins $370m in Contracts
02/12/2010
Saipem won new offshore and onshore drilling contracts for a total value of approximately $370m. Saipem won two contracts for the charter of the semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 3, which is at present idle,
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SeaBat System sold to NOAA
02/12/2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) – National Ocean Service (NOS) has awarded RESON a contract for the delivery of seven SeaBat multibeam sonar systems for hydrographic and research
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Technip Wins N. Sea Pipeline Contract
02/12/2010
Technip won a lump sum contract, worth approximately €21 million, by Lundin Britain Limited for an augmentation pipeline at the Broom field in the UK North Sea. This field, which is located 320 kilometres
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ODIM UUV LARS to Marport
02/12/2010
ODIM Brooke Ocean delivered a compact Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to Marport Canada Inc. of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The UUV LARS will be used for Marport’s SQX1 UUV.
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USCG Orders EM122 for Healy
02/12/2010
The U.S. Coast Guard ordered a Kongsberg Maritime EM 122 deep water multibeam echo sounder for use aboard the icebreaker Healy, the largest vessel in its fleet. The new EM 122 will enhance Healy's ocean mapping capabilities.
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2010 NortekUSA Users Symposium
02/12/2010
May 19-21, Seattle
The NortekUSA Users Symposium will celebrate the active and diverse research, operational, and industrial oceanographic projects in the Pacific Northwest and across the world. Scientists
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C&C Technologies Completes Pipeline Contract
02/12/2010
C&C Technologies, Inc. (C&C) completed its second contract for a major oil company utilizing Synthetic Aperture
Sonar (SAS) technology to assess the integrity of pipeline structures in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Acoustic Zoom Funding Approved
02/04/2010
PanGeo Subsea reportedly has been successful with its application to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) for funding for the development of its Acoustic Zoom technology.
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ONR Recalls Role in Vessel's Record-Breaking Deep-Sea Dive
02/04/2010
Fifty years ago on Jan. 23, 1960, two men set a deep-diving record, plunging their vessel -- the Trieste -- 35,810 feet to the deepest known point on the Earth's surface, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.
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New Low-Wavelength Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer
02/04/2010
Turner Designs announced a new low-wavelength Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer for detection of Refined Oils and Fuels. Recent developments in LED technology allow for excitation wavelengths down to 260nm.
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NOAA Takes Delivery of New Fisheries Survey Vessel
02/04/2010
The NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada’s primary mission will be to study, monitor and collect data on a wide range of sea life and ocean conditions, primarily in U.S. waters from Washington state to southern California.
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Coastline Surveys launch new C-Pen20 seabed CPT
01/31/2010
Coastline Surveys Ltd will launch their newly commissioned seabed CPT unit ‘C-Pen20’ at Oceanology International 2010 in London. The new concept in CPT operations has been designed specifically to meet
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Hard Anodized Aluminum SubConn Connector
02/04/2010
MacArtney’s said the Hard Anodized SubConn Connector is now held as a stock item. Specially treated to resist cathodic de-bonding, the hard anodized aluminum is touted by the company as stronger than
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Sensor Tech Supplies to Pangeo Subsea
02/04/2010
Sensor Technology Ltd. (SensorTech) designed and delivered a prototype batch of array hydrophones to PanGeo Subsea for deployment on its newly developed Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI). SensorTech designed the
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WHOI Buys Another SeaBat 7125 System
02/04/2010
The National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) recently purchased a new SeaBat 7125-SV-ROV system to be integrated into the Jason ROV. This is the third
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CodaOctopus Wins Van Oord Contract
01/26/2010
CodaOctopus received an order from Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors bv, for the
supply of an Echoscope 3D Real Time Sonar System. The order follows Van Oord’s purchases of Echoscope systems in
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Statoil Buys Stake in Chukchi Sea Lease Sale
01/26/2010
ConocoPhillips and Statoil USA E&P announced that they have entered into a deal for Statoil to acquire a 25 percent working interest in 50 ConocoPhillips leases acquired in the Chukchi Sea federal OCS lease sale in 2008.
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Fairfield Industries becomes FairfieldNodal
01/26/2010
After 30 years as Fairfield Industries, this seismic data acquisition and technology company officially changed its name to FairfieldNodal. “Most industry insiders know us for our spec work and processing,
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Technip Awarded W. Africa Subsea Contract
01/26/2010
Technip won a lump sum contract by Noble Energy EG Ltd. for the development of the Aseng field, located in Block "I" offshore Equatorial Guinea, at a water depth of approximately 1,000m. Technip’s scope
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SAIC Tsunami Buoy Deployed in the Bay of Bengal
01/26/2010
The Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) International Tsunami Buoy Team deployed an SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) system in the Bay of Bengal on Dec. 17, 2009. The deployment was the result
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Ishee Named New MMS Deputy Director
01/26/2010
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) appointed Mary Katherine Ishee as deputy director. She will assist MMS Director Liz Birnbaum in the administration of programs that ensure
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Hydroid Delivers REMUS 100 to Italian Navy
01/26/2010
Hydroid supplied a REMUS 100 system to the Italian Navy. The order for the REMUS 100 AUV system was awarded following an international solicitation by the ITN and is part of the growing mine countermeasures (MCM) capability of the Italian Navy.
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L-3 Klein Appoints Charbonneau
01/26/2010
L-3 Klein appointed Bill Charbonneau as Regional Sales Manager for their Side Scan Sonar Systems, responsible for implementing Klein’s strategy to multiply its sales of domestic and international Multi-Beam Side Scan and Bathymetric Sonar Systems.
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Results from “Largest-Ever” Private Deepwater Search
01/26/2010
The Waitt Institute for Discovery (http://wid.waittinstitute.org/), a non-profit research organization established by Ted Waitt, founder and former Chairman of Gateway, Inc., has launched its new Search for Amelia Web site (http://searchforamelia.
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New Sidescan Sonar Towfish from C-MAX
01/26/2010
C-MAX added to its family of digital sidescan towfish with the CM2 DeepTow. The DeepTow is rated to 2000m and is intended for use with long steel-armored tow cables. It retains the sonar transducers,
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WHOI: $8.1m Grant for new Lab
01/19/2010
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive $8.1m from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to build the Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems.
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New Survey Vessel Launched
01/19/2010
On December 2,2009, Fugro Searcher was launched in Fassmer's Shipyard. The vessel was set for extensive sea trials in the New Year. It remains on schedule for formal delivery into Fugro Survey Limited’s fleet in March 2010.
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ECA Group Acquires Triton Imaging
01/19/2010
On December 10, 2009, ECA Group completed the acquisition of Triton Imaging, Santa Barbara, Calif., a leader in high-performance software for underwater search and survey. ECA is specialized in the design,
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SeeByte Reports Trial Success with Bluefin HAUV
01/19/2010
SeeByte reports that it has completed a successful Confined Area Search (CAS) trial on Bluefin Robotics’ Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV) with the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The goal
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NSRI Welcomes New Members
01/19/2010
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) welcomes two new member companies; Kongsberg Maritime and Wellstream International. This brings NSRI’s industry membership to 17 in less than a year since its launch.
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Seatronics, Bowtech Enter Agreement
01/19/2010
Seatronics Ltd. reached an agreement with Bowtech Products where they will be exclusive agents for Bowtech’s range of specialized visual inspection systems in the Middle & Far East and Gulf of Mexico regions.
Email: sales@seatronics-group.com
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EdgeTech to Debut New Product at OI
01/19/2010
EdgeTech will is scheduled to debut its new 4600 Combined Swath Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System at Oceanology International 2010. The 4600 combines swath bathymetry with a Multi-Pulse Chirp side scan
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New High Power ALL-WET Connector
01/19/2010
SEA CON Global Production has developed a high power version of its ALL-WET connector range for a special underwater naval application. The AWO-3#8w/G has a ground pin which makes contact prior to the
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Seazone to Launch Product at OI ‘10
01/19/2010
Oceanology International ‘10 will see the release of the latest version of SeaZone GeoTemporal Editor, a software solution designed to improve and simplify the management, analysis and presentation of geographic and environmental data.
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Tritex Multigauge 4000 ROV Metal Thickness Gauge
01/19/2010
Tritex NDT launched its new Multigauge 4000 Series ROV Thickness Gauges for mounting onto most work class ROV’s. The range includes the Multigauge 4100 and Multigauge 4400 which are for use in depths of 1000m and 4000m respectively.
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StarFish Interfaces with SonarWiz
01/19/2010
Tritech’s shallow water StarFish sonar systems now has the full advantage of real-time and post-processing power allowing users to produce high-resolution maps and reports in a wide variety of formats.
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REMUS Pair for FAU
01/19/2010
Hydroid said that Florida Atlantic University (FAU) ordered two REMUS 100 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) systems. The two Hydroid REMUS 100 Vehicles will be operated by FAU’s Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering.
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Manley New VP at the MTS
01/19/2010
Justin Manley, director of scientific and commercial business at Liquid Robotics, took over the duties of vice president of government and public affairs at the Marine Technology Society (MTS) effective January 1.
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KD Marine, MOS Sub-Sea Service Agreement
01/19/2010
KD Marine and Mermaid Offshore Services (MOS) entered into an Alliance Agreement which will enable KD Marine to provide fully integrated saturation, air diving, daughter craft and ROV services from the
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Subsea 7 Completes Girassol Pipeline Repair
01/19/2010
Subsea 7 reports it has completed the Girassol Pipeline Repair Project for Total E&P Angola. The project was an entirely diverless pipeline repair in 1350m water depth and was based on a technical design
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NOAA: Underwater Comms Network May Sense Tsunamis
01/19/2010
Tsunamis send electric signals through the ocean that appear to be sensed by the vast network of communication cables on the seabed, according to a new study led by Manoj Nair of the University of Colorado and NOAA.
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From New England to China
01/12/2010
RDSEA and Associates, Inc. (St Pete Beach, FL) along with Down East Instrumentation, LLC (Cary, NC) recently returned from China where they delivered and commissioned the first of three initially scheduled
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First Subsea Completes Neptune STL Installation
01/12/2010
First Subsea completed the installation of four diverless bend stiffeners for risers and umbilicals on two submerged turret loading (STL) buoys for the Neptune Deep Water Project North and South, off the coast of Gloucester, Mass.
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Reson Wins Contract
01/12/2010
Dynamic Positioning Services Ltd., a Triton Group company, recently awarded RESON Offshore Aberdeen a contract for a SeaBat 7125-ROV, dual frequency 200/400kHz, 6km depth rated. Dynamic Positioning Services
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Thirkettle Appointed
01/12/2010
Gary Thirkettle has been appointed Business Development Manager for Gardline Marine Sciences’ metocean capability. Thirkettle, a geophysics graduate and also MBA qualified has been tasked with managing
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Technip, Wheatstone Project Processing Platform
01/12/2010
Technip has been awarded, by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, a front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the offshore processing platform associated with the Wheatstone Project in Australia. The upstream
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Australian Marine Ecology Orders Iver2 AUV
01/12/2010
OceanServer Technology said that Australian Marine Ecology Pty, Ltd. bought an Iver2 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Equipped with OceanServer’s new dual port camera system, this vehicle will be used in
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MacArtney Offshore Scales Up
01/12/2010
MacArtney Offshore, the Houston operation of the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group, moved into larger premises, with more than double the capacity of the previous site, from 4500 to 11,000 sq. ft.
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WCWCP: Learning about Wave Energy Potential Off of B.C.
01/12/2010
The West Coast Wave Collaboration project (WCWCP) reportedly deployed three wave monitoring buoys off the coast of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada, to better understand the wave energy climate potential off BC’s west coast.
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OceanCam OPT-10HD: High-Def Underwater Camera
01/12/2010
Ocean Presence Technologies (OPT) of Santa Cruz, Calif., announced that the first in its new family of high-definition (HD) cameras are now being delivered. The OceanCam OPT-10HD can be controlled and viewed over the Internet.
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MMS Study of Loop Current in Eastern GOM
01/12/2010
A study released by the Minerals Management Service examines the circulation in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and sheds new light on the behavior of the Loop Current (LC) and Loop Current Eddies (LCEs),
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AUV Market: $2.3B to 2019
01/04/2010
Global expenditure on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) will total $2.3 billion over the next decade according to new research released today by business analysts, Douglas-Westwood. The company’s
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Environmentally Sensitive Drilling Solutions
01/04/2010
Statoil is reportedly the first operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to adopt the Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR) system that is designed to reduce discharges to sea. This solution has been used on the Discoverer
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Oceanographer of the Navy Addresses Climate Change
01/04/2010
The oceanographer of the Navy and director of the U.S. Navy's Task Force Climate Change discussed the national security implications of the changing global climate at the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen Dec.
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Non-Military Standard for Underwater Noise
01/04/2010
A new voluntary consensus standard for the measurement of underwater noise from ships is now available from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
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Preserving Underwater Heritage
01/04/2010
By Christen N. McCluney, Special to American Forces Press Service
Archaeologists with the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command are conducting underwater research to study wrecks, recover artifacts and preserve Navy history.
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Seebyte Announces Additions
01/04/2010
SeeByte welcomed Dr. Chris Tierney, Birgir Thorgeirsson and Tom Anderson as new additions to the expanding team of engineers. Dr. Tierney becomes part of SeeByte as a Senior Development Engineer. He brings
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Cory Rides (Offshore) Wind to Profitability
01/04/2010
Cory Brothers is approaching 2010 optimistically after its figures reveal it has generated a five-fold increase in profits over the past six months thanks to increased business across the board and particularly
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RiverSurveyor M9 Honored
01/04/2010
Citing its cutting edge multi-frequency capabilities that would have previously required two or three instruments, the Marine Technology Society – San Diego section named the RiverSurveyor M9 the Most
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Eni Acquires interest in Uganda Blocks
01/04/2010
Eni and Heritage have signed the Sale and Purchase Agreement for the assignment of Heritage’s 50% interest and operatorship in blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda, for a total amount $1.35B, following the agreement reached last November by the two companies.
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III Sells Pair of Edgetech SSS
01/04/2010
International Industries Inc. reportedly sold two Edgetech Models 4125-P Side Scan Sonar systems to the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement. Within the State of Delaware, the Division of
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ROV Jason Images Sea Floor Eruption
01/04/2010
The orange glow of magma is visible on the left of the sulfur-laden plume. The area shown in this image is approximately six feet across in an eruptive area approximately the length of a football field that runs along the summit.
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Hydrographic Gathering in the City of Québec
01/04/2010
The Canadian Hydrographic Association is proud to announce that the Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2010 will be held at the Convention Center in the City of Québec. The general theme chosen for the
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ASA Member Completes Gibraltar Wreck Removal
01/04/2010
A member of the American Salvage Association (ASA) has completed work on a contract awarded on March 24, 2009 for the wreck removal and disposal of the remnants of the M/V Fedra which, in October 2008,
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ABS Establishes Arctic Technical Committee
01/04/2010
Members of the newly established ABS Arctic Technical Advisory Committee met in Helsinki. Comprised of industry representatives active in harsh environments, the committee has been chartered to evaluate
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Anderson Named “Seamaster of the Year”
12/16/2009
Martin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of Triton Group headquartered in Aberdeen, has been named “Seamaster of the Year” for 2009 by Marine Technology Reporter, the world’s leading B2B magazine and
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Polar Supply and Research Vessel Ordered
12/16/2009
STX Finland Oy and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs signed a contract for construction of a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The ship with a value of approximately $1700m will bring some 600 man-years of work.
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Neely joins Ocean Specialists
12/16/2009
Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI) announced the addition of Jerry Neely as Senior Project Manager. He will be the Project Manager and the primary technical consultant for the development and fabrication of
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Superior Energy Acquires Hallin Marine Subsea
12/16/2009
Superior Energy Services, Inc. entered into an Implementation Agreement with Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc, to acquire Hallin for a price of 233 pence in cash per Hallin share. The offer values
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Ocean Observation: Upcoming RFP Details
12/16/2009
The Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) Implementing Organization (IO) of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) plans to issue several Requests for Proposal (RFPs) during the coming year, some as early as December 2009.
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MacArtney Helps Survey Around Ireland
12/16/2009
MacArtney supplied sonar equipment is mapping the seabed both in and around Ireland onboard the newly inaugurated vessel, the Keary, and onboard the Celtic Explorer.
Ireland’s inshore water areas are
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Saving Time During a Rig Move
12/16/2009
Bowtech Products claims that its subsea camera technology offers some major cost savings. Its ARMS system monitors individual mooring chain and anchor on semi submersible drilling rigs, helping to eliminate,
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NOCS Honored
12/16/2009
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), has been ranked in the top 10 of the world’s research institutions in geoscience, and first among those with a specific remit in oceanography. The
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Schlumberger Subsea Milestone
12/16/2009
Schlumberger’s subsea electronic control module has passed the milestone of more than a quarter million operational hours in the field with 100 percent reliability, the company reported. More than 30
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MTS To Host Offshore Conference
12/16/2009
The Marine Technology Society, Houston will host the 2010 Offshore Industry Outlook Conference, in association with the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). The half-day Conference - which has
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Marport Wins Technology Innovation Award
12/16/2009
Marport Canada reports that the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters in partnership with National Research Council Canada has named Marport as Winner of the 2009 Award for Innovative Excellence in New Technology for the Atlantic / Nunavut Region.
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WHOI’S Warren Honored
12/16/2009
Bruce A. Warren-- one of the world’s pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)—is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup
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Sheringham Shoal Marine Work Begins
12/16/2009
The first marine work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm began recently when contractor Visser & Smith Marine Contracting used a horizontal directional drilling technique to install ducts at Weybourne
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Marine Technology Training Center Opens
12/16/2009
Black Laser Learning Inc. will now have an office in the Delaware Technology Park, known for fostering technology and science-based businesses from start-up and beyond.
The Delaware Technology Park
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New Underwater Umbilical Testing
12/10/2009
Subsea 7 and MacArtney have teamed to devise a new self-contained underwater umbilical testing system. A new take on pre-function testing, the self-contained system envisaged by Subsea 7 and engineered
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Marinette Marine Tapped to Build Ice-Breaking RV
12/10/2009
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will award a $123m contract to Marinette Marine to build a 254-ft. Alaska Region Research Vessel. When complete, the vessel will be capable of breaking ice up to 2.5 ft.
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Scotney to Work with Romor
12/10/2009
Darrin Verge, President, ROMOR Atlantic Limited, and Murray Scotney, President, OCEANMOOR Technical Services, formerly of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, have entered into a joint business development
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Wärtsilä to Design RV for India
12/10/2009
Wärtsilä, a ship power system integrator and solution provider, signed a contract to design and supervise the construction of an oceanographic research vessel for the marine wing of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
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Shell Milestone in Ultra-deep Water off Brazil
12/10/2009
Production has now hit over one million barrels of oil at the Parque das Conchas fields 120 km off the coast of Brazil, where ultra-deep water and a constant swell makes for tough operating conditions.
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Shanghai: GL Certifies Offshore Wind Turbine
12/10/2009
Shanghai Electric Wind-power Equipment Co. Ltd. (SEWIND) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) signed a contract for type certification of a 3.6 MW offshore wind turbine. GL's services include Development Accompanying Assessment (DAA) and Design Assessment.
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Outland 1000: ROV and Diver Video Systems
12/10/2009
Outland Technology shipped it's 100th ROV to the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers.
At the same time, the company has shipped it's 1,600th complete diver video systems. The company reports that China
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New Offshore Windfarm Opens in Denmark
12/10/2009
Vestas which specializes in wind power solutions, partnered with the Danish company Sund & Bælt Holding which wanted to make its entire infrastructure CO2-neutral using green energy. During the construction
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Digital Flat Panel X-Ray Detector
12/10/2009
Kodex introduced it’s LTX1717, its latest TFT technology in a portable flat panel x-ray detector specifically designed for high resolution digital x-ray imaging for Zoological and Sedimentology applications.
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Technip Wins Egypt Contract
12/10/2009
Technip won a €65 million lump sum engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract by Burullus Gas Company SAE(1) for the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase VII development project.
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DOF Subsea Takes New ROV to Brazil
12/10/2009
DOF Subsea has taken delivery of a deep-swimming ROV from Saab Seaeye, destined for Brazil. The new 3000m-rated Cougar XTi ROV will be permanently commissioned aboard a specially built DOF Subsea vessel, along with two hydraulic work-class vehicles.
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Sonardyne Snags USN Contract
12/10/2009
Sonardyne sold and delivered additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar Systems for the US Navy, to be used for the Integrated Swimmer Detection Program managed by the Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI.
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IVS 3D Expands EMEA Sales Support for Fledermaus
12/10/2009
IVS 3D has appointed Christian Relling to the Sales Team as the EMEA Regional Sales Manager and will be based out of the United Kingdom office.
He joins IVS 3D from SevenCs GmbH where he was the Head of Sales and Marketing.
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Subsea 7’s New ROVSV Commences Ops
11/25/2009
Subsea 7's new ROV support vessel (ROVSV), the Normand Subsea, has commenced its first project for Shell in the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The life of field vessel will
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General Dynamics Canada, Marport C-Tech Partner
11/25/2009
General Dynamics Canada, a pioneer in the development of military acoustics processing and display solutions, and Marport C-Tech Ltd., a sonar manufacturer for underwater defence, signed a Memorandum
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Italian Minehunters Upgrade Sonar
11/25/2009
Thales signed a contract with Intermarine to supply its Sonar 2093 system to the Italian Navy’s (Marina Militare Italiana) Gaeta-class minehunting fleet. The contract follows on from a main contract agreed
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EU Project includes Intruder Detection Sonar
11/25/2009
Sonardyne International won a contract worth approximately $2.3m with an EU research consortium for the supply of multiple Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonars (IDS). The Sentinels will be integrated into
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MacArtney Expands in Brazil
11/25/2009
In response to increasing activity in Brazil, the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group, based in Denmark, has opened a new sales office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Expansion into the area will be further
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First LogDator Buoy installed, in Honduras
11/22/2009
The LogDator Buoy was designed to be an above-water logger for a network of below-water instruments, notably SediMeters. Over 250 instruments can theoretically be connected on a network several kilometers long.
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Bionic Penguin Honored
11/24/2009
Time magazine has named the bionic penguins developed at EvoLogics in cooperation with Festo as one of the top 50 innovations of the year, according to the company. This developments are based on 25 years
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Central GOM Lease Sale Set
11/17/2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Department will hold an oil and natural gas lease sale for the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf that will offer nearly 36 million acres and could produce up to 1.
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Hallin Expands
11/17/2009
Hallin Marine announced a major expansion of its West Division, committing its new build vessel to the region, unveiling a move into saturation diving and looking to recruit more staff and move to new premises.
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RESON Demos Diver Detection Capabilities in UK Ports
11/17/2009
Three separate demonstrations at Southampton, Falmouth and Chichester were conducted to test contraband detection using the SeaBat 7128 multibeam sonar system. These demos were staged in front of representatives
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Sonsub Adopts SIMPL Approach
11/17/2009
With an extensive background in running vessels, remotely operated tools, cables and seabed interactions, the Sonsub division of Saipem UK has now developed a wide range of complementary next-generation
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GRL Sells Simulator to CTC
11/17/2009
GRL has supplied a ROVolution simulator to North East-based CTC Marine Projects a subsea contractor specializing in the trenching of subsea pipelines and cables worldwide. The simulator will be used for
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Kongsberg Supports NATO Sub Rescue System
11/17/2009
Engineers from Kongsberg Maritime have been in the thick of the action in France and Norway during a combined trial and military exercise period involving the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The
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Launch of SV Noordhoek Pathfinder
11/17/2009
On November 7, 2009, the launch of the Noordhoek Pathfinder took place at the De Hoop Shipyard in Foxhol – The Netherlands. She is a 203.4-ft DPII ROV and Survey Support Vessel. The launching ceremony
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Technip Wins GOM Subsea Contract
11/17/2009
Technip won a lump sum contract by ENI US Operating for the Appaloosa development project in the Gulf of Mexico. This project consists of the tieback of the Appaloosa well located in Mississippi Canyon,
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Three SeaBat Systems Delivered
11/17/2009
An ultra-high resolution 400kHz SeaBat 7125-SV multibeam sonar system together with PDS2000 data acquisition and processing software, and a SVP70 sound velocity probe, has been delivered to Forschungszentrum Küste (FZK), Hannover.
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CodaOctopus Wins Boskalis Contract
11/17/2009
CodaOctopus won a contract from Baggermaatschappij Boskalis bv for a Echoscope 3D real-time imaging sonar. The sonar, built on patented Echoscope technology, will be used by Boskalis in their worldwide
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DUCK Submersible
11/17/2009
Severn (7) Shipbuilders based at Sharpness Shipyard, Sharpness Dock in Gloucestershire, have designed and developed a new "Wet Submersible Boat" called a RIBB (or DUCK, as it known).
On the surface,
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Report: Giant Jellyfish Sink 10-Ton Fishing Boat
11/17/2009
According to a report on http://www.telegraph.co.uk, a 10-ton fishing boat was sunk and its crew thrown into the sea by the giant jellyfish they were gathering off the coast of Japan. The three fisherman
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Interesting North Sea Find
11/17/2009
Gas and condensate have been discovered by Statoil in the Beta West prospect, 1.5 km from the main Sleipner West reservoir. Resources in the find, which lies four km west of Sleipner B, are currently
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Underwater Hydraulic Power Tools
11/17/2009
Baker & Provan was originally established in 1946 to operate as a toolmaking firm, from about 1975 the company began concentrating on larger capacity CNC and conventional machining, fabrication, project work and machine building.
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Strong Winds Hit Haiyangshiyou 113
11/17/2009
CNOOC Limited announced that the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel Haiyangshiyou 113 shifted from its moorings by strong winds in the Bohai Bay area, has been safely secured. There were no injuries or oil spills.
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Marine GeoSolutions Signs Contract
11/17/2009
Marine GeoSolutions (Pty) Ltd. is a specialist marine geophysical survey company operating from Durban, South Africa. Its core business includes offshore mineral exploration for mining companies and marine
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BATHY 5000 V2 Hydrographic Survey System Debuts
11/17/2009
L-3 Klein announced the BATHY 5000-V2 as its latest product for Hydrographic Surveys, introduced at the Oceans 2009 Conference. The L-3 Klein BATHY 5000-V2 is a hydrographic survey system which is designed
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ASL Builds Big and Complex
11/17/2009
The application of diesel electric technology gives a remarkable flexibility to vessels in the larger offshore market. In November Singapore’s ASL Shipyard completed work on the 90 by 22-m diving support vessel Mermaid Asiana.
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Birns Debuts New Hybird High Voltage Assembly
11/11/2009
Birns, Inc. has introduced a new versatile level of connectivity with its Birns Millennium 3T series. This addition to the Millennium connector range is designed to offer a diverse suite of capabilities
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Discharge Measurement Profilers Sold to 10 Countries
11/11/2009
LinkQuest has now sold its FlowQuest discharge measurement profilers to 10 countries since the product introduction less than a year ago. These systems have been used by various commercial companies,
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Bisso Buries Pipeline in Gulf
11/11/2009
Bisso Marine successfully buried a pipeline 16 ft. below the hardened seabed of the Gulf of Mexico. Working in 54 ft. of water, the crew of the DLB BIG CHIEF installed a hot tap and used one of the company’s
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Hallin Wins $4.2m Contract
11/11/2009
Hallin Marine won a $4.2m contract for the provision of saturation diving services by J.Ray McDermott in support of the offshore construction contractor’s project offshore Malaysia for the 2009 season.
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Advanced Remote Manipulator (ARM) 7
11/11/2009
CSIP launched its improved Hydraulic Advanced Remote Manipulator (ARM) 7. The modular (ARM) 7 has been oxidized in red differentiating it from its other product offerings. CSIP has also re-engineered
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Bourbon Revenues up 3.1%
11/11/2009
Bourbon reported that 3Q revenues came to 246.8 million euros, up 3.1% compared with the same period in 2008 (-2.8% at constant exchange rates), due to growth in the Offshore Division which offset a sharp decline in the Bulk Division.
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Shell Adds Deepwater Acreage
11/11/2009
Shell announced the acquisition of a 33% interest in the Guyane Maritime Permit, approximately 150 km off the coast of French Guiana, from an affiliate of Tullow Oil plc. The permit area covers approximately 32,000 sq.
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Murphy E&P Awards Subsea Contract to Aker
11/11/2009
Aker Solutions signed contracts with Murphy Exploration & Production Company - USA (Murphy) to provide subsea trees, control systems and steel tube umbilicals to the company's Gulf of Mexico (GOM) program.
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Wesmar’s EV850: Security and Navigation Sonar
11/11/2009
Wesmar introduced the EV850 series, a new, all-digital navigation and security sonar. This searchlight sonar provides detailed information about the waters around and beneath boats while at anchor or cruising.
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Lower Rig Rates
11/11/2009
Statoil announced that contracts have been signed with Diamond Offshore for the hire of Ocean Vanguard and with Saipem for the hire of the rig Scarabeo 5. “In December last year we announced that we
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Black Laser Learning Wins USN Deal
10/30/2009
Black Laser Learning’s noted side scan sonar expert and instructor, Vince Capone, announced a contract with U.S. Navy to develop a new synthetic aperture sonar DVD training program.
“We’re excited to
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Rotech Hits Milestone Project
11/06/2009
Rotech Subsea celebrated a milestone in its eight year history by embarking on its 200th project. Rotech Subsea’s patented range of T-shaped excavation tools have worked around the world in areas as diverse
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VideoRay Wins MTS Award
11/06/2009
VideoRay was recently presented the Compass Industrial Award by the Marine Technology Society, a nod to the company’s efforts in providing an affordable, portable and easily deployable remotely operated vehicle.
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Subsea 7 Engineering Manager Honored
11/06/2009
Subsea 7 announced that its UK Engineering Services Manager, Craig Porter, won the Mentoring Award at the Oil and Gas UK annual awards ceremony – an award which recognizes the important role mentors play
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Shell Wins South African Offshore Bid
11/06/2009
The South African Petroleum Authorities confirmed Royal Dutch Shell plc as the successful bidder for exploration rights in the Orange Basin deep-water area, off the country’s west coast. Shell and the
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GL Issues New Rules for Underwater Technology
11/06/2009
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has upgraded and extended its "Rules for Underwater Technology". The revision of the rules reflects the growing demand for sophisticated regulations covering subsea innovations, in particular down to depths of 6.
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Geo-Development Services Forms Nigerian Ops
11/06/2009
Geo-Development Services Ltd. (GDS) based in Hampshire UK continues to expand its overseas business with new opportunities in Africa, Turkey, Mexico and the United States. To assist in this expansion
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The Autosub6000 AUV Dives to Depth of 3.5 Miles
11/06/2009
The U.K. deepest diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Autosub6000, has been put through its paces during an extremely successful engineering trials cruise on the RRS Discovery, September 27 to October 17, 2009.
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HyBIS explores the Casablanca Seamount
11/06/2009
In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS maintained by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) made 10 dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-km high seamount located some 300 miles west of Morocco.
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Going Further with Luva
11/06/2009
Work on a development solution for the Luva find, which lies in 1,300 m of water in the Norwegian Sea and 300 km from land, is to be continued by operator StatoilHydro. Following the completion of a feasibility
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Wind Resource Assessment Buoy Validation Underway
11/06/2009
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) deployed the first offshore wind resource assessment buoy - the WindSentinel - off of Race Rocks Island, in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. The buoy has been
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BJ Services Wins Contract
10/29/2009
BJ Services Company won a contract by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B. V. (KPO) to provide a range of process services in Kazakhstan. The services will be supplied as necessary to ensure the highest
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Flow-3D V9.4 Released
10/29/2009
Flow Science announced the availability of a new release of its FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Version 9.4 of FLOW-3D is designed to offer powerful new casting and hydraulics models,
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Falcon Picked for Icebreakers
10/29/2009
Two newly designed Russian icebreakers are sharing a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV for pipeline operations in the Barents Sea. Housed in a dedicated control container, the Falcon is passed between the ships
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Miko Marine Signs Salvage Contracts
10/29/2009
Miko Marine AS of Oslo signed two contracts with Tidewater Middle East, through its established joint venture J.V Miko-Båtservice, for work aimed at wreck removal in the Persian Gulf. The initial project
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Subsea 7 Wins P-55 Contract
10/29/2009
Subsea 7 won an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract from Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro S/A) for the Roncador field, offshore Brazil, a contract valued in excess of $200m.
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Visund and Troll Subsea Contracts to Aker Solutions
10/29/2009
Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts by StatoilHydro to deliver subsea equipment to its Visund and Troll fields in the North Sea, including subsea tree number 100 for Troll. Combined contract value is approximately NOK 300m.
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Pavleopetri: The World’s Oldest Known Submerged Town
10/28/2009
The world’s oldest known submerged town has been revealed through the discovery of late Neolithic pottery. The finds were made during an archaeological survey of Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece.
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i-Tech Wins 5-Year Mexican ROV Contract
10/28/2009
Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division, announced an award by Industrial Perforadora de Campeche, S.A. de C. V. (IPC) for a five-year ROV contract onboard the newbuild ultra-deepwater semi-submersible,
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Sonardyne Wins Port of Freeport Contract
10/28/2009
Sonardyne received a contract from Port Freeport in Texas, and its construction partner Cardinal Mechanical L.P, for the supply of a Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar and a deployment system for a fixed, permanent installation within the port.
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OMM Provide GAS with ROV Services
10/28/2009
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has, via its partnership with Geological Assistance and Services Srl (GAS), provided ROV services to the Baraka project in Tunisia. OMM works closely with its ROV services
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NOAA Office of Coast Survey Buyes Iver2 AUV
10/28/2009
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey bought an Iver2 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for research purposes. The Iver vehicle enables NOAA to evaluate the
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Subsea Tin Mining
10/21/2009
According to some reports, the world’s first mining operation in the world to use vessels for dredging ore from the sea bottom was developed in 1907 by Australian Edward Miles. He dredged the sea bottom
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Fiomarine Breaks into the O&G Market
10/21/2009
Fiomarine has entered the Oil & Gas market with a sale of its Fiobuoys into the expanding Western Australian market. URS Australia has recently placed an order for five Fiobuoys to assist in its offshore underwater operations.
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Repsol Discovers Gas in Perla 1X Well
10/21/2009
Spanish integrated oil and gas company Repsol has discovered gas in Perla 1X well, offshore Venezuela, according to a report on Datamonitor.
The company has said that the field contains recoverable gas reserves of between one billion and 1.
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New SonarWiz 5 Software Design and Feature Set
10/21/2009
Chesapeake Technology Inc. (CTI), a leader in real-time acquisition and GIS-based processing software for seafloor mapping, announced a new version of its SonarWiz software. SonarWiz 5 is designed to
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Ageotec Launches Pioneer PERSEO GT ROV
10/20/2009
The new Ageotec PERSEO GT is designed to be a high quality MultiPurpose class ROV with an operative depth equivalent to 600m free fly and 1500m with TMS. Its small size and weight (90 kilos) are designed
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Trelleborg Offshore Buoyancy: Deeper than Ever
10/20/2009
The first drill riser buoyancy modules capable of withstanding nearly 5,000 psi (c. 350 bar) pressure at 11,000 feet (c. 3,350 meters) below the surface, have been developed and manufactured by Trelleborg
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SMD Debuts New Ultra Compact Work Class ROV
10/20/2009
SMD offers a new addition to its Work Class ROV family: ATOM. ATOM was designed supersedes the Quark and Quasar Compact and sits below the medium sized Quasar and flagship Quantum in SMD’s Work Class vehicle range.
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BJ Services Installs First InjectSafe System
10/20/2009
BJ Services installed the first InjectSafe chemical injection system with DynaCoil capillary injection strings offshore in two wells in Europe. Installation of the InjectSafe and DynaCoil systems allowed
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Bar Protector Reaches Milestone Safety Achievement
10/20/2009
Saipem UK Ltd, Sonsub Division dive support vessel Bar Protector has reached the milestone achievement of 1,000 days without a lost time incident (LTI). This is an outstanding accomplishment for a vessel
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Arbitrations Over Boundaries in Bay of Bengal
10/14/2009
Foley Hoag LLP has been retained by the government of Bangladesh in two just-filed arbitration actions against the neighboring states of Myanmar (Burma) and India over maritime borders in the resource-rich Bay of Bengal.
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Exhibitors Increase Presence at UDT 2010
10/14/2009
Highlighting the continued importance of developing undersea defence systems and technologies, 13 exhibitors at the UDT Europe 2010 conference and exhibition have chosen to increase the size of their
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Saipem $200m Offshore Contract in Nigeria
10/14/2009
Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth over $ 200m for the subsea development of the Bonga North-West field, located in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118, approximately 120 kilometres off the Nigerian coast.
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ASA New Leaders for 2009-2011
10/14/2009
Mauricio Garrido, Vice President, Salvage and Emergency Response for Bisso Marine Co., Inc. (Houston, Texas), has been elected President of the American Salvage Association (ASA) at its recent meeting in Arlington, Va.
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New Range of Deepwater Mooring Connectors
10/14/2009
Subsea mooring specialist, First Subsea Ltd, in a joint development with Offspring International Ltd, is launching the first of its new range of deepwater mooring connectors at DOT Monaco, 3 – 5 November.
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New Iver2 EP42 AUV for University of Sydney
10/14/2009
The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) based at The University of Sydney, has purchased one Iver2 EP42 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The ACFR is dedicated to the research, development,
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System 3000 DEEP Digital Side Scan Sonar
10/14/2009
L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc. is announced changes to the L-3 Klein System 3000 DEEP. The L-3 Klein System 3000 DEEP Side Scan Sonar has a five-year history of reliability and outstanding performance.
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Chris Malzone Joins NortekUSA
10/13/2009
Chris Malzone joins NortekUSA as Gulf Coast Region Manager. Chris will provide technical sales support of the Nortek acoustic Doppler instrumentation to commercial, government and academic clients in the U.
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Evologics Underwater Modems
10/11/2009
EvoLogics GmbH at the 2nd Annual Deepwater Southeast Asia Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will exhibit the applications in underwater acoustic communication and positioning with S2C acoustic modem and USBL antenna for offshore operations.
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Research Award to Oil Hunter
10/12/2009
StatoilHydro’s research prize for 2009 has been awarded to Professor Jan Inge Faleide at the University of Oslo for his research on the geological development of the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
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Fugro Awarded USACE IDIQ Contract
10/12/2009
Fugro Pelagos, Inc. (FPI) has successfully negotiated a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District to provide Surveying and Mapping Services in support of the Joint
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New Sonar Interface from CodaOctopus
10/12/2009
The new Octopus 160 has an all-new design and is now a compact, rugged and weather-proof sonar interface unit. Compatible with EdgeTech’s work-horse 272TD dual frequency sidescan sonar it is simple to
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ROVs Made in Germany
10/12/2009
Under the name of FOII HPU, DIAVOLO HPU and COMANDER HPU Mariscope Meerestechnik presents three ROV models, equipped with high power thrusters. These vehicles have three-phased electric motors that permit
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MTNW Supports Frontier Drilling
10/12/2009
Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) has recently completed a contract to provide installation, calibration and commissioning on an eight-point mooring monitoring system for Frontier’s drill ship, Duchess, off the coast of Nigeria.
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UK Well Service Contract to Aker Solutions
10/12/2009
Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Qserv Ltd has signed a contract with BP to provide well services for the energy giant's operations in UK sector of the North Sea.
The contract is signed for a period
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HYPACK 2010 Hydrographic Training Conference
10/08/2009
It has become official! The HYPACK 2010 training seminar will be held in Tampa, FL.
The newly renovated Tampa Marriott Hotel and Marina will, once again, be
providing accommodations and hosting our annual conference.
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J. Ray Completes LUKOIL Installation
10/09/2009
J. Ray McDermott’s (J. Ray) Caspian subsidiary has completed installation of offshore facilities at the Yuri Korchagin field for OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft (LUKOIL), a subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL Oil Company.
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Japan to Receive Ocean Power
10/09/2009
Ocean Power Technologies said it has lined up a deal with three Japanese energy and shipbuilding companies to produce electricity from the sea, according to a report on http://www.greentechmedia.com.
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PPC-1 Undersea Cable System Completed
10/09/2009
PIPE International and Tyco Telecommunications reportedly completed the PPC-1 cable system. The completion of the 6,900 km system linking Sydney to Guam will provide enhanced connectivity to the region
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Fish Farm Plan Panned
10/09/2009
Environmental groups have attacked plans to establish Scotland's first offshore salmon farms, claiming the industry is unsustainable and that the measure could further harm seas already at risk, according to a report today on www.
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Anti Submarine Warfare Contract Signed
10/09/2009
Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS) and Thales signed a contract with the UAE GHQ Armed Forces for the supply of an Anti-Submarine-Warfare (ASW) suite to the UAE Navy. Under the terms of the contract,
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ASA Presents Award to Cummings
10/09/2009
ASA President John A. Witte, Jr. (left) presents the American Salvage Association’s Rapid Response Award to Rep. Elijah Cummings, Chairman of the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, on October 6, 2009.
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Offshore Power Projects face Logistical Hurdles
10/08/2009
With a global push for renewable energy resources, often lost among the technical hurdles crossed is the logistical challenges of installing and maintaining these systems in some of the world’s harshest marine environments.
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Global Warming & Piracy Issues
10/08/2009
The increased pace of polar ice melt, stresses the need to discuss essential strategic implications regarding national security, geopolitics, global trade, energy, shipping, fishery and the environment.
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InterRidge – Studying the Mid-ocean Ridge
10/08/2009
The National Oceanography Center, Southampton is set to coordinate the international exploration of a chain of undersea volcanoes that stretch 60,000 km around the world. From January 2010 until December
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ABS Sets Up Harsh Environment Tech Center at MUN
10/08/2009
ABS is expanding its robust polar and harsh environment program with the creation of the ABS Harsh Environment Technology Center located on the campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). The
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Nautilus Secures Port Capacity at Rabaul
10/08/2009
Nautilus Minerals Inc. entered into a Port Upgrade and Operations Deed with PNG Ports Corporation Limited that provides Nautilus with a secure right to port handling capacity for 1.5 million tons of ore
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Bisso Acquires New SAT System
10/07/2009
Bisso Marine acquired a 12-man portable Saturation Diving System. The new SAT System has a working depth of 1,000 ft. (300 m). It features a dual-lock, six-man deck decompression chamber, a 12-man launchable
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San Diego “Maritime Week” Set for mid November
10/07/2009
San Diego is set to celebrate its maritime heritage and future via its “Maritime Week” activities, an event which has garnered the interest and support of international business groups and associations,
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New Ultra-deep Find in Angola's Block 31
10/07/2009
Angolan national oil company Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP announced an oil discovery in ultra-deepwater block 31, offshore Angola. This is the nineteenth find made in this block.
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Joint Study on Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries Production
10/07/2009
NOAA and Norwegian researchers recently completed a comparative analysis of marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic and North Pacific to see what factors support fisheries production, leading to new insights
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ODIM Logs NOAA Orders
10/07/2009
NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (www.omao.noaa.gov) has placed an order for two ODIM MVP 200 moving vessel profiling systems. OMAO operates a wide variety of specialized aircraft and
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IXSEA Appoints New Agent in Australia
10/07/2009
IXSEA appointed CR Kennedy (survey equipment division) - Sydney as exclusive sales representative for IXSEA’s range of land inertial systems for the mobile laser scanning and imaging market in Australia.
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Dominant Cornell AUV is Powered by VideoRay
10/07/2009
Cornell’s victory at AUVSI's 12th Annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, in both the in-water competition and the design and implementation judging, was won with a dedicated team and a decade’s worth of hard work and research.
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HOS Mystique is Available
10/07/2009
The HOS Mystique, Saipem America’s new 250 ft. class II DP ROV support vessel is currently mobilized in Fouchon, LA and available for work immediately. The HOS Mystique is a U.S. Flagged, Class II DP ROV support vessel with a healthy 4,354 sq.
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LASD Deploys New ROV at Crash Site
10/01/2009
When an experimental plane crashed into the ocean off Catalina Island near Los Angeles killing the occupants, search and recovery proved impossible. The depth of water and strength of currents made conditions too dangerous for divers.
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Magnetic Field Indicators MFI-3 & MFI-4
10/01/2009
The magnetic field indicators are designed for the permanent registration of a magnetic field presence. They can be used for the identification of tamper with water meters, watt-hour meters and gas meters with the use of an external magnetic field.
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New Underwater Robot Named Beagle
10/01/2009
On September 25, The Nature Conservancy announced the winner of a national online competition to help name its new Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). The public voted, and the winning name is the Beagle
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Fastwave Selected for Chevron Project
10/01/2009
Fastwave Communications received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. to supply its field proven water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project. The system is designed to enable
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Parametric Sub-bottom Profiler System to Japan
10/01/2009
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) recently awarded Kongsberg Defense Systems a contract for the delivery of a Kongsberg TOPAS PS 18 Parametric Sub-bottom Profiler system. The contract
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BP Awards Well Service Contract
10/01/2009
Aker Solutions entered into a frame agreement with BP Norge AS to provide well intervention services on all BP-operated assets, including Valhall, Ula and the future Skarv development, on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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Deepwater Seabed Observatory Ready in November
09/29/2009
In November 2009 a deepwater cabled seabed observatory consisting of 21 fully sensored Aanderaa RDCP 600’s, that range in depth from 500m of water to 3,00m, and three 75 KHz RDI Workhorse Doppler Acoustic
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Jumbo Installs Offshore Wind Transition Piece
09/29/2009
Jumbo Offshore’s engineers and the crew of DP2-vessel Jumbo Javelin have installed their first Transition Piece (TP), off the UK’s south-east coast. This is the first time that a TP has been transported and installed with only one DP2 vessel.
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NAMEPA Joins Ocean Conservancy Coastal Cleanup
09/29/2009
On September 19, the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) joined Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup effort as part of its mission to “Save our Seas”, announced
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ODIM MVP Integrates into Hypack-Hysweep
09/29/2009
ODIM Brooke Ocean, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has completed a cooperative effort to improve the integration between the ODIM MVP (Moving Vessel Profiler) and HYPACK’s “HYSWEEP” module for multibeam data collection and processing (www.
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InterRidge – Studying the Mid-Ocean Ridge
09/29/2009
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton is set to coordinate the international exploration of a chain of undersea volcanoes that stretch 60,000 km around the world. From January 2010 until December
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IXSEA Appoints Cheesman
09/29/2009
IXSEA Inc is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Cheesman as its new Gulf of Mexico Sales Manager based out of IXSEA’s new offices in Houston, Tx. Having recently relocated from Aberdeen, Scotland
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BP Well Service Contract to Aker Solutions
09/29/2009
Aker Solutions entered into a frame agreement with BP Norge AS to provide well intervention services on all BP-operated assets, including Valhall, Ula and the future Skarv development, on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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BP Well Service Contract to Aker Solutions
09/29/2009
Aker Solutions entered into a frame agreement with BP Norge AS to provide well intervention services on all BP-operated assets, including Valhall, Ula and the future Skarv development, on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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Swimmer Defense Team Completes Test
09/29/2009
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) personnel completed a week-long test of the second Integrated Swimmer Defense (ISD) User Operational Evaluation System (UOES2), Sept.18 , which is currently in the final stages of development.
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Subsea 7 Wins Major Contract
09/29/2009
Subsea 7 won an $80m subsea pipeline and installation services contract from Santos Limited at the Casino-Henry field, offshore Victoria, Australia. The Subsea 7 work scope includes installation of a 22km long 12-in.
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Technip Wins Isabela Contract in GOM
09/29/2009
Technip won a lump sum contract by BP Exploration and Production for the Isabela project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is a subsea tieback to the Na Kika semi-submersible platform located in Mississippi
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Canada Acquires Explorer AUV to Map the Arctic Seabed
09/24/2009
On Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 International Submarine Engineering Ltd. handed over two Explorer Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) at a ceremony held onboard ISE’s research vessel in Indian Arm, BC.
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Robot Fish Makes Waves at Bath
09/24/2009
Researchers at the University of Bath have used nature for inspiration in designing a new type of swimming robot which could bring a breakthrough in submersible technology. Conventional submarine robots
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Wave Energy Device Capsizes at Sea
09/24/2009
Trident Energy confirmed that on Sunday, September 20, 2009 a problem during the deployment phase led to its demonstration wave generator overturning as it was being taken out to sea to begin its year-long offshore trial.
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Ageotec Expands
09/24/2009
As the result of growing business opportunities and ROV’s success worldwide, Ageotec has decided to expand its production capacity through enlarging its existing production and laboratory areas at our plant in Como.
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Schilling Hits Milestone
09/24/2009
Schilling Robotics announced the order for its 50th UltraHeavy-Duty (UHD) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) by C-Innovation. The vehicle is due to be delivered by the end of 2009.
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Hallin’s $20 Ullswater Contract Win.
09/24/2009
Subsea solutions provider Hallin Marine won a subsea Inspection Repair and Maintenance (IRM) contract by Pertamina Hulu Energi ONWJ Ltd, the subsidiary of Indonesia’s state owned energy company. The contract
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Ixsea Names New Sales Manager
09/24/2009
IXSEA has announced the appointment of Fiona Mackenzie as Sales Manager for the company’s Offshore Division, based in Aberdeen, UK. Fiona Mackenzie has 8 years experience in the offshore industry in which she introduced new product and equipment.
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ISE Celebrates 35th Anniversary
09/24/2009
On August 31st, 2009 International Submarine Engineering Ltd. marked its 35th anniversary, establishing itself as the longest standing contributor to subsea vehicle development. From its Port Coquitlam,
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MMS Study Positively Identifies Giant Squid Presence
09/24/2009
During a recent research cruise, a rare giant squid was captured in the Gulf of Mexico. The research cruise was partially funded through an interagency agreement between the Department of the Interior’s
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Kongsberg Sub-Bottom Profiler Delivered to Japan
09/24/2009
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) recently awarded Kongsberg Defence Systems a contract for the delivery of one Kongsberg TOPAS PS 18 Parametric Sub-bottom Profiler system. The contract
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Germany Green Lights Massive Offshore Wind Farms
09/24/2009
On Wednesday, Germany's cabinet approved plans to dedicate special zones off its northern coast to house up to 40 offshore windpark, according to a report on http://www.businessweek.com. The plan involves
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Emerging Technologies Thrive in Canada
09/24/2009
The Honorable Gary Lunn, Minister of State for Sport, on behalf of the Honorable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), recently recognized Triton Logging Inc. and AXYS Technologies Inc.
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Wave Energy Device Capsizes at Sea
09/22/2009
Trident Energy confirmed that on Sunday, September 20, 2009 a problem during the deployment phase led to its demonstration wave generator overturning as it was being taken out to sea to begin its year-long offshore trial.
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WOW: Cleaning up from the Past
09/16/2009
Pictured: Composite side-scan sonar image, the wreckage of a World War II patrol boat is seen. (Photo: NOAA).
Marine salvage and subsea industry leaders gathered last week on the MITAGS campus in Linthicum Heights, Md.
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New ROV Simulator
09/16/2009
Marine Simulation released ROVsim O&G, its newest undersea simulator specifically designed for oil and gas industry inspection and working class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV). Besides being their
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Inauguration of ‘World’s First Full-Scale Floating Wind Turbine
09/16/2009
Technip and StatoilHydro jointly celebrated the inauguration of the Hywind demonstration wind turbine, September 8,2009 in Karmøy, Norway. Located 10 km offshore Karmøy, Hywind is the first full-scale floating wind turbine and has a capacity of 2.
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290 Acoustic Modems Delivered Within 30 days
09/16/2009
LinkQuest has been busy producing its underwater acoustic modems in the summer of 2009 and has set a company record to ship 290 SoundLink acoustic modems within 30 days. LinkQuest has shipped a large
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Canada Invests to Improve Maritime Security
09/16/2009
Ed Fast, Member of Parliament for Abbotsford, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, announced significant investments in Canada’s aerospace and defense sector by confirming $200
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Hallin Strengthens Team
09/16/2009
Hallin Marine strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Phillip Chamberlain to head up its marine division. As the division’s Marine Manager, Phillip will be responsible for Hallin’s
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Marport C-Tech, OSI Geospatial Sign Teaming Agreement
09/16/2009
Marport C-Tech Ltd., a sonar manufacturer for underwater defense, signed a teaming agreement with OSI Geospatial Inc., whereby Marport C-Tech will integrate its CSDS-85 Underwater Intruder Detection Sonar
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HOS Mystique Available for Work
09/16/2009
HOS Mystique, Saipem America’s new 250 ft. class II DP ROV support vessel is currently mobilized in Fouchon, LA and available for work immediately. HOS Mystique is a U.S. Flagged, Class II DP ROV support vessel with 4,354 sq.
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USACE Deploys Data Buoy Off R.I.
09/16/2009
USACE Deploys Data Buoy Off R.I.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District, and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) partnered to perform an extensive study of the shoreline in southern Rhode Island.
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Applied Microsystems Changes Name
09/16/2009
After 35 years of operation under the same name, Applied Microsystems Ltd. is changing its name to AML Oceanographic. In announcing the change, the company reported that it wanted to highlight its focus
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AUV Contract to OceanServer
09/16/2009
OceanServer Technology said that the University of Zagreb has purchased an Iver2 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will support a number of research initiatives in Croatia. The University
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SubConn’s New Power and Ethernet Cable
09/16/2009
In response to growing needs in the ROV industry, SubConn developed and manufactured a new combined power and data cable, allowing ROVs and other underwater equipment to be powered through the same cable used for data transfer.
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Saab Seaeye Launches Two New ROVs
09/16/2009
Two developments in ROV technology were launched by Saab Seaeye at Offshore Europe, the company reported. One is what the company describes as a new ‘smart-thinking’ Cougar-XTi ROV with a depth capability
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New Scanning Technology for Subsea Projects
09/16/2009
Flexlife, a flexible pipe specialist, completed nearly $2m of work for a number of operators using its breakthrough patented scanning technology. The company views Brazil as a key target for future work
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Goliat Subsea $391m Contract
09/16/2009
Aker Solutions signed a contract with Eni Norge AS to deliver a subsea production system to the operator's Goliat field development in the Barents Sea, a contract worth $391m. Scope of work comprises
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Teledyne RDI Debuts Citadel CTD Line
09/16/2009
After over 25 years as a Doppler manufacturer, Teledyne RD Instruments has stepped outside of its core technology with the introduction of their new Citadel CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) product line.
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1400 Meter Plume Discovered
09/16/2009
Fledermaus’ latest technology, mid-water visualization, has helped scientists to discover a 1400-meter plume off the northern California margin.
While on a cruise to test the new Kongsberg EM302 multibeam
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EvoLogics Supplies for Atlantis ABS Project
09/16/2009
EvoLogics GmbH has supplied underwater equipment and technical support to Offshore Manpower SA (OMSA) for the positioning, remote acoustic control and landing in the Atlantis Artificial Buoyant Seabed (ABS) unit trials.
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ODIM Develops New Navy Towed Array Handling System
09/08/2009
ODIM Spectrum won an initial phase $5.1m contract for the design, build, test, and delivery of a pre-production Multi-Function Towed Array Handling and Stowage System (MFTA) for the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51 Flight IIA destroyers.
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QinetiQ Wins Naval Research Laboratory Contract
09/08/2009
QinetiQ North America won a multi-year Ocean Acoustics Support contract to provide scientific expertise and additional development capabilities to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). The total five-year contract value is $7.
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QinetiQ North America Wins NAVOCEANO Contract
09/08/2009
QinetiQ North America won a multi-year custom software maintenance and support contract for the Oceanographic Data Division of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). The total five-year contract value is $5.
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Titley Nominated for Appointment to Rear Admiral
09/08/2009
The Secretary of the Defense has announced that Rear Adm. (lower half) David W. Titley has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral. Titley currently serves as commander of the Naval
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White Nominated for Appointment to Flag Rank
09/08/2009
The Secretary of the Defense has announced that Navy Capt. Jonathan W. White has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). White currently serves as chief of staff for the
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Seabed Observation Set for October Start
09/08/2009
In October 2009 a deepwater cabled seabed observatory consisting of 21 fully sensored Aanderaa RDCP 600’s, that range in depth from 500 m of water to 3000 m, and three 75 KHz RDI Workhorse Doppler Acoustic
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Channel Technologies Streamlines
09/08/2009
Channel Technologies Inc. (CTI) said it will integrate Channel Industries, Inc.(CII), International Transducer Corporation, Inc. (ITC), and Sonatech, Inc. (STI) as divisions under the newly formed Channel
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Kenya to Build Massive Windfarm
09/08/2009
With surging demand for power and blackouts common across the continent, Africa is looking to solar, wind and geothermal technologies to meet its energy needs, according to a report on www.guardian.co.
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EdgeTech Delivers for USN Oceanographic Office
09/08/2009
EdgeTech delivered fourteen 4200 Side Scan Sonar Systems to the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). This is in addition to the eight 4200 Systems that were delivered to NAVO recently. These fourteen
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Teledyne RD Instruments Offering Year-End Savings
09/02/2009
In an effort to support the oceanographic industry during this difficult economic time, Teledyne RD Instruments is pleased to offer substantial savings opportunities on its Marine Measurements Workhorse
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New ROV Training School Opens
08/26/2009
The increasing need for qualified and competent ROV pilots has seen the rise of schools around the world. A new ADAS accredited ROV training school has opened up in South Australia called South Australian Underwater Training School (SAUTS).
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Aquadopp Profiler
08/26/2009
The Aquadopp Profiler is designed to measure the current profile in water using acoustic Doppler technology. Intended for stationary applications, including coastal studies and online monitoring, it can
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GL Publishes Offshore Wind Turbine Guidelines
08/26/2009
Wind turbines are designed and certified for a period of twenty years. Now, the turbines of the first generation have reached this age. What is now going to happen to these wind turbines? Do they measure
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FMC: $90 m from Petrobras
08/26/2009
FMC Technologies won a contract by Petrobras to supply a subsea separation system for the Marlim field, located in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The contract is valued at approximately $90m in revenue to FMC Technologies.
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USCG Jumps into Arctic Study
08/26/2009
The design and deployment of the International Ice Patrol oceanographic buoy, a modified version of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) buoy, from a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules plane is detailed
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Launch of Prototype at Brazil Oil & Gas Show
08/26/2009
Flexible pipe specialist flexlife is launching a prototype for what it is calling a revolutionary product at the Subsea Rio show in Brazil in September 15-17. The UK company has already completed a number
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Teledyne Odom Trade-in Opportunity
08/26/2009
In light of Innerspace Technology’s recent announcement of its pending cessation of operations, Teledyne Odom Hydrographic Systems, Inc. has announced that the company will make every effort to assist
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C & C Signs $50m AUV Contract with Petrobras
08/26/2009
C & C Technologies do Brasil, a subsidiary of C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C) won a $50 million contract by Petrobras. The 730 day contract will use C & C’s state-of-the-art C-Surveyor II AUV and M/V Northern Resolution.
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MREC: Papers Deadline Extended
08/26/2009
MREC's first Call For Papers for the 1st Annual Technical Conference was a success, and MREC have received abstracts from across the U.S. and all corners of the world. In an effort to allow this positive
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DMT Emerald Installs Suction Pile, Manifold, and Tree
08/26/2009
Deep Marine Technology’s DMT Emerald has installed a purpose built suction pile, subsea manifold, and tree for a major oil company using its 100-ton Multi-purpose Tower. The suction pile – which is more than 35 ft.
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LA Police Upgrade ROVs
08/26/2009
Sergeant Ralph Edwards and his team successfully completed comprehensive training on their three new LBV ROVs at the SeaBotix waterfront headquarters. The Dive Team will be integrating their LBV200L,
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First Subsea Supplies for Peregrino FPSO
08/26/2009
Advanced Production and Loading (APL), a BW Offshore division, has awarded subsea mooring connector specialist, First Subsea Ltd, a contract to supply mooring line connectors and buoy pull-in connector
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New Tech to Eliminate ROV Cable Snarl-up
08/26/2009
The risk of cable snarl-up during multiple ROV operations beneath the waves is reportedly avoided in a TMS design breakthrough. The solution came from a joint project mounted by Subsea 7 and Saab Seaeye.
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Veolia Builds Saturation Dive System
08/26/2009
Veolia ES Industrial Servicesdelivered a design-built, 1,000 ft. SAT system to Dulam Subsea Solutions of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Veolia designed and built the Saturation diving system at its in-house manufacturing facility in Neenah, Wis.
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Subsea 7 Wins Contract for Maersk Oil
08/26/2009
Subsea 7 was awarded a contract for installation of flexibles and umbilical jumpers and tie-in/testing work at Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd’s (Maersk Oil) Gryphon South and Tullich fields, in the UK sector of the North Sea.
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Teledyne RDI “ADCPs in Action” User’s Meeting
08/24/2009
Teledyne RD Instruments ADCPs in Action (AiA) Users’ Conference will take place in San Diego, CA on October 5-7, 2009.
This popular users’ conference is designed to bring the oceanographic community
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Stimulus Funds for Subsea Technology
08/19/2009
On Thursday, August 20, 2009, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will announce millions of dollars of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the subsea industry. The awarded contracts are
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Windmill Tripods Protected with Ecospeed
08/19/2009
In 2008, Holland’s Corrosion & Water Control bv (CWC) ordered the coating of the area around newly-installed ICCP anodes on six windmill tripods owned by Offshore Wind Technology (OWT), in Verdal, Norway.
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Study Assesses Hurricane Impacts Coral Reefs
08/19/2009
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) recently concluded a study that gives new insight into the effects Hurricane Rita had on the Gulf of Mexico’s important coral reefs and
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Alion Wins $4.4m NOAA Contract
08/19/2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) collection, analysis and dissemination of ecosystem information on the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and seas, and land-masses is critical to
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MREC Ocean Energy Conference in September
08/19/2009
The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center's 2nd Annual Ocean Energy for New England Conference is only one month away. Visit the website to register and review the schedule for the event, scheduled to be held at the Cape Codder Resort and Spa.
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Windfarm Cable Installation Contract
08/19/2009
Seabed Power won a contract by Ormonde Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Vattenfall AB for the transportation, installation and testing of 132kV export and 33kV array submarine cables for the Ormonde Offshore
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Ocean Obs Cabling Installed
08/19/2009
A physical oceanographic monitoring system that supports the collection of oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, pressure, density, temperature, current speed, current direction, and salinity in ocean depths
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Otto Resigns as CEO
08/19/2009
Schilling Robotics, LLC, announced the resignation of Philip F. Otto as chief executive officer. During Mr. Otto’s tenure, the company made key additions to the management team, improved the company’s
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NOAA Announces Funding to Support ACT
08/19/2009
NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has awarded more than $1.2m in competitive grant funding to the Alliance for Coastal Technologies, a NOAA-funded partnership of research institutions, resource managers, and private sector companies.
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Macoora and Google Earth
08/19/2009
The Stevens Institute of Technology has a rich data catalog of meteorological and oceanographic observations and predictions from the New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System (NYHOPS) that is actively used by diverse groups.
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Buoy Reestablished in Chesapeake Bay
08/19/2009
The Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS), an association of data users and providers engaged in creating integrated ocean observation, data management and distribution systems, provides real-time information
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OMM Opens German Office
08/19/2009
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) expanded by opening an office in the city municipality of Bremen, chosen due to its strategic operational position within the German renewable market.
Rob Grimmond,
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Warming Ocean Contributes to Global Warming
08/19/2009
The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane hydrate stored in the sediment beneath the seabed. Scientists at the
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Jobs for the Buoys
08/13/2009
Surrey-based Planet Ocean Ltd. reports a significant increase in sales of their OEM data buoy hulls in Africa, Singapore, Greece, Germany, Ireland, and the UK in the past few months. Buoys have been supplied
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Horizon Marine Welcomes Four New Hires
08/13/2009
Due to an expansion of services and increase in the number of regions covered by Eddy Watch, Horizon Marine, Inc. has added four new hires to its Marion office and has promoted Matt Cadwallader to Eddy Watch Operations Manager.
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Hydratight Subsea Training
08/13/2009
Hydratight has launched a new City and Guilds-accredited range of subsea training courses in mechanical joint integrity. The courses, developed in response customer feedback, cover the use of hydraulic
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Hydratight Completes Subsea Repairs
08/13/2009
Strong currents, difficult conditions and pipes over 40 years old were among the obstacles encountered by divers during repairs on a small but vital pipeline linking North Sea gas platforms to the Norfolk coast.
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C-Nav Next Generation High-Performance GNSS Receiver
08/13/2009
The latest addition to the C-Nav range of positioning solutions is now available. The C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver has been outfitted with an upgrading path designed to allow customers to use the system as
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StatoilHydro Puts Power Line in Place
08/13/2009
StatoilHydro announces that the 13 km submarine cable to carry electricity from the Hywind floating wind turbine has now been installed and tested in the sea north-west of Stavanger. Once generation starts,
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Subsea Job Sets Record
08/13/2009
StatoilHydro – along with partners Shell, Petoro, Dong, and ExxonMobil – reportedly have performed the world’s deepest hot tap operations on a pressurized pipeline on the Orman Lange field in the Norwegian Sea during early August.
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iTech Awarded $20m by Tullow
08/13/2009
The i-Tech division of Subsea 7 Inc. has been awarded $20m by Tullow Ghana Ltd for the provision of ROV services onboard a client-provided vessel to support production from the Jubilee field offshore Ghana in water depths of up to 1,400m.
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Plankton Sampler Operating on Dutch Ferry
08/13/2009
As part of its drive to understand variations in plankton composition within the Wadden Sea, the Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), based in Texel, The Netherlands, has fitted
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EdgeTech Delivers Sonar Systems to NAVO
08/13/2009
EdgeTech has recently delivered eight 4200 Side Scan Sonar Systems to the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). Four of the systems are single frequency 600 kHz Dynamically Focused and the remaining
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Heidrun Ships 1000th Cargo
08/13/2009
StatoilHydro’s Heidrun platform shipped its 1000th oil cargo on August 7. The Heidrun platform came on stream on 18 October 1995. When the plan for Heidrun’s development and operation (PDO) was submitted
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Subsea 7 Orders Sonardyne’s Max Transponders
08/13/2009
Subsea 7 has placed an order for 21 of Sonardyne International’s new Compatt 5 Max subsea positioning transponders for use in BP’s Skarv field offshore Norway. The Max is a semi-permanent seabed transponder
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Unmanned Systems North America 2009
08/13/2009
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America Conference took place at the Washington Convention Center from August 10-13. The largest exhibition of its kind, Unmanned Systems displays robotic systems from the
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Seabed Power Awarded Cable Installation
08/13/2009
Seabed Power announced the award of two contracts by DONG Walney (UK) Limited for the transportation and installation (laying and burial) of more than 92km 33kV array cables and 44 and 43km 132kV export
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Marport Signs Memorandum with WHOI
08/13/2009
Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). The parties will work together to develop hardware and software
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Marine Technology Society Awards Scholarships
08/13/2009
Twenty-nine students have been awarded scholarships for the 2009–2010 academic year through the Marine Technology Society’s (MTS’s) annual scholarship program. The winning students are seniors in high
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Keppel Delivers Vessels to GulfMark and LUKOIL
08/03/2009
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has delivered an Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS), Sea Comanche, to GulfMark Offshore, Inc.
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Kongsberg Supplies ROKN and RSN SRVs
08/03/2009
Two new Submarine Rescue Vehicles (SRV) built by James Fisher Defense for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have entered operation in 2009 with extensive camera
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NOIA Lauds Court Decision
08/03/2009
According to the National Ocean Industries Association, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has clarified its April 17 decision regarding the 5-Year Oil and Gas Lease Plan. The court has established that
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CHIKYU Drills Into Kumano Basin
08/03/2009
Despite harsh weather and ocean conditions, the deep-sea drilling vessel CHIKYU conducted riser-drilling operations to drill successfully down to a depth of 1,603.7 m beneath the seafloor (at water depth of 2,054 m).
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StatoilHydro Makes Discovery in Gulf
08/03/2009
StatoilHydro, along with operator Anadarko and partners, has made a discovery in the Vito prospect in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Vito well is located in Mississippi Canyon block 984, about 70 km southwest of the Thunder Hawk field.
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Underwater Cable Brings Internet to East Africa
08/03/2009
According to BBC NEWS, a new fiber-optic cable intended to bring high-speed internet to East Africa has now gone live, after pirate activity delayed its launch. Operated by African-owned firm Seacom,
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AMEC to Support BP Deepwater Project
08/03/2009
AMEC, an engineering and project management company, announced it has been appointed by BP to provide engineering services for the Tubular Bells and Kodiak discoveries in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
AMEC
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CDL Launches New Fiber Optic Gyro
08/03/2009
CDL has launched itslatest Gyro system, a low cost, North Seeking Fibre Optic Gyro - The TOGS (Tiny Optical Gyro System). The introduction of the new Fibre Optic Gyro System took place in Southampton at 'Ocean Business 09'earlier this year.
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CDL Inc Appoints New President
08/03/2009
CDL appointed Neil Manning as the new President of CDL Inc, based in Houston, Texas. The company will now operate from its new premises at 10661 Shadow Wood Drive.
The new facility will be the base for
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Hallin Wins $6.5m Vessel Contract
08/03/2009
Hallin Marine has signed a contract for the vessel Sanko Angel with a major oil & gas operator. Under the terms of the contract, the vessel will provide offshore construction support to the client’s oil and gas platforms and subsea infrastructure.
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Consortium maps the submarine Pribilof Canyon
08/03/2009
A new high resolution seafloor survey of Pribilof Canyon in the eastern Bering Sea reveals dramatic details of this undersea canyon, and provides information for improved fisheries conservation and management;
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Deep Ocean Launches Vector T4 ROV
07/16/2009
Deep Ocean Engineering has launched the latest edition to its Vector ROV Family. The Vector T4 follows the introduction in 2007 of the L4 and in 2008 of the M5, both of which are in service worldwide.
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Seebyte’s Latest University Agreement
07/15/2009
SeeByte and the University of Balearic Islands are making waves with their latest software license agreement to update the AutoTracker product. AutoTracker was developed to enable autonomous underwater
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New Partnership for Polish Market
07/15/2009
Ageotect is currently undergoing a period of growth with new staff appointments and increasing partnerships. One of these partnerships has been established with the Enamor Company, which has been appointed
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Northstar and Simrad Introduce Fish-Finder
07/15/2009
Northstar and Simrad, two subsidiaries of Navico, have introduced their next-generation sonar system, the BSM-1 Broadband Sounder sonar module. The high-speed Ethernet-based system is designed to deliver
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IXSEA Releases DELPH Sonar Interpretation
07/15/2009
With the new release of DELPH Sonar V 2.7, IXSEA will provide export functionality to Google Earth in sonar interpretation. DELPH Sonar Interpretation enhances sonar data interpretation and exports .XTF sonar data onto the Google Earth platform.
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Ocean Instruments Delivers Sediment Traps
07/15/2009
Ocean Instruments Ltd has just delivered six McLane Research Laboratories Parflux Mark 78H sediment traps to the National Oceanography Center, Southampton. Over the last few years, NOCS has taken delivery of over 25 of these instruments.
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JDR Inaugurates Hartlepool Facility
07/15/2009
JDR Cable Systems recently celebrated the opening of its new deepwater quayside facility at Hartlepool dock (Part of PD Ports) in Northeast England. JDR Hartlepool was officially opened by Iain Wright,
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