| | C & C's AUV Continues to Set The Benchmark | | C & C Technologies recently completed a deepwater AUV pipeline and site survey for Total Fina Elf (TFE) in the Girassol and Rosa Lirio fields. This survey area is located in Angola's Block 17, 120 nautical miles northwest of Luanda in 1,350 meters of water. This is yet another milestone in the C & C AUV's impressive performance record. Although C & C's AUV has logged over 11,000 km of deepwater surveys since January 2000, this project was unique; precise lines were traversed under and around the gigantic Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading Unit (FPSO), Girassol, whose hull is 300 meters long and has deadweight of 345,000 tons. Girassol is producing approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day and has an oil storage capacity of two million barrels.
The architectural design of the subsea equipment in place during the survey provided new challenges to C & C's AUV. Christmas trees, riser cables, manifolds, pipeline bundles, and a variety of other installations served as seafloor obstacles, which had to be avoided by the AUV during its mission. This project proved how invaluable a tool C & C's AUV is for floating production technology projects.
Prior to the AUV's deployment, its control computer was uploaded with a predefined survey grid designed to avoid the existing subsea obstacles. Along this survey grid, the AUV collected detailed data, including subbottom, side-scan sonar, and multibeam, while acoustically transmitting sub-sampled information to the AUV's mothership for real-time QA/QC purposes.
After completion of this TFE project, the RV Rig Supporter transited to the coast of Cote D'Ivoire where it successfully performed an AUV mapping project in the offshore BAOBAB field for Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI). For more information regarding the availability of this proven technology, please contact Jay Northcutt at (+1) 337-261-0660, visit C & C's website at http://www.cctechnol.com/, or send email to info@cctechnol.com.
| | Back To Top | | | Trimble Dealer Network Intensively Trained | | Trimble USA: Trimble reports that their dealer network has been undertaking intensive training on the Marine Survey products.
Trimble Europe ran a Marine Survey Trainers Course for selected European dealers in September. This course ensures the dealers are up to a high standard of product knowledge and can support the GPS (DGPS and RTK systems) and HYDROpro software. Those attending included Bill Robinson (Survey Supplies), Vidar Tangen (Norgeodesi), Jan Erik Rygh (Aquadyne), Declan Byrne (Charternav), Filip Blyweert (Oceanum), Oleg Onischenko (NavGeoCom), Dave Abeleira (Trimble UK).
In July, a Terramodel processing course was run in Houston for some North American dealers. Terramodel software is used extensively in the civil engineering and roading design market as well as in the hydrographic market for handling large data sets. The course covered the use of this software for processing Marine Survey data to get 3D images, plotted plans of soundings and volumes related to dredging. Those who attended were Ken McMillan (McQuest), Lou Nash (Measuretronics) , Dom Ong Marcelino Rodriguez (Trimble), Del Stewart (Geoline), Wade Jordan (WDS), Mike Grey (Accupoint) and John Drake (Gahagan & Bryant).
This commitment from the Trimble dealers confirms they can offer quality pre and post sales support to the marine survey & construction products available from Trimble. For more information on Trimble Marine Products please order the free overview CD by clicking on http://www.trimble.com/mr_cd.html
| | Back To Top | | | Fugro Drillships on the Move | | Fugro announces the first North Sea contract award for its drilling vessel Bavenit and the launch of its state-of-the-art geotechnical drillship Fugro Explorer in Galveston, Texas.
Bavenit is currently working off West Africa for a number of oil majors in water depths to 1500m. Like Explorer, she is a dynamically positioned vessel capable of performing deep borings with high quality downhole sampling and CPT testing. She also has the capacity in her current configuration to deploy a 25m long "giant" piston corer with a purpose designed deployment frame or "stinger", and a CPT unit, deployed through her moonpool, capable of achieving 40-50m penetration into the seabed. These operations can be performed in water depths of over 2000m.
On arrival in the North Sea the vessel will be used by Fugro to perform geotechnical investigations at the proposed sites for production platforms at a major new oilfield development. She will then be available to undertake other projects before returning to West Africa. The size and operational configuration of the vessel means that she is fully capable of operating throughout the North Sea's harsh winter season. Fugro Explorer is Fugro's new technologically advanced geotechnical drilling vessel, equipped with the drilling, soil sampling and in-situ testing equipment capable of operating in water depths to 3000m. The 80m vessel was built in 1999 and has been completely refitted. today's deepwater markets and is fully equipped for long term geotechnical, geological, stratigraphic and reservoir characterisation investigations in severe operating conditions. While the vessel's home port is Galveston, Texas, she is capable of meeting Fugro's data acquisition needs worldwide.
Fugro Limited is an operating company of the global Fugro Group, the world's largest integrated geotechnical, survey and geoscience company. It provides geotechnical and structural monitoring services to the oil and gas and civil engineering industry in the UK and overseas, on land and offshore. Services include geotechnical and geoenvironmental site investigation, laboratory testing of soil and rock, foundation design and geotechnical consultancy and structural instrumentation and monitoring. More information from: Phil Wilson, Fugro Limited, 18 Frogmore Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK. T: +44 (0) 1442 240781 F: +44 1442 258961 email: pwilson@fugro.co.uk | | Back To Top | | | | | | | RESON Provides Multibeam Lecture Course in Malaysia | | September 20, 2002 --- At the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Skudai, Malaysia), Charles W. Brennan, RESON's Senior Hydrographic Engineer, provided an invaluable five-day multibeam lecture course for 24 graduate students and professors.
The UTM lectures covered the history of echosounding, acoustic and multibeam theory, and most importantly multibeam hydrographic survey principles. The quantity and quality of multibeam data far overshadows standard single-beam survey results. This increase in data quantity and quality results in many new influencing factors; these factors must be addressed to ensure the success of any multibeam survey. To that end, the multibeam lecture series presented an outline for standard operating procedures to enable surveyors to obtain high quality data and enjoy the full benefits of a multibeam survey system.
"It was a very rewarding experience for me," states Mr. Brennan, "the attendees all showed such a high quest for knowledge! The discussion periods were marked by very direct and thought provoking comments and questions, showing a true understanding of the concepts that were presented." Due to the great success of the lecture series, UTM's has expressed a desire that the lecture series become an annual event.
Charles Brennan joined RESON in 1998 to support RESON's fast growing Asian customer base, as well as those in the United States. Mr. Brennan brings over 30 years of worldwide experience in hydrography, with a specialty in transoceanic and inshore route surveys for fiber optic and pipeline installations. He has also served as project manager in specialized underwater acoustic positing operations and been responsible for the evaluation and acceptance of systems.
| | Back To Top | | | Sonardyne Develops New 3d Acoustic Monitoring Capability For Subsea 7 Bundle Tow | | Sonardyne International Ltd, UK has introduced what is believed to be the world's first acoustic positioning system capable of providing three-dimensional monitoring of pipeline bundles. The system was developed in response to a request from Subsea 7 (UK) and was successfully used for the first time in July of this year during the tow of a 4 km pipeline from Subsea 7's yard in Wick, Scotland to the Alba Field in the North Sea.
The new Sonardyne system has been devised to help ensure that long pipe bundles do not suffer damage through excessive bending or twisting whilst being towed. Previous bundle tow monitoring systems supplied by Sonardyne have used advanced acoustic techniques to provide two-dimensional data that shows the vertical plane of the pipeline throughout its length. This enabled the buoyancy of the bundle to be trimmed to achieve optimum depth and ensure that it would clear seabed obstructions during tow-out.
Now, for the first time, operators can gather data about a pipeline bundle in the horizontal plane. This advance makes it possible to guard against the risk of the bundle 'snaking' which might, for example, occur after changes in vessel heading, as the result of strong cross currents or when weather and sea conditions affect the tow ships.
The vertical catenary position of the bundle is provided by a string of pipe-mounted acoustic transponders equipped with depth sensors located at intervals along it. The transponders also serve to relay data on the pipeline's internal pressure, to activate flood and vent valves on the towheads during lay-down and to release the tow wires.
A 'data highway' that runs the length of the bundle, connects each transponder and allows any unit to communicate with any or all other transponders. In practice, this means that the tow vessel need only interrogate one transponder to receive pipe monitoring data from all of the transponders on the bundle.
This unique approach was developed by Sonardyne to overcome the problems associated with using acoustic communications at relatively shallow depths and over distances as great 7½ kms.
Interfaced to the transponder data highway for the Alba tow, were 6 laser ring gyros that provided pipeline heading data accurate to better than 0.2 degrees. The data from the gyros was transmitted acoustically by the transponders and converted into a graphic display that enabled operators aboard the tow vessel to monitor the behaviour of the pipe and act before any excessive snaking of the bundle occurred.
During tow-outs, all acoustic communications are performed in the Medium Frequency (MF) band. However, during laydown and spoolpiece installation, positioning tolerances of better than 5cm are required so Extra High Frequency (EHF) transponders are also used.
These units are installed on both towheads and collect very precise measurements from a pre-laid seabed transponder array to derive a final 'as-laid' position. A feature of the Sonardyne system is that the EHF ranges can be converted, via the data highway communications, into MF for transmission to the surface, thus avoiding the need for a separate and dedicated EHF topside system.
Sonardyne has been supplying bundle monitoring systems to Subsea 7 (formerly Rockwater) since1993, a fact regarded by Sonardyne as a significant demonstration of the reliability and performance of their acoustic technology.
With damaged bundles, the incidental and consequential costs are very high, hence Sonardyne believes that this latest system will further reduce the risks associated with pipeline tow-outs and be specified for all future projects. Sonardyne International is based in Yateley, England. The company has offices in Aberdeen, Houston, Singapore, Brazil and Norway. It is recognised as a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced acoustic instruments and systems for accurate survey, positioning and tracking in shallow and full ocean depth operations within the offshore oil and gas industries. For more details, please visit http://www.sonardyne.co.uk | | Back To Top | | | RD Instruments Workhorse ADCPs Selected for Long-term Ocean Climate Observations | | (October 3, 2002 - San Diego, CA) RD Instruments announces the sale of twenty (20) Workhorse Long Ranger Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) to Royal NIOZ (the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research). The Dutch Research Foundation recently approved a proposal to establish long-term in situ ocean observation experiments and process studies as a Dutch contribution to CLIVAR. The resulting program, referred to as LOCO (Long-term Ocean Climate Observation), will be carried out by a consortium of oceanographers from Royal NIOZ, Utrecht University, and KNMI (Het Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut).
RDI's Long Ranger ADCP was selected for this application due to its long range profiling and extended deployment capability, as well as its reputation for superior data quality.
The program will consist of 18 long-term sub-surface moorings comprised of current meters, RDI ADCPs, and T-S and pressure sensors; three of the moorings will also be equipped with CTD profilers. The period of observation will be at least 5 years in some key areas of the world ocean circulation, (e.g. the Irminger Sea, the Mozambique Channel and in east Indonesia.) Two sets of 4 moorings will also be dedicated to study the climatology of internal waves. These projects will build upon previous WOCE (World Ocean Circulation Experiment) and CLIVAR projects carried out by Dutch oceanographers. The first set of moorings will be deployed in early spring 2003.
For more information on the Long Ranger ADCP, or any of RDI's Doppler products, please contact Jim Fahey (jfahey@rdinstruments.com / Tel. +1-858-693-1178) or visit http://www.rdinstruments.com.
For more information on the Dutch LOCO program please contact Herman Ridderinkhof [rid@nioz.nl), Hendrik van Aken (aken@nioz.nl) or Theo Hillebrand (hill@nioz.nl).
| | Back To Top | | | Underwater Intervention 2002 Technical Paper Abstracts Due Oct. 15 | | The Underwater Intervention Committee is currently accepting and reviewing abstracts for technical papers to be presented at the upcoming Underwater Intervention 2003 Conference, February 10-12 in New Orleans. The technical papers and panels planned reflect the diversity of the international underwater industry and address technological solutions to working in difficult environments and markets.
Technical Program tracks will include:
Training
Commercial Diving ROVs & AUVs
Safety
Operations Methods and/or job-specific tasks
Civil Engineering
New Technologies
Shipwreck Exploration & Salvage Industries such as offshore petroleum, submarine cables, survey - search &
salvage, marine construction, bridges and highways, nuclear & hydro energy and civil engineering firms will attend the conference and benefit from the vast array of topics presented at UI 2003. If your company targets these industries you need to be a presenter. Previous conferences hosted a large number of standing-room-only sessions.
Authors interested in submitting papers should contact Technical Chairman
Howie Doyle at 281-440-0278 or email a 50-100 word abstract directly to
hdoyle@doylepublishing.com before the October 15 deadline. Final papers
will be due December 1, 2002.
Interested in exhibiting? Exhibit space is still available, including a
limited number of prime positions. For information, contact Ross Saxon at
1-800-316-2188. For registration information visit the official website at
http://www.underwaterintervention.com, or call 800-316-2188. | | Back To Top | | | VisualSoft Ltd have installed a complete VisualWorks Digital Video system | | Aberdeen, Scotland - VisualSoft Ltd have installed a complete VisualWorks Digital Video system onboard the DeepOcean vessel Normand Tonjer which is currently performing the 2002 Statoil Pipeline Inspection programme. VisualSoft Ltd announce further sales of VisualWorks a revolutionary new Digital Video Capture, Editing and Storage system. Aberdeen, Scotland - VisualSoft Ltd have installed a complete VisualWorks Digital Video system onboard the DeepOcean vessel Normand Tonjer which is currently performing the 2002 Statoil Pipeline Inspection programme. The system is fully integrated with DeepOcean's online navigation system and Offline SQL database containing all the processed survey data and cross profiles allowing simultaneous viewing of Events, pipeline video and survey data from a single PC. The system has been operational since early April 2002 running continuously for the last 150 days. Following extensive rental of the system during summer 2002 DeepOcean have agreed to purchase a suite of 5 Visualworks licences in preparation for further developing the system ready for the 2003 survey inspection season.
Email VisualSoft Ltd sales@vsl.co.uk for further information or visit the website on http://www.vsl.org.uk for more details.
| | Back To Top | | | Underwater Habitat Assessment and Monitoring: BioSonics Introduces the New X-Series | | Seattle, October 2, 2002: BioSonics announces the release of the DT-X and DE-X digital echosounder systems for measurement of underwater habitat characteristics. Coupled with BioSonics analysis software, the assessment of fish and other underwater organisms, submersed aquatic vegetation, and bottom surface sediments is now possible using this next-generation scientific echosounder. Hydroacoustic sampling, for research and environmental assessment, provides several benefits over more traditional assessment and monitoring methodologies. Unlike many other sampling methods, hydroacoustic surveys impart minimal impact on aquatic organisms, their behavior and their habitat. Simple, non-damaging, sound waves provide information on both physical and biological components of the aquatic habitat. Where endangered species and critical habitat are a concern, hydroacoustic sampling constitutes "no take".
BioSonics has been a leader in the scientific application of hydroacoustics, in both freshwater and nearshore marine habitats, since 1978. The X-series echosounder incorporates the best of today's technology with the best of BioSonics' venerable hydroacoustic hardware and software systems.
The robust DT-X system incorporates an embedded processor, assuring stable sample rates and accurate time stamping of data, and ethernet communication protocol between the echosounder and virtually any computer using the Windows® operating system. The new DT-X is capable of remote or autonomous operation through custom integration of networking hardware and software.
DT-X is made for the field:The new BioSonics echosounders are small, portable and now more weatherproof than ever. The combination of weatherproof surface unit and a field-hardened computer (we suggest the Panasonic Toughbook®), the X-Series can withstand the rigors of virtually any environmental conditions encountered by professionals in the field. Visit our website http://www.biosonicsinc.com or contact
bmcclure@biosonicsinc.com for more information.
| | Back To Top | | | Trimble Awarded Navy Contract for GPS Receivers | | PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 25, 2002 - Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Special Missions Branch, for the procurement of Force 5 GRAM-S and Force 5 GRASM-S (SAASM-based) receivers. Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers will be used as part of a high-precision marine survey system used by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). The announcement was made at the Institute of Navigation GPS 2002 Conference.
Trimble's Force 5 receivers will be integrated into Applanix Corporation's POS MV (Position Orientation System for Marine Vessels) inertial navigation systems. Two Force 5 receivers will be operated in tandem, to provide navigation and carrier phase data to the system's inertial navigation sensor to aid in supplying precise heading, attitude and position for use with shallow and deep-water single-beam and multi-beam sonar systems. The receivers will be used on NAVOCEANO operated T-AGS 51/60 class ships and Hydrographic Survey Launches (HSLs) for marine survey missions. The one-year contract, with four one-year options, also permits other Department of Defense organizations to order Trimble Force 5 receivers under the same contract, subject to SPAWAR Contracting Officer/GPS JPO authorization.
Trimble's Force 5 GRAM-S and SAASM-based Force 5 GRASM-S are embedded,
dual-frequency GPS receiver modules with Precise Positioning Service (PPS) capability. Designed in compliance with the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office (GPS JPO) GRAM guidelines, both Force 5 receivers provide unequaled performance. The Force 5 GRASM-S receiver is based on the SAASM architecture that is mandated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for implementation in the next generation GPS receivers for all military users. The use of SAASM significantly enhances and ensures the U.S. and Allied military user the ability to obtain precise GPS position, velocity, time, and other GPS sensor information in all types of environments. Trimble's SAASM technology was granted GPS JPO security approval on May 1, 2000.
"We are pleased to have been selected by SPAWAR to supply GPS receivers for the Navy's marine survey missions," said Allen Edwards, marketing director for Trimble's Military and Advanced Systems Division. "The Force 5 receivers will provide the Navy with the most capable GPS-based precise positioning available for their survey missions and, at the same time, be in full compliance for military receivers to meet Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) security and operational requirements."
For an interactive look at company news and products, visit Trimble's Web
site at <http://www.trimble.com>.
| | Back To Top | | | Weather Causes Cal Dive to Lower Third Quarter Earnings Forecast and Update Q4 Guidance | | HOUSTON, Oct 2, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Cal Dive International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDIS), announced today that four tropical weather systems significantly reduced expected utilization of the company's fleet of marine construction vessels in the last six weeks of the third quarter. In addition, oil and gas production of Energy Resource Technology was shut in or significantly reduced for nearly a full week in September as ERT platforms were evacuated in advance of Tropical Storm Isidore. As a result, Cal Dive now estimates third quarter earnings per share in a range of 8 cents to 11 cents in contrast to First Call consensus estimates of 23 cents. The company also announced that fourth quarter earnings could vary between 22 cents and 29 cents depending upon the impact of Hurricane Lili on October results.
S. James Nelson, Jr., Vice Chairman, stated, "Customers are typically required to pay weather charges if marine contracting activities are interrupted by named tropical storms. In the soft subsea construction market which presently exists in the Gulf of Mexico, our customers will not mobilize projects when there is the threat of tropical weather. Isidore, following on the heels of tropical storms Hanna, Edouard and Bertha, not only restricted utilization of CDI vessels working in the Gulf, but also interrupted operations of three DP vessels working offshore Trinidad and even shut down the Uncle John in the Bay of Campeche. Evacuation of 20 ERT platforms and the shut-in of oil and gas production from the 26 fields which we operate alone had the effect of reducing third quarter earnings by an estimated four to five cents."
Mr. Nelson continued, "The wide range of fourth quarter guidance reflects uncertainty as to what Hurricane Lili will bring. The low end of the range assumes an Isidore-type storm; i.e. lower vessel utilization and ERT production shut-in for a week. Should the hurricane cause damage to offshore facilities, the associated repair work would move earnings to the higher end of guidance. We will provide a fourth quarter update and have a much better fix on the impact of Hurricane Lili during our Q3 investor conference call on November 1. Longer term, the business fundamentals for Cal Dive are unaffected, with future expectations remaining unchanged."
Cal Dive International, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX, is an energy service company specializing in well operations and subsea construction. CDI operates a fleet of technically advanced marine construction vessels and robotics worldwide and conducts salvage operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Energy Resource Technology, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, acquires and operates mature and non-core offshore oil and gas properties.
| | Back To Top | | | Geotrace Ensign Completes the Processing of 4D Time Lapse Survey over Norne Field | | LONDON, UK - September 26, 2002 - Geotrace Ensign has completed the processing of the 4D time lapse survey over Statoil's Norne field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The processing included a fast-track phase which was completed in just nine weeks, and a high-resolution phase that incorporated true-amplitude pre-stack time migration into the processing flow. Scaling technique and water-column statics were applied in both phases as a precision means of normalising amplitudes and compensating for the acquisition footprint.The Norne 4D processing was awarded to Ensign following the successful completion of the re-processing of the Statfjord time-lapse seismic dataset, with emphasis on improved repeatability. Both projects further demonstrate Geotrace Ensign's leading-edge capabilities in the field of time-lapse processing.
Statoil stated that "the fast-track time-lapse processing confirmed Statoil's interpretation of fluid changes at the reservoir level on the Norne field."
Geotrace Ensign is part of the Geotrace Technologies group of companies and is a leading provider of proprietary technologies aimed at imaging and integrated solutions used to enhance the optimization of petroleum reservoirs. It serves the worldwide petroleum industry. Additional information about Geotrace can be found on the company's website, http://www.geotrace.com.
| | Back To Top | | | | Unique U-Tow for China | | WS EnviroTech Ltd, UK, has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk III undulating marine data gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey (GMGS) in the People's Republic of China. This follows the delivery of two Mk III U-Tows to the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration (SOA) last year. After attending trials and training with these vehicles the scientists drew up a specification - and order - for a third version with greatly extended payload of oceanographic data gathering sensors, analyser and samplers.
This makes it the most advanced vehicle of its type, with the facility to gather high frequency data, including salinity, temperature, depth, chlorophyll, turbidity, dissolved organic matter, methane, dissolved oxygen, pH and PAR irradiance. A further feature of the instrumentation package is the new underway version of WS EnviroTech's NAS-2E analyser for nutrients and an Aqua Monitor water sampler for in situ microplankton sampling.
GMGS tows the one-metre long vehicle from one of its research vessels where it undulates from near the surface to depths of 100m to gather data and take samples.
WS EnviroTech's U-Tow is used in a wide range of marine data gathering applications and is regularly deployed from research vessels and from ships of opportunity such as ferries, cargo vessels or ocean liners. More information from the WS EnviroTech website: http://www.wsenvirotech.com,
| | Back To Top | | | | LEICA Geosystems Appoints Spatial Technologies as GPS Dealer in Western Canada | | Leica Geosystems has announced the appointment of Spatial Technologies Inc. as its GPS dealer for Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan. Leica Geosystems’ subsidiary CYRA Technologies Inc. has also named Spatial Technologies as a dealer of the CYRAX 2500 laser scanner and software in Western Canada. Spatial Technologies is a new Calgary-based company created to sell, rent, service and support leading edge geomatics technologies in Western Canada. It is led by two former Leica Geosystems employees, Rick Kurash and Brett Findlater, who have combined industry experience totaling over 35 years.
Spatial Technologies will sell, rent, service and support Leica Geosystems’ complete line of GPS products and CYRA 3D laser scanners, software and peripherals in the region. In addition, Spatial Technologies will act as the marketing arm of Pleiades Data Corp. Pleiades provides dual frequency differential GPS in Alberta and Ontario either via the Internet or via real-time digital cellular links.
Peter Hettstedt, Leica Geosystems vice president of sales for Canada said, "We are very excited to have Spatial Technologies as a business partner for Western Canada. Their excellent product knowledge, technical support skills and proven customer service abilities will serve as a great foundation for success of both our companies."
Rick Kurash, president of Spatial Technologies said "Leica Geosystems has attained a strong market share in surveying GPS in Southern Alberta, because our customers have come to rely on the Leica team for their commitment to service and support as well as their professional consultive approach to sales. By opening a dealership of our own we are confident that we can continue this tradition and expand it into 3D laser scanning and other GPS applications."
Leica Geosystems, with worldwide headquarters in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, develops, manufactures and markets systems for surveying, mapping and position determination. The company, with 2,750 employees, has a turnover of over 600 million Swiss francs and is listed on the Swiss Exchange. It is structured in six divisions: Surveying and Engineering, GIS and Mapping, Industrial Measurement, Special Products, Consumer Products and New Businesses (Cyrax). Along with the Swiss facilities, the company also has development and production subsidiaries in America and Asia and is represented by 20 sales units and more than 100 representatives worldwide. | | Back To Top | | | | The 4th Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Showcase (UUVS 2002) Southampton Oceanography Centre, 25th-26th September 2002 | | UUVS 2002 was the most successful event yet in this burgeoning series staged at the Southampton Oceanography Centre. Attended by almost 500 visitors and over 50 exhibitors, UUVS 2002 set new standards for the underwater technology sector. There is every indication that UUVS 2003, again staged at Southampton Oceanography Centre 24-25th September 2003, will be an even greater success. The UUVS Conference was a resounding hit with some 22 papers being delivered by some of the industry's leading lights. Some 125 delegates packed in to the lecture hall - often with standing room only. Highlights of the programme included Andy Hill of BP's Upstream Technology Group providing his vision of what the BP sub-sea engineer might expect from an AUV in the medium to long term in the survey, inspection and intervention classes.
Group Captain Stuart Butler, Deputy Director Underwater Battlespace, briefed the many defence contractors present on the Ministry of Defence's position on de-risking critical component UUV technologies.
Jim Mann of Oceaneering International Services provided a typically forthright and frank but ultimately upbeat assessment of the prospects for the long-term success of Work Class AUVs. Plus the internationally renowned Professor Tamaki Ura of the University of Tokyo provided a thrilling update on the development of R2D4, a pioneering AUV designed to explore hydro-thermal ventic zones due to be launched at the end of 2002. Conference delegates resoundingly approved of the conference programme, which was formulated by a committee of leading experts chaired by Mr Cliff Funnell supported by Mr Ian Gallet of the Society for Underwater Technology.
"CDL was most impressed at the range and relevance of delegates and visitors who attended UUVS 2002. This was our first time exhibiting at UUVS, and it gave us direct contact with all the main players in this important and expanding technology area. We will be back next year." Matt Blair, Sales Manager, CDL Ltd
"This niche Expo is the type of exhibition we prefer these days. Quality not quantity is what we prefer. We got an email enquiry the Monday morning after the show!!"
Graham Horner, Managing Director, HT Servo Ltd.
Complementing the Conference Programme, UUVS boasted a record-sized exhibition drawn from nine countries. Exhibitors were drawn from survey and offshore inspection companies, manufacturers of AUVs/ROVs themselves and sub-contractors of component parts. Most exhibitors declared themselves delighted with the end-result:
"Companies working within the AUV technology sector can expect a busy and fruitful couple of days" Mr Justin Dunning, Sales Manager, Chelsea Technologies Group
UUVs continues to justify its existence as a focused, well attended event for those involved with all things UUV-related." Richard Nelson, Senior Marketing Communications Manager, Thales GeoSolutions Group Limited.
More than 120 guests enjoyed the hospitality of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club on the opening night of UUVS 2002. After-Dinner speaker was Mr Bob Barton, former editor of International Ocean Systems.
Craig Moyes, Director of Marine Science, declared himself delighted at the end of this his first event since joining Spearhead Exhibitions. He said that 'an event of this quality proves that the overwhelming promise of the UUV market is fast realising its potential. I think we should look forward to even greater success next year and subsequent years.' For more information please contact: Sheila Ramaiya, Project Manager. Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Direct tel. no: +44 (0) 20 8949 9820, Direct fax no: +44 (0)20 8949 8186. E-mail: sheila.ramaiya @spearhead.co.uk or visit http://www.uuvs.net | | Back To Top | | | EPC Celebrates 35 Years in Business | | Established in 1967, EPC celebrated 35 years in business in August of this year. Founder and President Edward Curley, left EG&G and with the blessing of Harold "Doc" Edgerton opened an office on Water Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. The company, now located in a new state of the art technology center in Danvers, MA has gone through several business cycles, technology advancements, and grown into different marketplaces, but has always stayed true to delivering the highest quality recording systems available.
| | Back To Top | | | ACSA Underwater GPS Exhibit At Euronaval Exhibition Paris, October 21-25 | | ACSA Underwater GPS will be exhibiting at the Euronaval Exhibition in Paris in France from the 21st until the 25th October 2002. They will be presenting their partner ORCA Instrumentation, with their new products: • GIB-SAR: Set of GIB buoys dedicated to Search and Rescue operations at sea. This equipment has just been used with much success during NATO exercise "Sorbet Royal 2002".
• GIB-FT: portable tracking system for torpedo. The first GIB-FT system was delivered to the German BWB in February 2002. The GIB-FT system is the best tool available on the market today for:
- ASW Weapons development and commissioning,
- Crew training purposes, and
- Operational forces readiness assessment. • GIB-DPS: portable tracking and alert transmission system for divers. To receive an invitation by post from ACSA Underwater GPS giving access to the show, reply to news@underwater-gps.com
For those who cannot make it to the exhibition, a video presentation of GIB systems is available on CD-ROM. If you wish to receive this video, please e-mail news@underwater-gps.com or contact Camille BECHAZ,ACSA Underwater GPS. 9, Europarc Sainte Victoire. 13590 Meyreuil - France. Tel: +33 (0) 442 58 54 52 or Fax: +33 (0) 442 58 65 46
| Back To Top | | | | Oceanology International Americas 2003: Oceanology And All That Jazz! | | The seminal event in the Americas marine science calendar, the Oceanology International Americas 2003 (OIA) exhibition and conference, The Joint Ocean Forum, will be held 4-6 June 2003 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Centre, New Orleans. The location places the event at the heart of the US oil and gas community and within touching distance of the Stennis Space Centre.
Organisers Spearhead Exhibitions are delighted that 60% of the show floor is already booked. Craig Moyes, who heads up the OI team, said: "The take up on the large exhibition stands which form the core of the exhibition has been fantastic lately. Major exhibitors such as THALES Navigation, NASA and NOAA have taken huge stands and it’s clear that our message about New Orleans is really starting to hit home."
For Exhibition Sales Enquiries, contact Stuart Fraser, +44 (0) 20 8949 9822, or e-mail: stuart.fraser@spearhead.co.uk. For Sponsorship Sales, contact Craig Moyes, +44 (0) 20 8949 9840, e-mail: craig.moyes@spearhead.co.uk. For Conference Enquiries, contact Jennifer Ramarui, Tel: +1 301/251-7708, e-mail info@tos.org or visit the web site at http://www.tos.org | Back To Top | | | | Upcoming Main Conferences And Events In 2002 | | • Oceans 2002 MTS/IEEE, Biloxi, Mississippi, October 29-31 | | • Deep Offshore Technology, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 13-15 | | Back To Top | | | | Offshore Seismic
Moves | | Offshore Seismic Surveys (OSS) has moved into spacious offices in Houston. William Steel, Operations Manager for OSS stated that the new office space and location will further assist OSS grow it's seismc survey operations. The new location is at:
19424 Park Row, Suite 120 Houston Texas 77084
Tel: (1) 281 829 6968/281 829 6087
Mob: (1) 832 689 9407
Fax: (1) 281 829 6954. Visit the web site at www. offshore-seismic.com or Contact by e-mail... | | | International Sales & Account Management | | Experienced senior-level Sales and Marketing professional with direct experience in:
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Managed International Sales and Marketing operations for a manufacturer of high tech navigation instruments serving markets in Western Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Gained significant successes for both US companies targeting markets overseas and European companies selling and distributing throughout the US.
Formed an American subsidiary and introduced a range of new products, developed marketing strategies and plans, set up rep networks and successfully built brand and product image.
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| | Business Development Manager Available | Experienced professional seeking position in sales, business development or account management:
• Long term experience in the international oil and gas industry
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• Successful track record in selling products and services
• Skilled at identifying business opportunities and developing relationships with clients Previous positions have included a business development role with a leading geoservices contractor, direct sales to the oil and gas industry and a senior sales and marketing position.
Experienced in all sales, marketing and business development functions including: client visits and presentations; reviewing client ITTs; compiling bids; overseeing pricing strategy; contract evaluation and negotiation.
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| | Seismic Industry Consultant Available
| | Seeking short term consulting projects within the seismic industry. Over twenty-eight years experience in the field of seismic exploration services, electronic instrumentation, engineering and sales.
Extensive experience in design, installation, application, maintenance and field operations of electronic seismic instrumentation in the international and domestic oil and gas industry.
Experienced in interpretation and translation of technical contract documents from English / Spanish with experience in marketing, sales and business plan presentations. Record of cost savings and process improvements.
Qualified to work in client relations and engineering sales, applications and maintenance, installation, field operations, and design of instrument tests, Safety, Health and Environmental applications. Organized a seismic exploration company and its services.
Extensive knowledge of instrumentation utilized in the oil and gas exploration industry manufactured by companies as SERCEL, Input-Output, etc.; such as SN408, SN388, SN368, SN348, I/O II and the peripheral equipment of the different systems Contributed to the opening of local offices in Mexico.
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| | | ORE Offshore | | For 37 years, ORE Offshore has been a leading manufacturer of high accuracy acoustic positioning systems for use within the offshore, military and institutional markets. The company's history has included a full range of acoustic products; however, ORE has focused its product offerings on their proven acoustic tracking capabilities. ORE's current products include the highly successful Trackpoint II Plus underwater acoustic tracking and navigation system; the LXT low cost, ruggedized underwater acoustic tracking and navigation system; a wide array of underwater multibeacons, and our new deep water inverted positioning system.
There are currently over 500 hundred ORE Trackpoint II systems operational worldwide. ORE provides round the clock suppport to it's customers both directly from it's US office and also through it's network of international representatives
The ORE Offshore Division was originally incorporated as Ocean Research Equipment, Inc. in 1963. Today, ORE Offshore is a division of EdgeOne LLC. Visit http://www.ORE.com
| | Benthos Undersea
Systems | Benthos, Inc. is a leading provider of high technology products and integrated systems that are used for measurement, inspection, data collection and communication in remote and challenging environments.
The Undersea Systems Division of Benthos, which includes the products of the former Datasonics, Inc., provides sophisticated equipment used worldwide to observe, research, explore and carry out a myriad of tasks both deep beneath the sea and in shallower waters.
Visit them on the web at http://www.benthos.com | | Oceanscan Limited
Equipment Rentals | Oceanscan is one of the leading equipment and personnel rental companies servicing the world-wide hydrographic survey & ROV market.
Formed in 1989, Oceanscan has its main office in Aberdeen, Scotland and has representative offices in Norway, Singapore and Houston (Harvey Lynch Inc.). The company has an extensive range of highly sophisticated ROV, survey and inspection equipment able to meet the harshest environments experienced by the offshore survey industry and related sectors.
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Systems, Inc. | Seafloor Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of solutions for the Hydrographic and Oceanographic industries.
In addition to providing leading-edge solutions, Seafloor Systems provides end-to-end support for all products and solutions. This entails designing and developing a system that not only meets, but also exceeds the customer's requirement within time, budget and resource constraints.
As experienced Users of the equipment it supplies, Seafloor Systems can also effectively provide installation and training as well as long-term technical support to our customers. Click to visit...
| | | Ashtead Technology | | Ashtead Technology Ltd is part of the Ashtead Group, one of the largest rental groups in the world. They are dedicated to supplying a broad range of quality survey, inspection, video, ROV accessories and instrumentation equipment to an increasing number of markets. Click here for more info... | | | Harvey Lynch
Land & Marine
Geophysical
Equipment Rental Pool | Harvey-Lynch now has available in its rental pool significant Land & Marine geophysical equipment.
Equipment ranges from Sercel 388 and 408 systems to I-O RSR System II.
Marine systems include Bolt air guns, sleeve guns, streamers, winches, compressors & generators.
Harvey Lynch Inc. provides Equipment Sales and Rentals to the Offshore, Survey, Underwater and Geophysical Marketplaces.
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Leader in AUVs | | Maridan A/S is the world leader in manufacturing and using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to perform underwater surveys for the offshore industry. Innovative AUV design and systems integration establishes them as a leading commercial AUV survey provider and manufacturer. Click to visit... | | | Quest
Survey | | QUEST (Quality Engineering and Survey Technology Limited) of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Houston, Texas develop innovative software applications to the navigation and positioning community. Click to visit... | | | Hydro Projects | Hydro Projects is a broad based consultancy firm offering expertise and a range of services to an international client base from Khazakstan or Vietnam to Aberdeen and Houston. Services and products include Information Technology, and Software Safety, Consultancy, Survey Consultancy, and Well Services.
Hydro Projects is uniquely placed by having a range of complementary, integrated services and expertise. We have the flexibility and resources to accept a short term placement for a single consultant or to handle the project management for an entire installation, acquisition program or offshore development.
Visit us on the web site at www.hydroprojects.com | | | Hydrographic
Society USA | The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) promotes education in hydrography.
Individual Members of THSOA receive The Seahorse Newsletter and are eligible for membership in local chapters. They also receive a discount on registration at THSOA sponsored events. Local chapters have been formed in Houston,Texas, Bay St. Louis,Mississippi, and the Northwest (local activities in Portland,Oregon and Seattle, Washington).
Members also receive Hydro International (HI) Magazine which is published ten times a year, receive the HI Sourcebook published annually, and are eligible for a 15% discount on the International Hydrographic Review.
THSOA Corporate Members receive the same benefits as Individual Members plus a free hot link on the Corporate Member web page. Corporate membership includes two Individual Memberships. For the biennial U.S. HYDRO Conferences they receive a discount on exhibit space and may register employees at the member rate. Visit http://www.thsoa.org/ | | | | | | | | | E-PageAds.com - Marine Industry E-Newsletter | | Privacy Policy Of E-PageAds.com: We will not ever release any identifying or contact information about visitors to our site and/or subscribers to our e-newsletter (including but not limited to name, email address, phone number, fax number, and mailing address) to anyone for any purpose. We will only retain your email address if you subscribe or contact the editor or webmaster directly.
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