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Fabrication of the rigid flowline will take place at Technip's spoolbase in

Evanton (UK).

The offshore installation phase will use two vessels from Technip's fleet: the Apache will lay the flowlines while the Wellservicer will install the flexible risers and umbilicals and offer diving and ROV 4 support for the completion of the work.

Teledyne RDI Wins

Contract

Teledyne RD Instruments (RDI) has been awarded a contract from the

National Oceanographic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / Pacific Marine

Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) to provide up to 140 acoustic

Doppler current profiling instru- ments over a six-year period.

This new current profiler will meas- ure and communicate in real-time the highly accurate velocity and tempera- ture measurements required for

NOAA/PMEL's next generation mooring systems. These systems are intended for gathering climate infor- mation for improved detection, understanding and prediction of global climate events such as El Niño and La Niña.

IVS 3D Launches

Certified Training Center

IVS 3D announced the certification of Dr. Douglas Bergersen, Director of

Acoustic Imaging (AI), as its certified instructor in the Pacific region for the

Fledermaus software suite. IVS

Director of Sales and Marketing, Bill

McKernan, said, "As technology advances our clients require a knowl- edgeable resource that not only understands the capability of the entire Fledermaus suite, but also has the experience in the ocean industry that enables them to understand the clients needs and goals. This combi- nation is essential for any of our cer- tified support and training centers.

The combined expertise at Acoustic

Imaging is exactly what our clients in the Pacific region are looking for. We look forward to accelerated growth in this region due to partners like

Acoustic Imaging."

Acoustic Imaging's mandate is to offer innovative solutions to marine geophysical projects active in Austral-

Asia region.

Triton Technical

Workshop Series 2006 May 23-24 hosted at UNH May 25-26 hosted by Edgetech

Systems

There will be a hands-on technical workshop/professional training courses that cover side scan, multi- beam and seismic acquisition and processing. The courses offer tech- niques to optimize workflows by automating complex processes with modern technologies. www.tritonimaginginc.com

Transocean Legend

Awarded Contract

Transocean Inc. said that a sub- sidiary of Eni has awarded an esti- mated six-month contract for the semisubmersible rig Transocean

Legend for drilling operations off- shore Indonesia. The contract is expected to commence in November 2006, following the completion of an existing contract commitment off- shore Sakhalin Island. Revenues that could be generated over the estimated six-month contract period total an approximated $79 million, excluding revenues for mobilization, demobi- lization and client reimburseables.

The Transocean Legend is expected to be in a South Korean shipyard through May 2006 completing a minor upgrade program ahead of the mobilization of the rig to Sakhalin

Island where it is expected to operate through October 2006.

Seatronics Buys Doppler

Products, Expands

Activities

Teledyne RD Instruments (RDI) announced two large back-to-back orders from Seatronics Ltd. for a vari- ety of acoustic Doppler products for use in the organization's worldwide lease pool. Seatronics is one of the world's largest rental and sales organ- ization for marine survey electronic equipment including hydrographic, geophysical and inspection opera- tions. Seatronics recent purchases include a total of 26 new Doppler products to meet the organization's growing demand for offshore equip- ment. The products purchased include: (7) 75 kHz Workhorse Long

Ranger Acoustic Doppler Current

Profilers (ADCPs) for long range, deep-water oceanographic current profiling applications; (8) Workhorse people & companies

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