All of the systems ordered by Perry Slingsby will be delivered by December 2001 and currently occupy a place in the TSS production schedule which contains orders for 23 cable tracking systems. Over the past 12 months TSS has delivered more than 20 cable trackers and has now been required to double the production capacity of its factory at Witney, near Oxford, England.

TSS currently manufactures three detection systems; the 340, 350 and Dualtrack. Target detection by the TSS 340 is achieved by pulse induction enabling it to locate any conductive material, exposed or buried and to output highly accurate survey data on any type of cable or pipeline. This can range from large gas lines down to small non-armoured communications cables and provides considerable advantages over magnetometer based systems. The TSS 350 system is designed specifically for the detection and survey of tone-carrying cables. It can provide accurate survey data verifying the location and burial status of a cable as well as providing operators with fault location, vehicle skew angle and look-ahead information.

In addition to cable detection systems, TSS is also acknowledged as a world leader in advanced motion sensor technology. It is now the only manufacturer to offer a complete range of sensors for all applications from heave measurement to high accuracy position and orientation systems. Over 70 per cent of the company's products are exported annually. The head office of TSS is located in Witney near Oxford, England and it also has centres in Aberdeen and Houston plus a world-wide network of agents. For the complete press release and press enquiries, e-mail: paul.eastaugh@cwcom.net or visit the TSS (UK) web site at: http://www.tss-realworld.com

Each DGPS radiobeacon comprises two independent GPS receivers, including specialist software to calculate the corrections, an MSK modulator, a transmitter operating in the LF/MF band (285 - 325 kHz), a DGPS station controller and an integrity monitor. Critical components of the system are redundant and the DGPS radio beacons are remotely controlled and monitored 24 hours a day. Any DGPS radiobeacon out-of-tolerance condition is reported to users via AUSCOAST Warnings.

A network of 16 stations is expected to be completed by June of 2001. For more information and station location information, visit the following web site address: http://www.amsa.gov.au/ns/dgps/about.htm

These data will add to the planned bidding round in part of the Suriname open offshore acreage. Six open areas near shore and one area onshore will be announced in the second quarter of 2001, with additional bidding rounds including other open areas planned through 2002. All data are expected to be processed by July 31, 2001, and sample sections will be available for viewing at the AAPG convention in Denver, June 3-6, 2001. For further information about the upcoming Suriname bidding rounds, contact: Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. at 597-439781 or 597-499649, e-mail: madaal@staatsolie.com, or WesternGeco's Multiclient Services, Rio de Janeiro at 55-21-539-0342, or Houston at 713-689-6800. For information about WesternGeco, visit http://www.westerngeco.com, and for more information on petroleum investment opportunities in Suriname, visit http://www.staatsolie.com. For the complete press release, visit http://sf-web1.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day3/211100123&ticker=

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With a value of over £500,000, this significant contract will include the supply of five new enhanced 340 pipe trackers and two 350 cable trackers over the next few months. The new systems will complement the existing units offered for rental through Ashtead offices in Aberdeen, Houston and Singapore. The new enhanced 340 systems are the first of a new generation of TSS tracking systems that offer improved detection range, full EMC/CE compliance and a new software interface.

TSS is acknowledged as a world leader in advanced motion sensor and pipe and cable tracking technology. Over 70 per cent of the company's products are exported annually for use throughout the world. The company is located in Witney near Oxford, England and it also has centres in Aberdeen and Houston. For the complete press release and press enquiries, e-mail: paul.eastaugh@cwcom.net or visit the TSS (UK) web site at: http://www.tss-realworld.com

All work will be performed to NOAA specifications and the data provided, including reports and Smooth Sheets, will be in NOAA specified formats for archival and subsequent application to the United States' nautical charts and associated nautical products. Multibeam data collection, sounding selection, and the production of Smooth Sheets will be performed with C & C's proprietary software package, HydroMapä, which includes real-time data quality control. Typical work orders will encompass areas of 45-70 square nautical miles in the safety fairways and anchorages of Corpus Christi, Texas. For more information e-mail: jeff.fortenberry@cctechnol.com or visit the web site at:http://www.cctechnol.com

The instruments sold to the Environment Protection Agency are RDI's Workhorse Rio Grande instruments. These have "revolutionised hydrology" (Dr Alain Laraque, IRD, France) by providing faster, more accurate and safer methods of measuring river discharge and surveying river current structure. A boat-mounted ADCP measures current velocities throughout the river depth and combines these with bottom tracking to obtain discharge measurements in a tenth of the time of those made by fixed instrumentation. River traffic is not impeded by potentially hazardous cross-river cableways and accuracy is ±0.25 per cent of water velocity relative to the ADCP.

RD Instruments invented the first commercial Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) in 1981 and has grown to an $20 million company selling a range of instruments to measure currents in ocean and coastal waters, rivers and lakes, ports and harbors. For more information, e-mail:news@rdinstruments.com or visit their web site at: http://www.rdinstruments.com

In other moves, John Watson has joined the company from Sonsub as the Quality Manager, Dave Cruickshank has joined the sales team as Technical Sales Manager and a new customer support organisation has been created under Alan Fyfe to provide a faster and more efficient response to everyday customer enquiries.

The Production and Engineering departments have been strengthened by a mix of internal promotions and new appointments and a new inventory control computer system has been installed to increase the speed and accuracy of transactions. Further positions are open in the design engineering team for Mechanical Design Engineers with Pro-Engineer experience and Electronic, Software and IT Engineers. For the complete press release, visit: http://www.hydrovision.co.uk/whatsnew.html

The vehicle will be used by the team formed by Boeing, Fugro and Oceaneering to provide advanced underwater survey services. LinkQuest's UWM3010 and UWM4010 modems are based on popular general purpose modems UWM3000 and UWM4000 and are specifically tailored for high power and highly reliable command and control of the AUV and high speed data link for image and data transfer from the AUV to surface support ship. After working closely with major commercial AUV manufacturers around the world, LinkQuest emerges as the premier provider of underwater acoustic modems to the fast growing AUV market. For more information, visit http://www.link-quest.com or contact the company at sales@link-quest.com.

The data will be acquired and processed by WesternGeco under joint supervision in accordance with the Scandinavian Co-Operation Agreement between the two parties. Final data from the survey will be made available to the oil industry for their preparation work prior to Norway's 17th Licensing Round. WesternGeco, a joint venture of Schlumberger and Baker Hughes, provides integrated exploration and reservoir imaging services; TGS-NOPEC provides nonexclusive seismic data and associated production to the oil and gas industry. For the complete press release, visit http://www.oilonline.com/news2/news_international_hotline_tgs042301.html

The drilling rig used for the well is Pride's semi-submersible HP/HT Nymphea. The location for the well is in a water depth of approximately 200 meters, around 100 miles east of the Town of Itajai, offshore the State of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. The total well depth is planned at 5200 meters, and the total drilling time (including evaluation time) is estimated at approximately 75 days. The budget for the well is estimated at around US$ 15 million. For the complete press release, click here