Since 1970, Harvey-Lynch has provided sales, lease and repair services to the offshore construction, geophysical, and associated marine industries worldwide. Personnel and equipment inventory will be integrated at Harvey-Lynch's 16,000sq.ft modern facility in Stafford, Texas.

Brian Hardy, Harvey-Lynch President stated, "Incorporating the experienced ORE team and combining the lease pools under one roof, will directly benefit our customers."

He added, "In conjunction with our partner Oceanscan, we are offering one of the most diverse lease pools supported by an in-depth, factory-trained technical support team. Focused on our customers, Harvey Lynch is committed to excellence and quality and will continue to build upon its full service capabilities."

For more information, contact Brian Hardy, Pres. Harvey-Lynch Inc., via e-mail to brianh@harvey-lynch.com or Paul Mitcham, Vice President Business Development via e-mail to paulm@harvey-lynch.com or, Tel: 281.240.5441 - Fax: +281.240.0932. Visit their website at http://www.harvey-lynch.com.

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March 22, 2002-- ECL (Exploration Consultants Group PLC) and RBT (RBT Petroleum Associates Pty Ltd) are pleased to announce the merger of RBT and ECL effective from 1st April, 2002.

ECL (established in 1969) is an employee owned, broad based International firm of Exploration and Production consultants, based in Henley on Thames, England with offices in Australia, Canada and the USA. ECL's Seismic Division provides Quality Assurance of Seismic Data Acquisition, Positioning & Processing, Survey Design & Modelling services in addition to Survey Engineering, Cable Laying and HSE services. ECL's Subsurface Consulting Division provides Geological and Geophysical Modelling & Interpretation, Basin Studies, Multi-client Reports, Production Technology & Reservoir Engineering, Field Development & Project Management services in addition to Due diligence and Asset Valuation services.

ECL's Field Services Division provides Wellsite and Operations Geology, Sample Studies and Wireline Logging supervision together with the preparation of Composite Logs & Final Well Reports. ECL is fully supported by industry standard software application systems and has its own advanced proprietary software for Seismic Operations. The group also provides a comprehensive range of training courses covering various aspects of exploration and production services.

RBT (established in 1995) is a privately owned Australian registered petroleum management consulting company with offices in Melbourne, Perth (Australia) and Tehran (Iran). RBT's provides a complete Drilling Project Management service for both offshore and onshore single or multiple well exploration and production drilling campaigns. This encompasses well engineering and planning; evaluation and pre-qualification of drilling and service contractors; development of manuals procedures management, supervision and implementation of all daily operational aspects of drilling and completion projects including full logistical support, purchasing and procurement of consumables, final well engineering reports and performance measurement.

RBT develops and implements Safety Case and HS&E systems; including development of specific Regulatory Guidelines for administrative authorities. RBT's also provides design, management, supervision and implementation of geophysical acquisition & processing projects, and manages both well site and office geological operations including coverage of all Well Completion Report requirements.

This strategic merger will expand and enhance our joint Exploration & Production capabilities, particularly in the areas of field development and management services. After this merger our combined services will be available to our clients through the Group's established offices in Houston (USA), Calgary (Canada), Perth & Melbourne (Australia), and Henley (England) and Tehran (Iran). The Combined Group employs around 130 full time staff and over 250 Consultants on Field Operations and QC Services. RBT Petroleum Associates Pty Ltd will be re-named and become known as ECL Drilling Management Pty Ltd.

The two principal founders of RBT, Mr. John Bell, and Dr. Ahmad Tabassi, will join the ECL Management Team to expand our joint services to the industry. Mr. John Bell will become a Group Executive Director with particular responsibility for ECL's worldwide Drilling Management Division. Dr. Ahmad Tabassi will head ECL's Subsurface Consulting Group in Australia and will also manage the Group's expanded activities in Iran.

Further information can be found on our websites http://www.ecqc.com & http://www.rbt.com.au, or by contacting the following officers:

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Fugro GEOS Ltd, UK, has acquired InstallOcean Ltd, UK, a major supplier of marine environmental data acquisition systems to the offshore industry. The move will enhance Fugro GEOS' real-time systems business by building on InstallOcean's experience and reputation in this sector.

InstallOcean was founded in 1989 to provide specialist marine environmental data acquisition and interpretation skills. Since then its high level of service and expertise has established its systems as 'industry standard' for many offshore applications, such as new-build platforms, FPSOs and rig refurbishments.

The move will build on this reputation and allow the continued development of InstallOcean's products and software through new investment. InstallOcean will also gain access to the Fugro GEOS office network, and its data integration, analysis and distribution expertise, as well as the worldwide infrastructure of the Fugro Group.

Fugro GEOS will now be able to offer clients an enhanced service based on the best from InstallOcean's Weather Windows and Fugro GEOS' Weather Monitor software packages, and the combined real-time systems expertise of engineers from both companies.

More information from: Alan Greig, InstallOcean. T: +44 (0) 1420 541 448. F: +44 (0) 1420 541 406 e-mail: agreig@installocean.co.uk or Anthony Gaffney, Fugro GEOS. T: +44(0) 1793 725 766. F: +44 (0) 1793 706 604 e-mail: a.gaffney@geos.com

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Honolulu, Hawaii, March 12, 2002-- Oceanic Imaging Consultants, Inc. announces the delivery of an EdgeTech 272-TD dual frequency towfish to L.D. Bradley of Jacksonville, Florida.

The EdgeTech sonar comes complete with 50 meters of the standard EdgeTech analog cable and has been outfitted with an ACI sensor interface kit. OIC’s GeoDAS-PC software serves as the topside control and data processing unit that has been installed in a custom configured ruggedized workstation. L.D. Bradley also took delivery of OIC’s GeoDAS Desktop software, which provides a simple, complete and cost-effective solution for playback, re-processing and mosaicking of sidescan and bathymetry data on desktop PCs. GeoDAS-Desktop reads raw sonar data in a variety of common formats, displays sidescan imagery and multibeam data with a selection of processing and enhancement options.

GeoDAS Version 4, our latest release, represents a major up-grade in data accuracy, with the move to "double point" precision allowing centimeter resolution for all logged, playback & mosaicked outputs. GeoDAS supports datum conversion and projection, not just UTM. Other significant improvements and features include a graphically rich interface, targeting, the client-server mode, datum conversion module including state plane coordinates, tidal & draft correction and a console configurable data format input and output listing.

OIC is an industry leader in the development of seafloor imaging software for underwater mapping applications for the world’s military, commercial and academic markets. OIC provides consulting and data processing services including the scientific analysis and interpretation of sonar data. On time and on target, OIC is charting the way for the future.

For more information visit us at http://www.oceanicimaging.com or email us at info@oicinc.com.

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Houston (March 22, 2002): Sonsub, Inc. has been awarded patent no. 6,350,085 B1 for a cable deployment system and method that is ideally suited to efficiently install 4D seismic cables on the seafloor.

This patent allows precise placement of the long seismic cables needed to form large-scale 4D arrays and incorporates a built-in anchor for the second end of the cable as well as an armored riser cable to the surface. The system incorporates direct connection of the seismic cable to the riser cable to the surface and does not require an electrical or fiberoptic swivel.

The system is designed to operate with a single ROV, which is used to set the first end of the cable and then monitors the payout of the cable and controls the location of the cable as it is deployed. The system can be used with or without burial of the seismic cable. The system can be deployed from a typical Diver Support Vessel (DSV), and bends in the cable during placement of the array are performed on the seafloor so that large excursions of the surface vessel are not required.

Sonsub, a Saipem Group company, is recognized as an established leader in the development and application of quality, cost-effective solutions for subsea environments. Specializing in subsea construction engineering and remote intervention, Sonsub maintains offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Norway, Italy and South East Asia. For more information, please contact Marco Sclocchi at Sonsub Inc., 15950 Park Row, Houston, TX 77084. Telephone: +281-552-5674. Fax: +281-552-5909. E-mail: marco.sclocchi@sonsub.com

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Oilfield Publications Limited (OPL) is the worlds leading publisher of specialist reference maps, books and vessel registers for the international offshore oil & gas industry.

West Africa Oil & Gas Activity And Concession Map - New 9th Edition Published March 2002
If you are serious about offshore West Africa research this is the only map you’ll need. Fully updated contents include:

• On and offshore data for Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Africa at an overall scale of 1:1,000,000. Inset maps are shown at 1:500,000/1:250,000 scale.
• Fields, wells (using correct designation symbols), and pipelines
• Median lines, quadrants and blocks with numbers and operators names
• All taken acreage, open blocks and blocks on offer are clearly shown
• Water depth contours, major cities, ports, supply bases, fabrication centres and pipeline terminals.
Price: GBP£125/$213/E213 plus postage and packing (surface) - add £10 UK and £15 overseas. Airmail - Price upon application. Order Product Order No: WA/M/9SOF - Folded or No. WA/M/9SOR - Rolled

Middle East Oil & Gas Activity And Concession Map - New 2nd Edition Published March 2002
Fully updated contents include:

• On and offshore data for Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, UAE and Yemen .
• NEW - Deepwater activity offshore Egypt
• Fields, wells (using correct designation symbols) and pipelines
• Concession areas currently held and awarded in latest rounds with operator names
• Refineries and pipeline terminals.
Price: GBP £145/$246/E240 plus postage and packing (surface) - please add £10 UK and £15 overseas. Airmail - Price upon application. Order product No: ME/NA/2F - Folded or No. ME/NA/2R - Rolled.

Order either of the above maps before March 31, 2002 and receive a 10% discount off the listed prices.

OPL currently publishes more than two hundred titles, including database and CD-ROM versions of our activity & concession maps, offshore oil & gas field development guides and vessel registers. To order your maps please call, fax or e-mail us now on the following numbers:- Tel. +44 (0) 1531 634563 Fax +44 (0) 1531 634239 or E-mail: sales@oilpubs.com. For details of their full range of products visit their website at http://www.oilpubs.com.

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With the entire building spotless, the royal visit commenced at 11 a.m with a presentation by Richard Marsh of Tritech's past, present and future. Following this there was a Royal tour of the Sales & Marketing, Accounting, IT, Engineering and Stores departments, before unveiling a plaque to commemorate her visit.

Tritech's Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator Lyndsey Couper commented: "The Princess made each person feel at ease; it was as though she had been here many times and knew everyone. The intense preparations made beforehand made the time she spent with us more than worth it."

Following her visit six members of the Tritech team lunched with the Princess at a nearby hotel. Click here to view the entire March Edition of the Tritech newsletter.

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• Engineering Manager
• Embedded Design Engineers
• Project Engineer
• Team Leader (hardware bias)
• Mathematician/Algorithm Engineer

TSS, the world's foremost provider of attitude and heading solutions for marine applications, is dedicated to the development and support of systems that enable our customers to increase their performance.

If you would like further information on any of these positions or would like to forward your CV, contact enquiries@tssuk.co.uk.

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Four Valeport Model 730T systems will form part of the integrated survey system on each vessel. The seabed-mounted tide gauge collects tidal data and temperature with a pressure accuracy of 0.01 per cent.

For this application the system is supplied with Valeport's Model 750 radio telemetry buoy-based system. This allows data to be telemetered in real time with no need for the vessel to stop and retrieve equipment from the seabed. Bi-directional telemetry is controlled on board the survey vessel by Valeport's standard Windows-based software.

This order follows another recently awarded Royal Navy contract for Valeport to supply 23 Model 740 tide gauges with radio option. More information from: Kevin Edwards, Valeport Ltd, Townstal Industrial Estate, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 9LX T: +44 (0) 1803 834031. F: +44 (0) 1803 834320 email: kedwards@valeport.co.uk

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